RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Svabhava, Buddhist Philosophy, Dazu Huike

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Lisa M.Blake, Jingjing Li

Document Summary

Lecture 1 february 26th: early japan to 794. Japan means (cid:498)land of the rising sun(cid:499) (cid:523)chinese centric(cid:524) Red dot on japanese flag represents sun. Small chain of islands the size of california. Pottery is the same as what we saw in korea. Wet rice cultivation is an important advancement. Life was hunting, gathering, fishing society with the beginnings of agriculture. Female shamans (miko), comes from the legend of himiko/pimiko. Main source of what is happening is coming from china. Story is connected to the unification of tribes in wa. Himiko is seen as a shamanic figure. This is where her authority comes from (her ability to do so) She has the power but her brother does the ruling because he speaks with the (cid:498)older sister, younger brother(cid:499) people and interacts with them. Different from other asian religions is that. Wa is a tributary state of china. When around it serves a ritual purpose.