REL 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Henotheism, Mahayana, Pure Land
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Birth place and caste: born in lumbini, nepal. Dad was a king in warrior caste. Four passing sights: sickness, old age, death, renouncer. Quest for enlightenment, relationship of siddhartha to hinduism: Guru teaches meditation mediti (both distractions not solutions) Joins (5) ascetics nearly starves eats rice off path. Pursues new meditation to become aware enlightenment in bodh gaya in deep meditative trance three temptations from mara (desire, death, nirvana some will listen ) Life is suffering (dukkha) (inevitable, universal: origin of suffering (tanha) ignorant selfish desire, to overcome suffering, overcome tanha, to overcome tanha, follow the 8 fold path. Eightfold path: right speech, right action, right livelihood, right mindfulness, right concentration, right effort, right views, right intentions. Three marks of reality: annica impermanence no brahman, anatman no atman no eternal unchanging self, dukkha - suffering. Interdependent origination: how siddhartha made sense of karma.
