History 1601E Lecture Notes - Gautama Buddha, Chinese Buddhism, Shakya

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1601E
• Professor: Carl Young

Document Summary

Source reading assignment tuesday, october 26th title page with ta"s name. Political division in china and the spread of buddhism . Three kingdoms : wei led by cao cao"s descendants, shu han founded by liu bei and centered in sichuan, high in agriculture, wu founded by sun quan and centered in southern china, wars between the kingdoms would last 50 years. In the south, central government was weak: real power in the hands of wealthy aristocrats, many chinese fled south rather than be ruled by barbarians. In the north, tensions among non-chinese peoples over sinification (becoming chinese) Concepts in indian religions : buddhism comes from india. October 12th, 2010: reincarnation, karma law of consequences, samsara cycle of birth, death and rebirth, atman individual soul, brahman ultimate reality, the world-soul, sat (being) Original name was siddharta gautama, prince of the shakya tribe.