Lecture Notes for Mar 9, 2009
Religious Studies 100 with Spina at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
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By: Amelia Lumsden
Textbook:
Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge and Change
Created: 2009-03-08
Size: 19 flashcards
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forms of suffering ouside the palace walls
(4 answers)
(4 answers)
- Decay
- Disease
- Death
- Sunyasin
dies of discentary
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- "You must be your own lamps."
SPIRITUAL SEEKING:
(2 answers)
(2 answers)
- seeks out mentors/priests who teach him techniques to open to higher domains of reality
- almost died after 6 years
TEACHING/FOLLOWERS:
(2 answers)
(2 answers)
- tells them what he learned
- they believe him and decide to follow him (THE THREE JEWELS/TREASURES)
THE GREAT GOING FORTH:
(2 answers)
(2 answers)
- 29 years old
- intentionally leaves wife, child and previous existence for spiritual experience
"You must be your own lamps."
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- take refuge in nothing outside yourselves
after his followers leave him
(3 answers)
(3 answers)
- sits under fig tree ("immortal spot")
- tempted by evil spirit
- achieves enlightenment
FAMILY/CASTE:
(3 answers)
(3 answers)
- mother = Maya --> elephant with lotys flower
- warrior caste (noble)
- sheltered by father so he could be king
BIRTH:
(5 answers)
(5 answers)
- live, taught during the axis age
- mysticism; moving away from Aryan sacrimental traditions
- born in Nepal
- not texted till 500 years after his death
- miraculous conception
intentionally leaves wife, child and previous existence for spiritual experience
(2 answers)
(2 answers)
- WHAT IS THE REASON FOR/CAUSE OF SUFFERING?
- HOW CAN WE ATTAIN PEACE?
tells them what he learned
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
tempted by evil spirit
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- he overcomes temptation to give up the spiritual path
take refuge in nothing outside yourselves
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- axis age thinking
sits under fig tree ("immortal spot")
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- until he reached enlightenment
ENLIGHTNEMENT:
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- after his followers leave him
path of moderation (between two paths he's experienced)
(3 answers)
(3 answers)
- between prince starvation/asceticism
- REFER TO THE EIGHTFOLD PATH
- followers leave him
LAST WORDS:
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- dies of discentary
FOUR PASSING SIGHTS:
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- forms of suffering ouside the palace walls
THE MIDDLE WAY/PATH:
(1 answer)
(1 answer)
- path of moderation (between two paths he's experienced)
About this deck
By: Amelia Lumsden
Textbook: Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge and Change
Created: 2009-03-08
Size: 19 flashcards
Views: 2
Textbook:
Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge and ChangeCreated: 2009-03-08
Size: 19 flashcards
Views: 2
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