As you read, focus on the following terms and concepts:

Chapter 2 on Buddhism plus material from lecture/powerpoint:

From Part I (Smith 59-79):

The Buddha (the Awakened One)

The Four Passing Sights: old man, sick man, corpse, monk.

ascetics

The Middle Way

Bodhi tree

The Great Awakening

the Buddha's death; his last words

Buddhism as a "religion of infinite compassion"

Sakyamuni

How were these teachings empirical, scientific, pragmatic, therapeutic, psychological, egalitarian, directed to individuals?

The Four Noble Truths

dukkha (usually translated as suffering)

tanha (desire)

The Eightfold Path (you do not need to memorize the eight steps but you do need to understand the teachings in general)

Preliminary step of right association

Five Precepts

The three marks of existence: life is suffering (dukkha); denial of soul (anatta); life is impermanent (anicca)

Nirvana

arhat

From Part II Smith (81-97)

schism

three questions that divided Buddhists

Mahayana

Theravada - the way of the elders

Pali canon

sangha

arhat vs. bodhisattva (as ideal)

The Buddha as a saint vs. a savior figure

Zen Buddhism (Mahayana school in Japan)

koan

Vajrayana/Tibetan Buddhism/The Diamond Way/Way of the Thunderbolt

Use of sounds, sights and movements

mantras

mandalas

Dalai Lama

the paradox of Buddhism

the Buddha as a an avatar (of Vishnu) - how Hinduism and Buddhism have influenced each other