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Lesson 8: Ancient India and the Spread of Buddhism

Lesson 8: Ancient India and the Spread of Buddhism Lesson Questions: What was the process of Aryanization in Vedic India? What is Buddhism and why did it originate and spread in Classical India?

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Lesson 8: Ancient India and the Spread of Buddhism

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  1. Lesson 8: Ancient India and the Spread of Buddhism Lesson Questions: What was the process of Aryanization in Vedic India? What is Buddhism and why did it originate and spread in Classical India? Lesson Objectives: The students will understand the question of the Aryan conquest of India and the nature and process of Aryanization. The students will also understand the origins and spread of Buddhism within Classical India.

  2. The Vedic Age 1500-500 B.C.E. Indo-Europeans Caucasus Region Pastoral Nomads Vedic Religion Sanskrit The Vedas, Rig Veda Animal Sacrifice Aryans = arya = high born, noble Mahabharata Dasa Varna System Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Shudra, Untouchables Reincarnation Atman, Dharma Aryanization 1000-500 B.C.E. Ramayana Gangetic Plain Urbanization Kingship

  3. Indian Classical Age c. 500 – 200 B.C.E. Buddhism Heterodox Sects Jainism – Mahavira (540-468 B.C.E.) Asceticism Yogic Triad: Soul, Reincarnation, Moksha (Release) The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (563-483 B.C.E.) Sakyamuni: “Sage of the Sakya Clan” Middle Path Nirvana: “Extinguishing” Four Noble Truths Eight-Fold Path Meditation Anatta: “No Soul” Sangha Magadha Chandragupta Maurya (324-301 B.C.E.) Mauryan Empire Bindusara (301-2689 (B.C.E.) Ashoka (269-232 B.C.E.) Kalinga Rock Edicts & Dharma

  4. Sanskrit

  5. Similarities in Vocabulary of Indo-European Languages

  6. Map of Indo-European Languages

  7. Discussion Terms: L: Aryan “Conquest” R: Indo-European Language L: Indo-European Peoples R: Vedas

  8. The Varna or Caste System

  9. Discussion Terms: L: Aryans R: Mahabharata L: Varna System R: Reincarnation L: Untouchables

  10. Indian Ksatriya Kingdoms

  11. Indian Rishis

  12. Mahavira 540-468 B.C.E.

  13. Modern Jains

  14. The Buddha 563-483

  15. The Great Renunciation

  16. The Four Noble Truths: • Life is suffering. • The origin of suffering is desire. • Ceasing desire will end suffering. • The Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation of suffering.

  17. Eight-Spoked Dharma Wheel

  18. The Buddha’s Enlightenment

  19. Indian Ksatriya Kingdoms

  20. Buddhist Sangha

  21. Discussion Terms: L: Heterodox Sects R: Jainism L: Four Noble Truths R: Meditation L: Anatta

  22. Asoka’s Rock Edicts

  23. Asoka’s Rock Edicts

  24. Discussion Terms: L: Sangha R: Magadha L: Chandragupta Maurya R: Ashoka L: Rock Edicts & Dharma

  25. Sincerity: Freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness. Cynicism: A contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others.

  26. Lesson Questions: • What was the process of Aryanization in Vedic India? • What is Buddhism and why did it originate and spread in Classical India?

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