REL 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Noble Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths, Shakya
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The buddha taught about early suffering and its cure. Salvation from suffering lies only in our own efforts. Bor(cid:374) a(cid:271)out (cid:1009)(cid:1010)3 b. c. e. as iddhartha (cid:862)(cid:449)ish-fulfiller(cid:863) His father was a wealthy landowner serving as one of the chiefs of a kshatriya clan, the. Lived in the foothills of the himalayas. Came to his mother in the form of a white elephant and entered her right side. A monk seeking eternal rather than temporal pleasure. The sight of the monk suggested the possibility of a life of renunciation. At age 29, he renounced his wealth and position as heir to the throne, left his family, shaved his head. He initially tried traditional methods of hinduism, but eventually developed a new religion. Achieved the state of no-thing-ness but had a feeling that a higher state of realization still lay beyond. The four noble truths about suffering and the eightfold path for liberation from suffering.
