Two Marker Keywords - Buddhism

Annica

the impermanent nature of all things

Anatta

no independent or permanant self

Dukkha

suffering/unsatisfactoriness

(S)kadhas

the five elements that make up a human being: form, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness

Samatha

calmness or breathing meditation

Pratitya

dependent orgination; everything ‘exists’ only because of the ‘existence’ of other phenomena in an incredibly complex web of cause and effect covering time past, time present and time future

Mettabhavana

the development of loving kindness, usually through meditation

Vipassana

‘insight’ meditation enabling the individual to see the true nature of things