REL 020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sacred Bundle, Three Turnings Of The Wheel Of Dharma, Mahayana
28 Sep 2016
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None of them are considered immutable or the word or god. In buddhism nothing is permanent and thus mitigates the need for a scripture. There are texts in buddhism that are important but they are not as scared as the quran, they are more like the hadith. Canon: refers to a collection of texts that are official. Sutras: mahayana text. (they kept the pali canon but added more texts). Second turning of the wheel of the dharma. These sutras were the stories that the buddha told/wrote in order to teach people about buddhism. Din : is how they refer to themselves and navajo was a spanish translation. There isn"t an official story: there are basic patterns that they all seem to follow. A journey ascending through several worlds below the surface of earth. Comic ordering process once the earth surface is reached.
