1. ASIAN RELIGION AND CULTURE

2. Yakshi – detail of eastern gateway to Great Stupa – ca 0

3. HINDUISM Recognize no founder or teacher Means “religion of the Indians” Goal – to achieve liberation from cycles and become universal spirit Deities have various natures and take on different forms

4. Dancing Shiva - 550

5. Shiva as Mahadeva – basalt - 550

6. Shiva as Nataraja – bronze - 1000

7. Vishnu asleep on serpent - 500

8. Harihara – stone - 600

9. Vishnu lying on cosmic ocean – bronze – 8’ long - 1000

10. Rock Cut Temples - 600

11. Vishvanatha Temple - 1000

13. Angkor Wat - 1100

14. BUDDHISM Prince Siddartha Gautama born 563 BCE Age 29 – left palace, abandoning wife and family, to encounter suffering and the world he was shielded from Found Nirvana through meditation and… 4 Noble Truths: -Life is Suffering -The cause of suffering is desire -One can overcome and extinguish desire -Follow Buddah’s path to Nirvana to end cycles of rebirth

15. The Life and Death of Buddha – 100CE

19. Meditating Buddah – 100 and Seated Buddah preaching first sermon - 450

20. Head of Buddha – lime - 200

21. Great Stupa – Sanchi, India – 3 rd cent BCE to 1 st cent CE

22. Interior of Chaitya Hall (cave) - 450

23. Bodhisattiva

24. Borobudur – Java, Indonesia - 800

25. Death of Buddha – Sri Lanka - 1100