3 Hours:
Topic: Part 1, Chapter 2. The Career of Siddhartha-II and Chapter 3. New Community I.
Reading: Read pages 46-55.

• The Buddha’s missionary works;  Here is the video clip about "The Buddha’s missionary works"
• Buddha’s daily activities;  Here is the video clip about "Buddha’s daily activities"
• Buddha’s miracles;
• Two of his primary disciples;  Here is the video clip about "Two of his primary disciples"
• His great monastic disciples;  Here is the video clip about "His great monastic disciples"
• His important lay supporters;
• His important royal supporters;
• His main opponent; Here is the video clip about "His main opponent"
• His first Buddhist nun follower;
• His last meal; Here is the video clip about "His last meal"
• The division of his relics; andHis final awakening. Here is the video clip about "The division of his relics; andHis final awakening"
• How people through many centuries depict him.
• The continuity and the spread of his newly established religious community after his death.
• The creation of the Buddhist councils;  Here is the video clip about "The creation of the Buddhist councils"
• Structure of the Buddhist monastic function;
• Regulation of the sangha (monastic community);
• Early Buddhist lay community;
• Early Buddhist emperors;
• The conversion of Emperor Asoka; Here is the video clip about "Emperor Asoka"
• Asoka’s devotion to the cause and the spread of Buddhism; and
• Asoka’s death and legacy.