Buddhism Flashcards
What era did the Buddha come
Upanishadic era
What type of family was the Buddha born into
Hindu family
What caste was he born into
Shutra cast - king
What is he called
Siddhartha
Mya
Buddha’s mom
Add fast but gets pregnant due to the intervention of the gods
Buddha was able to
Walk and talk when he was born
Dharma
Teaching
Four eights
- Age
- sickness
- Death
- Monk
World renounced at age 20
Tries to renounce but almost does from starvation
Sits at the
Bodhi tree
Nirvana
Buddhism
Moksha
Hinduism
Upanishadic era
Emergence of the guru tradition
Hinduism a sense of heresy
Line between what they will accept and not accept
Atiska accepted
Natiska rejected
Buddhism is rejected
Buddha doesn’t like the Vedas and he doesn’t like the caste system
If you are Hindu you must accept the authority of the Vedas
Sutra
Teaching
Sacred places of the Buddha
Lumbini- where he is born
Sarnath preaches his first sermon
Bodhgaya where he is enlightened
Kushinagara where he dies
Hinduism learned from Buddhism
Buddhism took relics of the Buddha
- hair of the Buddha, teeth, bones
Build places of pilgrimage across India
Buddha is dated back to the 4th to 6th century BCE
Mara’s attack
Age 35 Under the bodhi tree Tries to interrupt him Throws arrows Turns them into flowers and falls to the ground Earth is his witness
Why do hindu’s move from prioritizing meat eating to vegetarianism
Possibly because of the influence of Buddhism
The middle way
Not emancipated, not overweight
Eats one grain of rice a day when he is on the cusp of death
The bowl
Believed that him and his monks should not cook
Carry a bowl and people will put food in that bowl
A rebounder will rely on the goodwill of people who bring you food
Buddha dies by poisoned pork that was put in his bowl
Or mushrooms
