RE Buddhist key words

Annica

All things are impermanent

Anatta

There is no independent self

buddhist believe we all change our attitudes over time

Dukkha

We all suffer

There are seven states of suffering, e.g. Birth and Death

(s)Kandhas

The five elements that make up human being

• form

• sensation

• perception

• mental formations

• consciousness

Mahayana

Developed after theravada buddhism. It has more Chinese influences, meaning “great vehicle ”

Theravada

“way of the elders”

oldest form of buddhism

strictly faithful to the teachings of buddha

Bodhisattva

combines several beliefs,

someone who delays their own achievement of nirvana to help others reach it instead

Arhat

someone who has gained insight into the true nature of existence

Life of the Buddha:

3 stages:

• Early life

• ascetic life

• enlightened life

Samsara

cycle of life, death and rebirth

to be trapped in samsara means to keep being re-born to another life

3 poisons

Bad things that will create Bad karma

• ignorance

• greed

• hatred