Buddhism

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Buddhist hermits

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shramanas

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the Four Sights

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a sick man, an old man, a dead man, a shramana

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god who was the personification of evil and death

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Mara

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liberation from samsara

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nirvana

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Buddhist monks and nuns

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bhikkhu/bhikkhuni

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mounds where relics were placed

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stupas

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purpose of First Council

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to determine the course of Buddhism after Buddha's death

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Second Council

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split Buddhism into Mahayana and Theraveda

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Third Council

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completed the first canon

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sacred text

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sutta/sutra

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rulebooks containing the regulations for life in the sangha

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vinaya

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basket

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pitaka

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the Three Baskets

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tripitaka

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two main baskets

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Sutta Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka

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special teachings containing sayings of the Buddha

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Abhidhamma

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scriptures about Buddha's previous lives

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Jatakas

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organized the third council and sent missionaries throughout India

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Ashoka/Asoka

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record of Buddha's sermons

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Dhammapada

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Three Refuges (Tiratana)

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Buddha, dharma, sangha

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perfect being; no longer bound to samsara

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arhat

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Buddhist monastery

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sangha

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meditation that focuses on a single thought or object

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Samadhi

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insight meditation

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Vipassana

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complex of buildings where relics are kept

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Wat

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towers containing the relics

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stupas/pagodas

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an arhat who remains in samsara to teach others

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bodhisattva

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most influential book in Mahayana Buddhism; highest goal is to become a Buddha

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Lotus Sutra

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understanding of historical Buddha

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Three Body Doctrine (Trikaya)

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historical Buddha

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nirmanakaya

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Buddha of spiritual bliss

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sambighakaya

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dharma body

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dharmakaya

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sect that stresses shunyata (emptiness)

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Madhyamaka

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sect that holds that only the mind is real

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Yogacara

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believes in the existance of a paradise

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Pure Land Buddhism

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presides over each paradise

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Dhyani Buddha

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Buddha revered in Pure Land Buddhism

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Amida

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riddles in Zen Buddhism

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koan

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sudden flash of ensight

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satori

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rational form of Buddhism; emerged in reaction to Zen/Ch'an

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Tendai

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believed Lotus Sutra only text

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Nichiren

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tantric Buddhism

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Vajrayan

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indigenous religion practiced in Tibet

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Bon

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rituals in Vajrayan

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tantras

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Tibetan form; merges Indian tantrism and Bon

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Lamaism

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Tibetan word for spiritual master

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lama

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strict monastic form of Buddhism

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Yellow Hat School

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individual soul

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anatman

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body, feelings, perceptions, dispositions, or tendencies

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skandas

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principle that nothing is independent

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dependent co-origination

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desire

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tanha

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suffering

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dukkha

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behaviors that will burn up karma

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Eightfold Path

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short poems to increase awareness

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haiku

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sitting meditation

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zazen

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moral codes Buddha taught his followers

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Five Precepts