-No second mid-term
~Final will be on Buddhism, Sikhism and more moovies, reports on Rel. interview/visit will be given on last day.
-Simularities between Hinduism and Buddhism
~Meditation
~Salvation through enlightenment
~Karma
~Samsara/reincarnation and detatchment
-8 fold path
-Desirable charicter traits
~Virtues
-Disceplined(early therevad Buddhism)
-Ascetisism(nothing in excess)
-Calmness and serenity
-Slow to anger
-Chastity
-Other themes
~Futility of attempting to be happy through fullfilling desires
~The vanity of earthly wealth and sensual pleasures
-Theravada Buddhism
~Leave everything to embrace Buddhism
-Mahayana
~Stay to show others the path through compassion
-Theravada(teaching of the elders)
~earliest
~Most authentic
~Closest to Siddartha Gautuma
~Earliest scriptures
-came from Sri Lanka
-In Poli
~Cognite language/mix of Sanscrit
~1 Buddha
~Believe in Self help
~Given name from Mahayana
-Hinayana(little raft)
~Ideal
-Arhat
~"perfaect saint"
-Peace, Calmness, and Serenity
~No Bahkti
~No Metaphysics
~Monastic Moovement of Monks and Nuns
-Mahayana(greater Vehicle/Raft)
~Later developement(Bogus claim to posess the teaching of Buddha)
~Belief that they had the teaching of Buddha that were revealed to his most advanced class
~Proclaims "Secret teachings"
~Texts written in India Sanscrit + Sutras
~ Popular
~to reach enlightenment you don't have to leave everything/ can be a layman
~Ideal
-Buddhisatva
-earthly and then do the heavenly thing
-Compassion/stay to help others
~GRace(help from Buddhism's Bodhisatvas
~Many Buddha's
-one Saddartha
~Bahkti agian
~Believe in Metaphysics