RELG 207 Chapter Notes -Gautama Buddha, Jataka Tales, Shakya

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 207
• Professor: Arvind Sharma

Document Summary

Sakyamuni: honorific name meaning the silence sage of the sakya clan. Chakravartin: universal monarch (one of the two destinies provided to him) Bo tree/bodhi tree: he became enlightened here after staying for 6 days, when he decided to settle, he was approached by the lord of death. Mara: lord of death (when he decided to settle, he was approached by the lord of death. ) He came and tried to tempt the buddha, the legend goes that mara offered his 3 daughters: tanha, arati, rasi = passion. Mara approached the buddha while he was attaining enlightenment. Jataka tales: stories of period when he wanted to attain enlightenment. Nirvana: state of which one reaches enlightenment attain insight into reality itself. The four sights: enabled him to see the path of enlightenment was the monk: sick man, old man, dead man, sage monk, enabled him to see the path of enlightenment was the monk.