[RLG100Y1] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (122 pages long)
Document Summary
With his last words to his disciples everything that arises also passes away, so strive for what has not arisen the buddha passed into nirvana 2500 years ago. After experiencing enlightenment at the age of 35, he had spent the rest of his life teaching that all world phenomena are transient, caught up in a cycle of arising and passing away. He set the wheel of dharma (teaching) in motion, established a community (sangha) of disciples, and charged his followers to carry the dharma to all regions of the world. Today there are buddhists in nearly every country and buddhism is the dominant religions in many parts of east, south, southeast asia. Buddhism has three main traditions or vehicles: theravada a. k. a. Hinayana: sri lanka, southeast asia, mahayana, east asia, vajrayana, developed out of mahayana, became closely associated with the himalayan region, all 3 traditions also have followers in most parts o the world.
