Buddhist schools, Mahayana and the Bodhisattva ideal

Concepts to cover

Sthaviravada (Theravada, Hinayana) versus Mahasanghika; Mahasanghika deification of the Buddha fostering Mahayana; Lokottaravada offshoot; Andhra centres
Sarvastivada (constituents exist in latent form; Kashmir, Gandhara), Sautrantika, Sammitiya (Vatsiputriya), Pudgalavada
Mahayana: deification of the Buddha, Bodhisattva path, image worship and rituals, paramitas (perfections), Prajnaparamita
Bodhisattva: compassionate being who delays own salvation to help all sentient beings; Maitreya the future Buddha, Avalokiteshvara (Padmapani, Lokeshvara), Manjushri
Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka, Asanga and Vasubandhu's Yogachara, Dignaga and Dharmakirti's logic; Aryadeva as Buddhist scholar
Vajrayana under the Palas: tantra, Tara, Vikramashila, Odantapuri; transmission to Tibet (Atisha)
Tabo (Spiti), Alchi (Ladakh), Lhotsava Lhakhang at Nako (Kinnaur, not Zanskar), Hemis, Thiksey, Tawang, Rumtek, Key

Where to study

Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, pp. 1-33 (printed 82-114)
Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 10. New Religious Traditions: Hinayana or Theravada?, p. 22 (printed 103)
Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 10. New Religious Traditions (Mahayana, Bodhisatta, image worship), pp. 22-23 (printed 103-104)
Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 10. New Religious Traditions (the Bodhisatta as compassionate being), pp. 22-23 (printed 103-104)
Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 3. Beyond Worldly Pleasures; 9. Sculpture (Tara, tantric goddesses), pp. 7-18 (printed 88-99)

Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Buddhist Councils; Buddhist Literature (Sthaviravadins and Mahasanghikas, Hinayana and Mahayana), pp. 55-57 (printed 51-53)
Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Buddhist Councils (the Fourth Council at Kashmir and the Sarvastivadins), p. 56 (printed 52)
Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Buddhist Literature (Mahayana and Hinayana), pp. 56-57 (printed 52-53)
Lesson 7 The Guptas, Prakrit Language and Literature; Nalanda University (Vasubandhu and Dignaga on logic), p. 121 (printed 117)
Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Buddhist Literature (Vajrayana), pp. 56-57 (printed 52-53)
Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, 8.3 Establishment of the Pala Dynasty; Pala Rulers; Literature (Buddhist patronage, Vikramasila), pp. 135-136 (printed 131-132)

ch. 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, Cave Tradition in Western India (Padmapani, Vajrapani, Amitabha, Maitreya), p. 8 (printed 34)