/lit/ - Literature

>be the son of a rich king in ancient nepal
>live life like a boss
>oh shit people age and get sick and shit, this won't last forever
>become wandering ascetic
>eventually attain enlightenment
>preach to a few monks and deer - life sucks, this suckiness comes from craving shit, stop craving and you'll be enlightened
>do this by meditating, acting ethical and developing wisdom - noble eightfold path
>also everything is impermanent including yourself/soul and dependently originated/interconnected
>die, people start worshiping my bones and teeth - what the fuck
>several years after his death, various splits in the community
>new division, the mahayana (great vehicle), there are many differences between the different mahayana schools, but they generally started developing new ideas such as buddha-nature and emptiness (shunyata), and upaya (skillful means).
>Bodhidharma brought the yogacara/dyana school of buddhism to china, where it became 'Chan'. There it developed into what we know as Zen buddhism and was brought to Japan by various monks.
>a large subset of the mahayana is the pure land school which practically worship a buddha like a god (amitabha)
>mahayana is mostly seen in china, japan and vietnam
>vajrayana is another group of esoteric buddhism, mostly seen in Tibet, jammu and kashmir and Nepal
>theravada is the oldest and most traditional of the 'denominations' which is probably closest to early buddhism, it is present in sri lanka, thailand and south-east asia.
>Amerifags start to get interested in buddhism, a bunch of japs come to the US and teach us a thing or two, alan watts, the two suzukis, the beats get into it, dharma bums, etc

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>be art history major
>area of study is always overlooked
>one time it is mentioned on 4chan is "retarded degree"

>get offers to intern at awesome places
>work involves travel and helping to preserve what I love
>get straight A's in courses that frustrate the businessfags
>my face