AQA AS/AL RS - Buddhism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority

There are 12 pages of notes covering everything students need to know about the Sources of Wisdom and Authority topic for the Buddhism unit for AQA AS/AL RS.

It covers:

• The significance of the Buddha’s life, including his life story (birth, early life, Four Sights, renunciation, and enlightenment).
• The Buddha as a role model.
• The Buddha in the Mahayana Buddhist View (Parable of the Burning House; ‘skilful means’; Three Bodies of the Buddha).
• The Three Marks of Existence, inc. the three types of dukkha.
• The Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path.
• Debate on whether Buddhism is Pessimistic.
• Nature, authority, accuracy, and importance/relevance of the Pali Canon.

It also includes a glossary and the sources used.

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