EAS 160A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 14Th Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize, Padmasambhava

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: East Asian Studies
• Course: EAS 160A1
• Professor: Takashi Miura

Document Summary

Dalai lama: title (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)o(cid:272)ea(cid:374) tea(cid:272)her(cid:863, tulku tradition succession of leaders through reincarnation, manifestation of avalokitesvara, belongs to the gelug school of tibetan buddhism, leader of tibetan buddhism and tibet itself (until 1959, tenzin gyatso. Fled tibet in 1959 and lives in dharamsala, india. Nobel peace prize in 1989 for his peaceful call for tibetan independence: dalai lama hinted he might be the last dalai lama. Tibetan buddhism: introduce to tibet in the 7th c, initially influences of both chinese and indian buddhism, tantric buddhism visualization is central. Major tibetan schools: nyingma padmasambhava. Left (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:862)ter(cid:373)a(cid:863) te(cid:454)ts teaching hidden for later generations: sakya, kagyu marpa and milarepa. Marpa and milarepa associated with kagyu. Marpa traveled to india studied at nalanda university. Known as greatest poet-saint in tibetan buddhism. Composed songs during solitary training: gelug tsonghapa. Tsongkhapa fou(cid:374)ded gelu(cid:374)g s(cid:272)hool, k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)(cid:455)ello(cid:449) hat s(cid:272)hool(cid:863) Tso(cid:374)gkhapa"s (cid:374)ephe(cid:449) gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) the tile of dalai la(cid:373)a (cid:271)(cid:455) mongol emperor.