HISTORY 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Old Age, Mahayana, Dukkha
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Key terms: founded religions, pali canon, siddharta gautama, 4 signs, buddha , tanha, four noble truths, nirvana, eightfold path, ashoka, mahayana. Remember religious symbolization sacred texts, acts, places. Sacred = ultimate reality (not necessarily divinity) (remember durkheim, geertz) founded religions. Islam mohammed: mormonism joseph smith. 22. devotion to exceptional sanctity, heroism, or exemplary character life of the buddha: modern nation states: india, nepal, tibet. Buddha"s birth: maya (mother) had a dream of a white elephant, prophecy: son would be great emperor or great teacher, lumbini, sal tree, name: siddhartha gautama ( one who has achieved his aim ) Clairvoyance to see all death and rebirth of all creatures according to good and bad deeds (karma and samsara: 2. People bound to this cycle (samsara) because of tanha ( desire , thirst : 3. Knowledge that he had rooted out all craving and ignorance: realizations led to enlightenment.