EAS 160A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gautama Buddha, Vedas, Hagiography
13 Nov 2016
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The vedas: collections of chants, hymns and sacred formulas used by the priestly class in. I(cid:374) a(cid:374)skrit literally (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge(cid:863) or (cid:862)sa(cid:272)red lore(cid:863: originally oral eventually written, some chanted in rituals, some used as prayers against sickness or other natural disasters. The buddha the life of siddhartha gautama. His mom dreamt of a white elephant entering her body meaning wisdom and then she was pregnant with siddhartha. Took him to a diviner to see if he was special and said he would be a kind or religious leader his father tried to keep him away from religion. Siddhartha was given the best of the best to keep him away from suffering and religion. One day accidentally leaves the palace sees an old person (never seen the suffering of old age), witnesses death, illness, and a monk pursuing spiritual path. Decides to leave his palace, leaving his son and wife behind, to pursue spiritual path.
