Brahma Sahampati convinces Buddha to teach
Beginning of Mahayana based on compassion
Gods showed Gotma old, sick, dead men
Mulapariyata Sutra
Buddha vs Arhat, Ananda blocking view of beings
Cowshed story
Couldn't see Buddha, supermundane being
"He who sees interdependent co-arising sees the dharma, he who sees the dharma see the Buddha."
Miracles
Burning chamber
Manifestations
Queen Khema, beauty = impermanence
Many forms
Any language
Visit to heavens
Nagarjuna's MMK based on Kaccayanagotta Sutra
Right View
Buddha's silence on 14 propositions
World finite, not, both, neither
World eternal, not, both, neither
Tathagata exist after death, not, both, neither
Self identical with body or not
Emptiness (sunyata) teachings highest
Flame in oil lamp dependent on oil and wick. Doesn't exist.
Raft parable
Poison Arrow parable
Mind is central role
nature = pure, luminous
(?)Dhammapada says "Mind is forerunner of all dhammas, all dhammas are mind-made."
Yogacara philosophy
dharmakaya = dharma body of Buddha
Kaccayanagotta Suttra
Dhammapada