Eduquas Religious Study: BUDDHISM BELIEF

What are the 3 sections of the 8 fold path

Wisdom, Ethic and way of Morality

What's the 3 poisons?

Greed,Hatred and Ignorance

Explain the Buddhas teaching about the 3 poisons (8marker)

-Their a source of negative mental state

-Causes suffering which prevents enlightenment

-Causes bad karma which continuation of Samsara

-Ignorance of 4 noble truth

What's Anicca?

The belief that nothing is permanent (belief in impermanence)

What's Anatta?

The belief that there is no self, essence or soul

What's is Dukkha?

Suffering/pain

What are skandhas?

The five parts that make up the 'self'

What's are the 5 Skandhas

Form

Sense

Perception

Mental impulse

Consciousness

What is Pratityasamutpada?

-Dependent origination

Explain what dependent origination is.

Dependent origination is when everything is connected and everything has a cause and effect on another thing.

What are the 3 types of meditation?

Love and kindness

Insight

Concentration

What is the love and kindness meditation called?

Mettabhavana

What is insight meditation called

Vipissana

What is concentration meditation called?

Samantha

What's the teaching of the Buddha called?

The Dharma

What where the 4 fights the Buddha saw

Death,sickness,old age and a holy man.

What happened to Sid pre-birth?

His mother had a dream where an elephant entered her womb from the side(elephant are a symbol of royalty)

What happened to Sid at birth?

When he was born he walked with lotus trailing behind him.

What what's the prophecy behind the Buddha's birth?

A wise man predicted that he would either be a great ruler or a holy man.

Describe what happened after Sidd saw the 4 sights?

He renounced all his worldly desires and devoted himself to meditate to find the truth.

He sought after a holy man and learnt how to meditate.

He became an ascetic.(This made him realise the middle way)

He meditated under a fig tree for 12 hours.

He was then tempted by Mara.

What are the 3 Marks of Existence?

Anatta, Anicca and Dukkha

What is the Chariot analogy?

The chariot is made out of different parts of it to make the chariot .The self is made out of different parts that make up the person. None of these alone are the chariot, but together they make up the chariot.

What are the 4 noble truths of Buddhism?

1. Life involves suffering

2. Desire is the cause of all suffering

3. To be rid of all suffering you need to get rid of desire

4. Follow the 8 fold path

What's the goal for Theravada Buddhists? (nirvana)

Become a Arafat and reach nirvana.

What's is the goal for Mahayana Buddhists?(nirvana)

Become a bodhisvatta and eventually a buddah

What's Nirvana?

Freedom from suffering and the samsara (a state)

What's the goal for Theravada Buddhists? (enlightenment)

To be released from samsara and become a arahat

What's the goal for Mahayana Buddhists? (enlightenment)

Being a bodhisattva ( beings of enlightened) means seeking enlightenment for others and not for your own sake.

What are the "8-fold path" in Buddhism?

Wisdom-right intention

Ethical Conduct-right action

Meditation-right concentration

What is the word that means emptiness of self?

Sunyata

Sunyata in Theravada Buddhism:

Refers to the No self nature

Sunyata in Mahayana Buddhism

Literally "emptiness"; the concept that nothing has a fixed or permanent self. Similar to anatta, but refers to things beyond human

What's the word for inner Buddha

Tathagatagarbha

What does it mean by 'inner Buddha'

Mahayana Buddhists believe that Buddha nature is within all being.(All human have the potential to become the Buddha)