Buddhist schools, Mahayana and the Bodhisattva ideal

Concepts to cover

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