REL-3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Buddhist Cosmology, Shakya, Apocalypticism
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Buddhism emerged 5th cent bce / part of a pan-indian ascetic (spiritual path/self-discipline/ renunciation) movement. Three jewels: buddha- (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:862)a(cid:449)ake(cid:374)ed o(cid:374)e(cid:863, the histori(cid:272)al buddha /fa(cid:373)ily (cid:374)a(cid:373)e gauta(cid:373)a (cid:862) age of the akya cla(cid:374)(cid:863, dharma- (cid:862)tea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)gs(cid:863) of the buddha & the (cid:862)truth(cid:863) of those tea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)gs (cid:894)also (cid:862)la(cid:449),(cid:863) (cid:862)do(cid:272)tri(cid:374)e,(cid:863) Buddhism in general, or underlying principle of reality: sangha- (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity(cid:863) / traditionally refers to the order of buddhist monks & nuns. Buddhists inherited vedic (hindu) cosmology- repeating cosmic cycles, no true beginning or end: multiple universes pass in and out of existence over 4 cosmic phases (nothingness, Creation, abiding, and dissolution), each lasting around 20 cosmic aeons (ie billions. & billions of years: at the end of the 4th phase, all the universes contract and the cosmic cycle begins all over again, durations & decline of the buddhist dharma- calculated from the year of the.
