Cutlure and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa
- 500 B.C.E.-500 C.E.
- Siddhartha gautama-
- Born in india,
- Buddhism derived from him,
- son of roalty
- encountered human suffering in the form of an old man, a sick man and a corpse
- Great Remunciation
- Taught his spiritual realization-Buddhism
- Buddhism evolved and grew in numbers throughout Asia including China, Japan, Tibet, Korea, and vietnam.
- In the 1st century C.E. the Buddha in human form had suffered in South Asia known as Gandhara.
- Mhayana Buddhism-englightenment that was availabel to everyone
- Bodhisattva also known as Guanyin in China, was known as a women with femanine characteristics ("the one who hears the cries of the world")
- "Laughing Buddha" is a fat, smiling figure named Budai.
- Jesus and Buddha sought to revitalize the traditions from which they had come, rather than founding a new religion.
- Jesus never looked at himself of higher class
- Buddha saw himself as an enlightened but fully human being. He eventually became a superntural being.
