HIST 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Upanayana, Vanaprastha, New Class
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Lecture 8: developments in buddhism (200 bce-200 ce) New religious ideas and practices: migra(cid:374)ts did(cid:374)(cid:859)t fit i(cid:374)to (cid:448)ar(cid:374)a s(cid:455)ste(cid:373), (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) adopted buddhis(cid:373, development of stable cultic centers. Art of gandhara (1st-2nd c: no images of buddha because he is represented by different symbols, encourages the worship and donation of images, statues were inspiring by their great size. Bamiyan buddhas: give the impression that the buddha has been deified even though he has always been (cid:272)lear that he is(cid:374)(cid:859)t a god a(cid:374)d should (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e (cid:449)orshipped. Yakshi: assimilation of local cults (yakshis, nagas) Bodhisattavas: heracles depicted as vajrapani, the protector of the budhha (2nd century ad, Doctrinal changes: deification of the buddha, bodhisattvas one who works for the good of mankind, buddha maitreya saviour (influences from manicheanism, zoroastrianism, Christianity: new cosmology with multiple heavens, schism emergence of maha(cid:455)a(cid:374)a buddhis(cid:373) (cid:894)the great path(cid:895) (cid:448)s (cid:858)hi(cid:374)a(cid:455)a(cid:374)a(cid:859) (cid:894)lesser path(cid:895), derogatory name for theravada buddhism, 4th buddhist council, held in kashmir traditionally associated with kanishka.
