CAS RN 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Satori, Arhat, Wang Yangming
3 Apr 2016
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A fairy tale about someone who has everything and decides to give it all away. The prince: sidhartha gaautama/shakyamuni ( sage of the shakya clan ) Buddha: awakened one : all things are impermanent and ever changing. We suffer because we wish the world were otherwise. The path to the elimination of suffering is the noble eight-fold path. The history"s most dangerous idea: human beings can solve the human problem on our own, without recourse to god or divine revelation. One of the distinguishing marks of the buddhist tradition. Buddhism is about removing the arrow of suffering. Speculation only plugs more pain and poison into skin. Everything that is born must decay and ide. The four sacred places of the buddha"s life: along this way pilgrims pray to the. Buddha not only for nirvana but also for help with the struggles of ordinary life. 7% of the world"s population: 4th largest religion after christianity, islam, and.
