The Dharma - KEY FACTS

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The Dharma

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the Dharma

the spiritual laws of the universe; the Buddha’s teachings

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The Three Poisons

ignorance, hatred, greed

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The Three Jewels

The Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha

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Three Marks of Existence

  • anicca- impermenance

  • dukkha- suffering

  • anatta- no permanent self

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Pratityasamutpada

Dependant origination; all things exist because of other things

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Sangha

community of Buddhist monks and nuns

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Nagasena and the Chariot

  • non-Buddhist king asks a monk to explain to him what is anatta

  • monk (Nagasena) asks king to show him what a chariot is

  • king points to a chariot and Nagasena explains that chariot is just a collection of parts

  • So humans are also a collection of parts

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