Buddhism

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Veda

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The corpus of sacred brahmanical texts. Written in 1500BC most likely. Reflect a hierarchical purity with 4 classes.

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brahmin

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The dominant varna in traditional hindu society. Holy men, above all. In the Vedic tradition. Threatened by the Shramanas

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shramanas

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Wondering ascetics which stood in opposing to the vedic tradition and brahmanical authority. Gave rise to a number of movements, including Buddhism.

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Siddhartha Gautama

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I mean... there is more than can fit on a single vocab card here.

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buddha

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yeah once again, lots you should be talking about here

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tathagata

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the thus gone/come; a name for the Buddha, beyond all transitory phenomena, knower of the truth, beyond samsara

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arhat

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one who is fully awakened, a Buddhist saint, sort of a synonym for Buddha, however more traditionally refers to those taught and achieving enlightenment

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pratyekabuddha

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a 'solitary buddha', they achieve full enlightenment alone but do not go on to teach others of this

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Mara

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the tempter figure in Buddhist mythology, 'bringer of death', 'the bad one', no so much the personification of evil, more so the temptation itself that the world holds for people, defeated by the Bodhisattva just prior to his enlightenment, defeated as the Buddha touched the earth and called it forth to bear witness to his enlightenment

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Shakyamuni, sakyamuni

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Another name for the Buddha, the sage of the (hint hint)

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Nirvana

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the cessation of suffering, the blowing out of the three poisons: greed, aversion, delusion; three distinct events = event of attaining enlightenment, content of that experience, state of condition after death for Buddha

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Bodh Gaya

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Where the Buddha attained final enlightenment and extinguished desire entirely

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parinirvana

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Another form of nirvana, associated with death, what the enlightened achieve after death, the unconditioned

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Ananda

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Chief attendent of the Buddha, photographic memory, with him more than anyone else

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stupa

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(literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship.

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jataka

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The stories which concern the previous resurrections and lives of the Buddha prior to the one in which he achieved enlightenment.

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bodhisattva

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one on the path to Buddhahood, one who is pursuing the 10 perfections, Buddha is one in the jatakas

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dharma

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the underlying law of reality, the teaching of the Buddha, the truth of things, the way in which we should act, akin to a skill, not just intellectual,

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tripitaka

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the three baskets, the three fold division of the traditional buddhist cannon, composed of 1) Sutras 2) Vinayas 3)Abhidharma; created when the 500 arhats convened

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Sutra

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the discourses of the Buddha, means well spoken, one of three principal components of the Buddhist cannon

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Vinaya

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Monastic discipline, the rules monks must follow, one of three main divisions of Buddhist cannon

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Abhidharma

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'higher teaching', the attempt to systematize the teachings of the Buddha, one of three main components of the Buddhist cannon

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Pali

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Original language of Buddhism, language of the Theravada canon, closely related to sanskrit, was the ordinary vernacular at time of Buddha

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Sanskrit

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The Brahmanical language at time of Buddha, became more common later, became a part (sanskritization) of official canon

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Nikayas

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"collections" of Buddhist discourses, 4 of them, also known as 4 Agamas, both pali and chinese versions, all a portion of the Sutra basket of the tripitaka

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Theravada

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A lot here, better just know it.

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Mahayana

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A lot here, better just know it.

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four truths

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better just know these 4 things

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three poisons

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Greed, aversion, delusion

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karma

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good and bad actions of body, speech, and mind whose pleasant and unpleasant results are experienced in this and subsequent lives

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three trainings

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Conduct; meditation; wisdom. Conduct is based on ethics, meditation is based on mindfulness, and wisdom is the recognition of no self.

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bhikshu

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a Buddhist monk

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bhikshuni

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a Buddhist nun

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upasaka

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male lay follower

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upasika

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female lay follower

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pratimoksha

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A Buddhist monastic rule contained in the Vinaya

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ordination

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dude, it's ordination

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vihara

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A Buddhist monastery, originally refereed to shelters used in the rainy season, literally means "a secluded place in which to walk"

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dhutanga

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the ascetic vows and practices of forest monks, more severe than those of city monks, in the Theravada tradition

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Ashoka

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This is the emperor dude... learn more about him, kind of out of the blue here.

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punya

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merit, accumulates as a result of good deeds, contributes to liberation, charitable giving is near top of ways to generate, supporting ordained community is BEST