Buddhist Beliefs

Birth - "I a c o t w… T i t l b. T i n n m c t b" - Buddha

"I am chief of the world… This is the last birth. There is now no more coming to be"

Four Sights - "B i s, a i s, d i s" - Dhammapada

"Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, death is suffering"

Life of Luxury - "I w d n" - Buddha

"I was delicately nurtured"

Ascetic Life - "W I t m s, I f m s" - Buddha

"When I touched my stomach, I felt my spine"

The Three Watches of the Night - "N u I a t s E w I g u t s o m" - Buddha

"Not until I attain the supreme Enlightenment will I give up this seat of meditation"

Enlightenment - "T a t t e t a n t b i i… t w i d t s p a t w i d t s-a… b a b o t e, t m w i r" - Buddha

"There are these two extremes that are not to be indulged in… that which is devoted to sensual pleasure and that which is devoted to self-affliction… by avoiding both of these extremes, the middle way is realised"

Dukkha - "N t i s… b, a, i, d, a s i s" - Buddha, Pali Canon

"Now this is suffering… birth, ageing, illness, death, and separation is suffering"

Dukkha - "W I t i s" - Buddha, Pali Canon

"What I teach is suffering"

Anicca - "A c t a i - w o s t w w, o t a f s" - Buddha, Dhammapada

"All conditioned things are impermanent - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering"

Anicca -

Anatta - "A t a n-s" - Buddha, Dhammapada

"All things are not-self"

Anatta - "I a t h, f a s i t w o d t g o t t s, w u i t g d t m?" - Shantideva (Indian monk)

"If all the harm , fear and suffering in the world occurs due to grasping on to the self, what use is that great demon to me?"

What Parable shows Anatta?

The Questions of Milinda

Paticcasamupada - "W t i, t i. F t a o t c t a o t. W t i, t i. F t c o t c t c o t" - Buddha, Pali Canon

"When this is, that is. From the arising of this comes the arising of that. When this isn't, that isn't. From the cessation of this comes the cessation of that"

Paticcasamupada - "A e a i i l a s i l w t f o o" - Dalai Lama

"All events and incidents in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others"

Three Refuges - "M t s y l, m t D y l" - Buddha

"Make the self your light, make the Dharma your light"

Three Refuges - "B i a o g t t B, t D a t o a a r, h p w p k t F N T" - Dhammmapada

"But if any one goes to the Buddha, the Dharma and the order as a refuge, he perceives with proper knowledge the Four Noble Truths"

Three Refuges - "I t r i t B, t D, a t S" - Pali Canon

"I take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha"

Arhat - "T a i p, f f c" - Dhammapada

"The arhat is peaceful, freed from craving"

Arhat - "I h n t a n o l m" - Buddha

"I have no teacher and no one like me"

Bodhisattva - "H i s b a: I v t s t" - Bodhisattva Vow

"However innumerable beings are: I vow to save them"

Bodhisattva - "O w h o a h o" - Pali Canon

"One who helps others also helps oneself"

Bodhisattva - T B p i "A n a p i, e w t T t" - Bikkhu Bodhi

The Bodhisattva path is "A noble and praiseworthy ideal, even within the Theravada tradition"

Arhat and Bodhisattva - "W s n s t t i h o l. T s e o" - Thich Nhat Hanh

"We should not say this tradition is higher or lower. They support each other"

Arhat and Bodhisattva - "A B t s t s f o e, m a w" - Dalai Lama

"All Buddhist traditions share the same foundations of ethics, meditation and wisdom"

Arhat and Bodhisattva - "M a T a l t w o a b" - Dalai Lama

"Mahayana and Theravada are like two wings of a bird"

The Four Noble Truths - "T F N T a t v f o B t, a t i w t a s i" - Dalai Lama

"The Four Noble Truths are the very foundation of Buddhist teachings, and that is why they are so important"

The Four Noble Truths - "G i a r o w i u" - Pali Canon

"Greed is a root of what is unskilful"

The Four Noble Truths - "T i t e o c… c; n" - Pali Canon

"This is the end of craving… cessation; nirvana"

The Four Noble Truths - "I t s a t w t e s, t i a" - Buddha

"I teach suffering and the way to end suffering, that is all"

Eightfold Path - "D n e, c g, p t m" - Buddha

"Do no evil, cultivate good, purify the mind"

Five Aggregates - "I b, t f a s t c a s" - Buddha

"In brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering"