L5th RS Michaelmas Midterm Quotations Revision

The Four Passing Sights

Old age thus strikes down all alike - Buddhacarita

The Buddha’s Enlightenment

Without veering towards either of these extremes, I have awakened the middle way - Deer Park Sermon

Dhamma/Three Jewels

I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in the Dharma. I take refuge in the Sangha - Buddhist chant

Nibbana

The remainderless fading and cessation - Deer Park Sermon

Noble Eightfold Path

Practice leading to the cessation of unsatisfactoriness: precisely this Noble Eightfold Path - Deer Park Sermon

Dukkha (Three Marks of Existence)

Birth is unsatisfactory, aging is unsatisfactory, death is unsatisfactory - Deer Park Sermon

Anicca (Three Marks of Existence)

All phenomenas are impermanent - Buddha’s last words

Anatta (Three Marks of Existence)

No permanent individual can be found - Nagasena

Paticcasamuppada (Dependent Arising)

If this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist - Samyutta Nikaya

The Five Skandhas

The Five Aggregates are: the aggregate of form, the aggregate of feeling, aggregate of perception, aggregate of volitional activities, aggregate of consciousness - The Analysis of Aggregates

Buddha-nature

All sentient beings have the buddha-nature - Buddha-nature Sutra

Sunyata

All phenomena are empty of characteristics - Heart Sutra

Disadvantages of arhats

If arhats thought to themselves, “I have attained the level of arhat,” then they would be clinging to the concept of self - Diamond Sutra

Bodhisattva

They should cultivate minds that think in this way: “I must save all living beings” - Diamond Sutra

Amitabha

If, when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings… who sincerely and joyfully entrust themselves to me, desire to be born in my land, and call my Name, even ten times, should not be born there, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment - Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow

Amitabha Followers

I take refuge in Amitabha, the enlightened one - Pure Land Mantra