5th Buddhism key terms

Dukkha

Suffering, dissatisfaction

Anicca

Impermanence

Anatta

No fixed self, no soul - you are the 5 skhandas

Four Noble Truths

1) Dukkha - Suffering exists
2) Samudaya - The cause of suffering is Tanha (craving)
3) Nirodha - The cure for suffering is to stop craving (achieve Nibbana)
4) Magga - The way to stop craving is the Eightfold Path

Samudaya

The cause of suffering is craving, and the Three Poisons

Nirodha

The cure for suffering is to STOP craving

Magga

The way to stop craving is the EIGHTFOLD PATH

The Three Poisons

Pig - Ignorance
Bird - Greed
Snake - Hatred

Arhat

Theravada buddhism, someone who has attained enlightenment, a perfect being

Bodhisattva

Mahayana buddhism, an enlightened being who decided to stay in the cycle of Samsara to help others attain enlightenment (out of compassion)

Puja

Worship, often shrines and offerings

Wesak

Theravada festival, celebrates buddha’s life (birth, enlightenment, passing)

Parinirvana Day

Mahayana festival, remembers Buddha’s death and focuses on impermanence

The Three Refuges

Buddha (teacher)

Dhamma (universal law/truth)

Sangha (community)

Dependent Arising

All life is interconnected, everything depends on something else in order to exist

The Five Skhandas

• Form

• Sensation

• Perception

• Mental formations

• Consciousness

Pure Land Buddhism

Enlightenment is easier to achieve

Followers want to be reborn in paradise (Sukhavati), created by Amitabha Buddha

The Four Sights

Old Age

Illness

Death

The Holy Man

Three Marks of Existence

Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta