BUDDHIST BELIEFS

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Buddha
Means "Enlightened One." Siddhartha Gautama overcame the three poisons and discovered the Middle Way to eventually achieve enlightenment
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Jataka
Stories of the Buddha's past lives
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Ascetic
One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury
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Enlightenment
"Nibbana", overcome the three poisons and or achieve the Six Perfections leading to the escape of samsara
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Dhamma
The teachings of the Buddha; universal law; refuge from suffering
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Dependent Arising
"Paticcasamuppada", The belief that everything in existence is because other things are; everything is interconnected and that everyone affects everyone else.
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Samsara
The cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth
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Dukkha
Everything suffers
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Anicca
The ever-changing nature of each being
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Anatta
No fixed self; we are a named collection of multiple parts
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Nibbana
"Blown out", To reach a state of perfect peace where the individual experiences liberation from samsara, gaining wisdom and compassion.
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The Five Aggregates
The five skandhas of: form, sensation, perception, mental formation, consciousness; one's being is composed of these five factors.
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Sunyata
"Emptiness" refers to the absence of an intrinsic nature/identity in all phenomena [M] "Emptiness is form and form is emptiness"
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Bodhisattva
"Enlightenment being", One who has attained enlightenment but has postponed nibbana in order to help others achieve enlightenment [M]
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Arhat
One who has become enlightened and escaped samsara [T]
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The life of the Buddha
Birth and life of luxury < Sees the 4 sights < Ascetism < Middle way and meditation \---\> enlightenment < Teaching < Death from illness
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Mahayana
"The Great Vehicle" ,The largest of Buddhism's three divisions, prevalent in China, Japan and Korea.
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Theravada
"The Way of the Elders", focuses on the earliest texts and emphasizes monastic lifestyle, prevalent in Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia.
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Form
Refers to matter, to the sense organs and the objects they experience
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Mental Formation
Our metal activities, thought, opinions which direct us to good/bad/morally neutral actions that produce good/bad kamma
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Sensation
Feelings which arise from our sense organs, making contact with other objects e.g. emotion, pain
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Perception
Our ability to distinguish between different objects we experience, activating memory e.g. I recognise happiness as I have experienced it before
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Consciousness
Awareness of ourselves and our environment and of things without/before recognition
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Buddhahood
The process whereby someone achieves enlightenment
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Buddha-nature
The fundamental nature of all beings; all beings can attain Buddhahood
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Pali Canon
Original Buddhist texts
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The Six Perfections
Generosity, morality, patience, energy, meditation, wisdom
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The Three Poisons
These trap humans in the cycle of samsara, preventing beings from escaping samsara. The Three Poisons sit at the centre of the Wheel of Life as they are considered to be the forces which keep it spinning and the cycle of samsara turning.
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Animal of greed / desire
Cockrel
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Animal of anger / hatred
Snake
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Animal of ignorance
Pig
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1st Noble Truth
Dukkha; suffering
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2nd Noble Truth
Tanha; the cause of suffering
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3rd Noble Truth
Nibbana; cessation of suffering
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4th Noble Truth
Magga; cure for the cessation of suffering
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Fire and Tanha
Fire destroys all which is feeds off of; it is endlessly consuming; it spreads easily and requires more fuel to continue burning
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Avoid drugs and alcohol
5MP - Avoid d___
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Avoid taking from anyone
5MP - Avoid t_ …. a_
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Avoid sexual misconduct
5MP - Avoid s_
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Avoid wrong speech
5MP - Avoid r_
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Avoid taking life
Avoid t_ … l_
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Dhamma, Buddha, Sangha
The 3 refuges / jewels
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A raft that brings one to safety
The 3 refuges are compared to this
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Sangha
Community
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Army, Daughters, Insults, Promises
What did Mara send to Siddhartha under the tree?
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Kamma
People’s happiness and dukkha depend on this as well as what life one becomes reborn into
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On the outside; At the centre
Where is Death around the Wheel of Life; Where is the Buddha on the Wheel of Life?
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The 3 Poisons
These keep the wheel of life revolving
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Life in the world of samsara
What does the Wheel of Life represent?
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A particular feature/aspect of life and their connections
Each image in the Wheel of Life represents?
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Dependent Arising
Everything depends on supporting conditions; nothing is independent
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By finding the origin of tanha
How does Dependent Arising help Buddhas overcome suffering?
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Lakshanas
The Three Marks of Existence
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Samadhi; effort, understanding, mindfulness
Meditation
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Sila; speech, action, livelihood
Ethics
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Panna; intention, understanding, concentration
Wisdom
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Amitabha-buddha’s paradise
Sukhavati
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Sila, Samadhi, Panna
Threefold Way
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Faith in Amitabha-buddha, not efforts of self
Pureland Buddhism requires …
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Namo Amitabha-buddha
Pureland Buddhists recite …
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