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Buddhism- Ashoka

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Emperor of India, convert to Buddhism

-converted countries he conquered

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Buddhism Scriptures

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Palicanon - 32 books

Thousands of works

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8 Fold Path

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Middle way between asceticism and indulgence

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10 Precepts

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Everyday living for a Buddhist, more important for maintaining than the 8 fold path

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Theravada 4 Noble Truths

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  1. Everything is Dukkha
  2. Suffering is caused by desire (selfishness)
  3. Nirvana - extinction of desire, get rid of the illusion of the self, Brahman
  4. The Path - Marga - 8 Fold Path
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Transrational

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Can’t comprehend it, but you can feel it

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Theravada Nature of Reality

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The dharmas (bundles of forces)
-Real but impermanent
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Theravada Gods

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  • Exist, but unimportant
  • Less enlightened than Buddha
  • Tend towards atheism
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Theravada Humanity

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  • Anatman

- Real, but impermanent bundle of energies

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Theravada Natural World

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Real energies, but impermanent and unsubstantial

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Theravada Afterlife

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  • Rebirth of dharmas

- Every attachment gives rise to another attachment, dependent on preceding attachment

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Theravada Purpose of Life

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  • Extinction of dharmas

- Nirvana-extinction of the illusion of a unified self

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Buddhism Scripture Timeline

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Oral: 5th Century B.C.E.

Recorded in 35-32 BCE

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Mahayana Nature of Reality

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Buddha-nature- an eternal absolute reality/pure compassion

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Mahayana Gods

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  1. Polytheistic

2. The Buddha is divine/an embodiment of the absolute reality

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Mahayana Humanity

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  • Eternal Buddha nature is the only reality

- Apparent illusory nature

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Mahayana Natural World

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Illusion only

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Mahayana Afterlife

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  • Reincarnation

- Nirvana (selflessness and compassion) turn back on nirvana to help others - attain it

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Bodhisattva

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self sacrifice of nirvana in order to help others attain it

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Mahayana Noble Truths

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  1. Everything is suffering (dukkha)
  2. Cause of dukkha is desire
  3. Nirvana- absolute selflessness and compassion
    - modes of grasping aren’t real. Only the buddha nature is real
  4. meditation or devotion to the Buddha nature
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Soft Focus

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intentionally vague in order to allow different interpretations

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Plurisignation

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one word that has more than one meaning in one particular instance

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Assertorial Lightness

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assertion is made very lightly; intentional ambiguity in a statement; no true or false

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Metaphor

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Two thoughts of different things coming together in a single word or phrase whose meaning results from their interaction.

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Myth
a symbolic story conveying a specific culture's expression of basic truths about the meaning of reality. Tries to explain the "why" of reality.
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History
Non-fiction narrative
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Elements of Interpretation (5)
- genre - language - author - audience - historical context
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Paradox
Apparent self contradiction
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Principles of interpretation (3)
- all communication must be interpreted - texts must be read empathetically to be understood - schleiermacher's: understand the whole through the sum of the parts
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Simile
Explicit comparison with "like" or "as"
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Allegory
Representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning in a concrete or particular form
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Legend
Fictitious story based on a popular place of figure that is believed to be historically real
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Allusion
Indirect reference
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Contextual Variance
meanings of words vary depending on context and experience
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Confucianism - Shang Dynasty
1500-1100 BCE
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Confucianism - Chou Dynasty
1100-500 BCE
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Confucianism - Anarchy period
500-221 BCE
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Confucianism - Ch'in Dynasty
221-206 BCE | -Confucian outlawed
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Confucianism - Han Dynasty
206 BCE-220 CE
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Confucius life
552-479 BCE
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Siddhartha Gautama life
566 -486 BCE
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Confucius job
small government official, taught students his philosophies
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Confucianism morals
- everyone had right to basic education and to make decisions - heredity did not make a ruler, rather morality and intelligence - filial piety, family is the most important thing
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Emperor Wu
136 BCE
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Confucian Scriptures
1-3 teachings of Confucius 4 teaching of Mencius -Anex - earliest -written 5th century bc, 70 years after Confucius death
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Confucian Nature of Reality
- one seamless cosmic whole - earthly realm reflects the moral divine power of heven - te: moral power
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Confucian Gods
- heavenly providence assumed | - heaven governs through the nature heaven has created (conscious)
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Confucian Humanity
- true human nature is ren: compassion goodness, moral virtue, empathy - Ren Tao - T'ien Tao
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Te
moral power
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Ren
compassion, goodness, moral virtue
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Ren Tao
The way to compassion
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T'ien Tao
divination, attending to own conscious
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Chun Tzu
Model human knowing what is right
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Confucian Natural World
- Earth is given by, and reflects, the will of heaven | - Natural Disaster: heaven getting attention
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Confucian Afterlife
-assume, but focus on current life
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Confucian Purpose of life
-No salvation -Mean: harmony and equilibrium, tao Chun Tzu- to become fully virtuous, harmony with Tao, become fully human
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Tao Nature of Reality
All things are in manifest
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Tao Gods
Ranges from atheism to polyism
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Tao Humanity
everything is a part of cosmic nature
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Tao Natural World
-the natural world is a manifestation of the Tao
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Tao Purpose of Life
achieve harmony with the Tao- | inaction
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wu wei
action by inaction
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Lao Tzu
wrote statement of philosophy | -scripture for Tao
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Tao Scripture
Tao Te Ching 4th century BCE Classic of the way and its power 4th Chuang tzu later
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Tao tao
transcendent source of all things, the inexhaustible spring from which life flows
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Fable
short invented tale, conveys moral lesson
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Fiction
invented or imagined story or narrative
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Narrative
story involving events or experiences
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non fiction
prose literature relaying publicly verifiable facts
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parable
short invented story conveying meaning indirectly through analogy
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proverb
short, pithy saying expressing a commonplace truth
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irony
opposite of intended meaning
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Taoism afterlife
Assumed. Extend this life.

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