REL-3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Buddhist Pilgrimage, Jataka Tales, Gautama Buddha
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Lecture 1/18 the buddha (sakyamuni, siddhartha gautama) (c. 480-400 bce) Vi(cid:374)a(cid:455)a (cid:862)(cid:894)mo(cid:374)asti(cid:272)(cid:895) dis(cid:272)ipli(cid:374)e(cid:863) rules of the monastery; exciting!! Life of the buddha- digest of doctrine and paradigm of buddhist practice in narrative form. Jatakas (cid:894)(cid:862)bi(cid:396)th to(cid:396)ies(cid:863)(cid:895: stories about former lives of the buddha (547 total, oldest & largest collection of story narratives in the world (4th cent. Ce: (cid:862)mo(cid:396)alit(cid:455) tales(cid:863) a(cid:271)out the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)gs of ka(cid:396)(cid:373)a & (cid:272)o(cid:373)passio(cid:374)ate (cid:448)i(cid:396)tue, (cid:862)p(cid:396)e-buddha(cid:863) (cid:396)efe(cid:396)(cid:396)ed to as the bodhisattva (cid:894)(cid:862)buddha-to-(cid:271)e(cid:863)(cid:895) Distribution of the buddha"s reli(cid:272)s: the buddha (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ues o(cid:374) . In his relics: tupa = (cid:862)(cid:396)eli(cid:395)ua(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:374)tai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:396)eli(cid:272)s of a buddha o(cid:396) othe(cid:396) (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)ized. Life story & buddhist pilgrimage: to(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:272)(cid:396)eates the sa(cid:272)(cid:396)ed site , the sacred site creates the story. Life story & buddhist art: to(cid:396)(cid:455) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es a(cid:396)t , art influences story. Life story & ritual: story establishes & legitimizes ritual, ritual may at times require a story.
