Exam 3 Flashcards
(19 cards)
3 jewels
Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Buddha / Bodhisattva
increased doctrines
increased Sangha (Buddhist monastic order, traditionally composed of four groups: monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen)
Mahayana came from _______ and spread to …
India and spread to korea japan and vietnam
Mahayana Buddhism: art
art is used to stimulate the mind with thinking and imagination to reflect on what is subconscious to us, hate lust, greed, 5 poisons
Tantras?
are exoteric or esoteric?
collection of esoteric texts that focus on ritual, spiritual practices, and achieving liberation, they offer alternative paths to spiritual enlightenment, often incorporating complex rituals, mantras, and the guidance of a guru
esoteric (secret knowledge)
written in secret symbolic language
guru (teacher): translator
- Dalai Lama
Sangha?
are exoteric or esoteric?
Buddhist students, Bodhisattvas, Monks, Nuns, and Laypeople
exoteric (public knowledge)
Tonglen
ABHBMM
Imagining your friend angry, then a random person, then someone you dislike, helps perfect compassion
ABHBMM
All Beings Have Been My Mother
mothers unconditional love
mundra/ mandala/ mantra
mundra (body)/ mandala (mind)/ mantra (speech)
mandala is an example of a mandala
sacred hand movements are an example of a mundra
words that invoke compassion are an example of a mantra
Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
Guanyin in Chinese means “Perceiver of all sounds” which refers to the way in which Guanyin is able to hear all prayers and cries for help
a common Chinese name of the bodhisattva associated with compassion (nonbinary)
Diety Yoga
a type of practice that is challenging to use all mundra (body), mandala (mind), and mantra (speech) at the same time to create a physical mandala that creates the universe in their mind
copulating dieties
diety yoga but 2 dieties copulating representing the joining of two bodhisattva skills, like wisdom and compassion
what’s the difference between tantras and sutras?
Sutras, which typically contain teachings from the Buddha, often focus on the Dharma, ethical principles, and metaphysics.
They are meant to be understood through reasoning and intellectual contemplation.
Tantras, on the other hand, often contain yogic methods and secret teachings (esoteric) meant to be transmitted in specific ways, and may also offer a deeper view of emptiness.
Tantras are often viewed as more advanced and specialized teachings, focusing on specific practices and paths to enlightenment.
Guru means
teacher
Dalai Lama’s three prong strategy depicts of
Global Pressure
Boycotts
Demonstration (peaceful)
because violence is dehumanizing and only creates more violence
“Chinese Occupation” “Tibetan Liberation”
consists of genocide from the Chinese who believe they are saving them from poverty, theocracy, and religion.
they send troops to tibet to “free them”, they give them schools, trade, hospitals, roads, and factories but cause cultural genocide. Dalai Lama fled in 1959 because he was in danger, he accepted nobel peace in 1989 and today the genocide is still going on.
Dalai Lama wants to give China Tibet but to allow Tibetans to have religious freedom, but China already has both and doesn’t want to negotiate
this led to the spread of Tibetan Buddhism around the globe
Modern Buddhism: Protestantized Buddhism
Christianized form of Buddhism, Colonized Buddhism from westerners in China. Rejection of myth, ritual, and sangha—rationalized Christian Buddhism
Modern Buddhism: Philosophy/ Science/ Religion/ Spirituality Binary
modern assumptions those are different subconscious organizing of Buddhism, like secular Buddhism
Buddhism 1.0 and Buddhism 2.0
Stephen Bachelors way of differentiating Buddhism
Buddhism 2.0 is faster, newer, stronger
Modern Buddhism: Secular Buddhism
ELSA
Stephen Bachelors view of Buddhism.
Embrace, Let go, Stop, Act
his practical way to engage with the 4 noble truths which emphasize how to overcome suffering.
IMAGINATION ->
imagination =
seeing something that isn’t there will transfer someone thro their mind to be a bodhisttava
strength
