RELS 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mahayana, Manjushri, Mantra

• School: Utah State University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 1010
• Professor: Ravi Gupta

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Called the great vehicle : theravada buddhism, called way of elders , hinayana buddhism, called lesser vehicle , however this term is not used by scholars, theravada buddhism. Bodhisattvas - those who have not yet achieved nirvana. Lord looking downward - he is the bodhisattvas of compassion. Everyone in this practice of buddhism is asked to take the bodhisattvas vow. You cannot achieve/enter nirvana until everyone else has reached that point. Bodhisattvas help people achieve nirvana: alms or to give alms. Giving charity, usually in a religious sense: pure land buddhism, amitabha. More similar to regular views of religion: vajrayana buddhism, called the diamond vehicle , tibetan buddhism, third turning of the wheel of dharma. Esoteric- pass through the gateway to understand a mantra. Most popular practicer of tibetan buddhism is the dali lama: create sand mandalas as a form of meditation, typically in a geometric design, https://www. google. com/url? sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahuke wjx7dfh77xpahuy9mmkhexqataqjrwibw&url=https%3a%2f.