Buddhism Terms

Samsara

The endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (and redeath)

Duhkha

Concept of suffering or dissatisfactory feeling that is always present until you reach Nirvana

4 Noble Truths

1.Existence is suffering

2.Suffering is caused by desire

3.Desire can be overcome

4.Follow the eightfold path

The 5 Aggregates

5 impermanent factors of one’s existence

1. Form (physical body)

2. Sensation (feelings)

3. Perception (cognition)

4. Mental formations (morals)

5. Consciousness

12 Conditioning Links (Wheel of Life)

Process that leads to Duhkha

Ignorance, mental formations, consciousness, mind and body, senses, contact, sensation, craving, attachment, becoming, birth, the whole mass of Duhkha

Karma

The result of willful intention

3 Root Evils

Greed

Hate

Delusion

The Middle Way (Noble eightfold path)

Right:

1. Understanding

2. Thought

3. Speech

4. Action

5. Livelihood

6. Effort

7. Mindfulness

8. Concentration

Path of Purification (sections of 8fold path)

Morality

Concentration

Wisdom