RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jetavana, Maurya Empire, Vinaya

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2K03
• Professor: Joe Larose

Document Summary

2. support and growth (numbers and geography) 3. systematization and sectarianism (the canon, the councils, the 18 schools) An thapi ada a rich merchant in early buddhist literature who donated land for the. A oka historic king of the mauryan empire who converted to buddhism after a particularly brutal military campaign. Became supporter of buddhism during his rule in remorse of killing many people: the jetavana monastery. Ana, a rich merchant unaware of buddhism, travels to a city and meets the buddha. He returns home to nd a suitable place for buddha and his followers to stay in the city, eventually choosing a park which is owned by the prince of the kingdom. He buys it for the price to cover the entire land with gold coins. Ana"s donation of 10 million allowed many monasteries to be built in the park. The modern location of jetavana is a park with some remains of buildings.