RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Bodh Gaya, Gautama Buddha, Lumbini

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: G Hori

Document Summary

Lecture 15, february 13: the life of the buddha, the facts. 563-483 bce: speculaion; no writen documents (paper was not invented yet, the legend. Legend, lacks historical evidence (no writen documents: more recent documents give the fullest account of the buddha"s life, while sources daing closer to the. Buddha"s speculaive dates are sparser (i. e. people creaing stories apart from historical evidence) 4 stages / 8 stages / 16 stages of the buddha"s life: lumbini: birth of the buddha, bodh gaya: the enlightenment, sarnath: turning of the dharma wheel (irst sermon, kushinagar: death of the buddha, the birth. White elephant walked around her bed three imes. Touched the right side of her body with its trunk. Queen maya became pregnant with the baby to become the buddha. Queen maya in garden in lumbini; trees lower branches to show lowers as she walked by: lited right hand to touch lower, baby buddha born from right side.