OCR Alevel Religious Studies Buddhism 2018 New A-level Full detailed notes
OCR New 2018 onwards Buddhism
Full detailed notes on the entirety of the OCR religious studies Buddhism Alevel course.
Complete notes linking directly to the OCR specification, including scholars.
Topics include:
1 The Buddha *(incl Buddhas life and intellectual context)
2 Taking Refuge
3 Samsara (incl 6 realms , 3 fires and Dependent origination)
4 3 Marks of existence
5 4 Noble Truths
6 Meditation (incl Vipassana and Samatha, personalised practice and the Jhanas)
7 The development of Mahayana Buddhism (incl Upaya, differenes between Budhisattva and Arhat and the Trikaya)
8 Madyamaka and Prajnaparamita
9 Buddhism in the Far East
10 Buddhism in the West
11 Engaged Buddhism and Activism
12 Buddhism and Gender