REL 101 Class notes, Week 2, Lecture 2

Buddhism I: The Early Teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha: Nikaya Buddhism

500 BCE: Historical Buddha Sakyamuni

Four Noble Truths

1. Suffering
2. Cause: Attachment
3. End
4. Eight-fold Noble Path

Three Marks of Existence

1. Suffering
2. Impermanence
3. No-self (anatman)

Three Jewels

Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

Three Baskets

Sutra, Sastra, Vinaya (Sila)

Karma, Samsara, Anatman, Nirvana

Interdependent Co-origination (pratitya-samudpada)