REL 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Four Noble Truths, Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada
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Chapter 5 buddhism notes (cid:862)he (cid:449)ill deli(cid:448)er (cid:271)(cid:455) the (cid:271)oat of k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge the distressed (cid:449)orld(cid:863) Founder, teacher born as siddhartha gautama of the shakya clan, warrior caste. Exceptional birth mother dreamt of a white elephant who impregnated her took seven steps and announced his budda nature. Personification of the three poisons: attachment/desire, aversion, delusion/ignorance. The dharma/dhamma (cid:862)dha(cid:373)a has nothing to do with the dogma that the world is eternal; and has nothing to do with the other dogma that the world is not eternal. For whether the world is not eternal or otherwise, birth, old age, death, sorrow, pain, misery, grief, and despair exist. I a(cid:373) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith the e(cid:454)ti(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of these. (cid:863) Anatman- no spate, permanent self; rather the human being is an impermanent composite of interdependent physical, emotional, and cognitive components. Suffering is useful because it shows us how things truly are- impermanent.
