PHIL 213 Class notes, Week 2, Lecture 3

 

Buddhism: The Early Teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha: Nikaya Buddhism

500 BCE: Historical Buddha Sakyamuni

Four Noble Truths

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

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)