REL 020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Jerky, Wakan Tanka, Mahayana

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Religion
• Course: REL 020
• Professor: andrus

Document Summary

Mahayana buddhism: great vehicle, devoted to the religious journey, social class of people searching for enlightenment, renunciant-shaving their heads etc. Theravada buddhism: monks/ nuns, arhat-one who gains enlightenment with the help of the sanga, you are only searching for enlightenment for yourself and therefore they believe that this can be selfish. Bodhisattva- attains enlightenment and chooses reincarnation instead of nirvana and helps other people reach enlightenment as well. One of the most important doctrine in buddhism is the doctrine of. How the body is engaged in religion. (cid:862)stylized, sy(cid:373)(cid:271)oli(cid:272) (cid:271)odily gestures a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:894)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g ver(cid:271)al a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s(cid:895)(cid:863: stylized: easy to repeat, a gesture that is paired down and different than the normal way of using that gesture, symbolic: the meaning of the gesture. On occasion of significance and contexts: calendrical, event. Frequently involving what the participants take to be sacred presences.