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-Zen means "meditation"
-Developed within Mahayana
-first in China, then Japan
-focuses on experience of enlightenment
-have to experience enlightenment to know what it is

-Rinzai is the school of sudden awakening
-Satori is the experience of awakening-not permanent
-Koan is spiritual exercise to bring out satori

-Soto is the school of gradual awakening, emphasis on day to day zazen
-zazen is the practice of seated meditation

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sudden enlightenment, goal of Zen Buddhism

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puzzle
demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and to provoke enlightenment.

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meeting with a teacher, answer to koan

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meditation, usually performed in lotus position

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- Hinduism believes in eternal self, Buddha found there was no self
-sacrifices are useless in Buddhism
- salvation is only from turning inward
- Buddha rejected Hindu Caste system
-Buddhism is available to everyone, Hindu texts only available to Brahmins

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-both from India
-regard time as cyclical
-believe in eternal universe and samsara
-nirvana is similar to moksha

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Ideas oppose, so you can't have multiple
Buddhists think that evil is an illusion, Christians believe it is real. Christians have to believe Jesus died for our sins, Buddhists think they have to "meditate it away".

Buddhism teaches that you have to save yourself through meditation, but we know that there is sin in the world, and we are sinful. We need a savior, Jesus, to be saved. So to conclude, Buddhism teaches that you save yourself, which is the opposite of Christianity, so for that reason, doing both religions is not possible/will save you.

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-If you just practice it you will see it is true
-They are completely complementary and can make you a better Christian

I think that as humans we can se other religions and find true or relatable things in them, but their main focuses are different, and so practicing them can lead us astray. How can practicing another religion make your real one better?

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Elevated Buddha depicted holding diamond scepter
fight fire with fire- shut off energy of desire to stop suffering
Mandalas (icons) mudras ( hand movements) mantras (chants)
Lammas - hierarchy of clergy headed by the Dalai Lama

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-focus on Buddha, celebrate him as savior
-religious devotion and prayer
-Bodhisattvas "buddhas in the making" are worshiped

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-way of elders
-focus on teachings
-practice 4 Noble truths and Eightfold path

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- Samsara on this side of thee river, nirvana on the other
- Buddhism is a raft for crossing over
- Each raft has it's own path, but go to the same place

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Morality
1. Right Speech
2. Right Conduct
3. Right Livelihood
Concentration
4. Right Effort
5. Right Mindfulness
6. Right Meditation

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1. don't take life
2. don't take what is not given
3. don't engage in sensuous misconduct
4. don't use false speech
5. don't drink intoxicants

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1. to live is to suffer (the diseased) Dukkha
2. suffering is caused by desire (determining its cause) Tanha
3. Suffering can be brought to cessation (prognosis)
4. The solution to suffering is Noble Eightfold Path (cure)

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1st- saw previous lifetime's suffering
2nd- divine eye- ability to see deaths and rebirth of all living beings, nowhere to escape life and suffering
3rd- Four Noble Truths, way out of human condition, his awakening

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sat below fig tree until he found perfect fulfillment
Mara, god of death, tried to scare him from the tree

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rejected because he had meal of rice and milk, so he discovered the middle way where you have strong mental and physical life, can find complete happiness

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fasting

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-Old man
-Diseased man
-Corpse
-Religious ascetic

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-Full history is not written down- oral history
-Father was ruler in northern India, wanted him to be king
-he grew up in luxury, shielded from suffering
-married and had a child
-saw suffering for the first time, he then questioned life
gave up everything at 29 to get rid of suffering

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-called the Dharma, not same as Hindu
-require insight gained from meditation to fully understand
insights of man, rely on wisdom, not faith

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Buddha teaches the discoveries attained by the Buddha
Buddha was a man named Siddhartha Guatama

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-Spiritual leader of Vajrayana Buddhism

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-Buddha's Diamond scepter, harnessing of sensual energies to attain nirvana

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-Future Buddhas, beings who have experienced enlightenment but stop short of entering nirvana to help others achieve it

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-"awakened one" all who have by their own insight attained perfect enlightenment

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-largest of Buddhism's 3 divisions, those who emphasize devotion and prayer to the Buddhas

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-One of the 3 Marks of Existence, denying a permanent self

rather than finding self- atman, Buddha found no self
no essence, no ultimate reality

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- One of the 3 marks of Existence, all existent things are always changing

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-Moral law of cause and effect of your actions

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-ancient language from India, used in early Buddhist text

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-teachings of Buddha, one of the 3 Jewels of Buddhism

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-Prevalent form of Buddhism, focus on early texts and monastic lifestyle

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-desire, thirst, craving: second of the the 4 Noble Truths, selfish desire

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-Ultimate goal of Buddhists, no desire for any sense of selfhood, liberation from samsara

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-"suffering, frustration, discomfort": first of the 4 Noble Truths, insight that suffering is part of Human condition

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-one who has become enlightened, ideal type for Theravada Buddhism
-saints

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-The Buddhist community of monks and nuns, one of the 3 Jewels of Buddhism

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-Wheel of rebirth, reincarnation

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-wisdom, name of tree that Buddha sat under