Religious Studies things i forgot

Everything from my Religious Studies course that i forget or don't know from doing exam practice

Give beliefs about divorce and re marriage - CALM

-Catholics - annulment (not divorce) but can remarry if annulment
-Anglicans - last resort or violence or adultery, remarry up to priest
-Liberal Protestants - can divorce and remarry
-Marriage should be life-long as divorce breaks commandments and precepts

Define commitment

-to be dedicated to someone or something

Describe (Theravada) Buddhist beliefs about human personality

-Theravada belief

-human personality is made up of five skandhas (aggregates)

-Form (physical substance

-Sensation (eg. from our senses)

-Perception (understanding of sensations)

-Mental formations (eg. will belief, desire

-Consciousness (awareness of world and self)

-the five things interact and vary - there is no consistent soul

beneath them

Describe (Mahayana) beliefs about human personality

-everyone has a Buddha -nature (tathagatagharba)

-everyone has the ability to become a Buddha for themselves, not just monks

Sunyata: ‘emptiness’ - everything, both beings and objects, lack a true essence

-‘Form is only emptiness’ - Heart Sutra

-understanding this is vital, as clinging to the idea of people/things having a substance can result in forming attachments, and so moving further from enlightenment

Describe the differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

-Theravada is the oldest and most traditional branch of Buddhism, it is stricter and puts more emphasis on monasticism

-Mahayana is less traditional and more internally diverse - includes Zen, Tibetan and Pure Land Buddhism

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