zen buddhism

wudong mountain microcosmic orbit

written by daoist practitioners on wudong mountain, on grounds of never publishing it or being written down

nirvana

extinction of hatred & delusion

siddhartha gautama

born in 500s bce and lived to be 80 years old, named the buddha

1 old age

2 illness

3 death

4 sanyasan: renunciate

the 4 things the buddha encountered

acetic

letting go of self-desire/pleasure

bodhi tree

middle way through meditation and

the buddha

the awakened one

impermanence

nothing lasts forever

dukkha

suffering; unsatisfactory

anatman

no self

4 noble truth

1 suffering

2 cause of suffering

3 cessation of suffering

4 8-fold path

sutra/sutta

"thread"/line

dharma/dhamma

duty/cosmic duty

pali

"the way of the elders"

mahayana buddhism

great vehicle

dhyana

meditation

chan

meditation in chinese

zen

meditation in japanese

seon

meditation in korean

wumenguang

gateless barrier