RELIGST 2I03 Study Guide - Agnosticism, Impermanence, Borobudur

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2I03
• Professor: Joe Larose

Document Summary

Corresponding readings: just an introduction to buddhism no readings. Traditional buddha biography: h. johnson, acts of the buddha. We do not know when he lived. We do not know where he was born. We do not know what language he spoke. We do not know where he travelled. We know very little about the buddha, other than what the various buddhist traditions tell us about him. Traditional buddha biography his father, uddhodana, was the king of the akya clan in a city called. Whenever siddh rtha left the palace his father made sure the streets were cleared of any unpleasant sight. But, on four successive trips the young prince saw an old man, a sick man, a dead man and then someone who had renounced the world. At the age of 29, the prince became dissatisfied with the impermanence of worldly life and decided to renounce the world and seek spiritual knowledge.