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25 Cards in this Set
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What is a roshi
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A zen master
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What is a koan
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a paradox to be meditated upon that is used to train Zen Buddhist monks to abandon ultimate dependence on reason and to force them into gaining sudden intuitive enlightenment
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What is jiriki
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self power (A term found in Pure Land thought indicating the individual's own effort in religious cultivation leading toward liberation, enlightenment, and nirvāṇa. )
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What is tariki
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offer power
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What is mappo
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bad times, hard to become enlightened, different Buddha appeared in Pureland (other than historical)
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What is daimoku?
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verbal formula used by Nchiren...phrase for existing in the Lotus Sutra
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What are the 10 evils?
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10 evils: Lascivity (too much interest in sex), Falsehood, Vicious Tongues (defaming people), Double Tongues (hypocrisy), Killing, Stealing, Anger, Greed, Stupidity, and Abusive Power
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What are the 4 debts of gratitude?
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1.Gratitude to ancestors (Confucian thought)
2.Gratitude to country 3.Gratitude to “countrymen” (Tolerant of people from all walks of life, different views, backgrounds, all of humanity) 4.Gratitude to the 3 Jewels (buddha, sangha, dharma) (Be grateful for Buddhism) |
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What are the 3 karmas?
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physical karma (sins committed with body)
mental karma (sins committed with thought) verbal karma (sins conmmitted with speech) |
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What is buddha nature?
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a truly real, but internally hidden immortal potency or element within the purest depths of the mind, present in all sentient beings, for awakening and becoming a Buddha.
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What is Dharmakaya
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truth body
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What is Shamboghakaya:
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Enjoyment body; how a buddha appears in his own realm
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What is Nirmanakaya:
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Transformation body; historical buddha
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What is Amidhaba:
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endless light → wisdom
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What is Amidayus
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endless life → being born in Pureland
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What is Tathagatta
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both one who has thus gone (Tathā-gata) and one who has thus come (Tathā-āgata). Others assert that the name means one who has found the truth. It is the name the historical Buddha uses when referring to himself.[1] Also, It refers to someone who has attained the highest goal of the religious life
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What is Dharmakara
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The Bodhisattva who later became Amitabha Buddha, as related in the Longer Amitabha Sutra. The Bodhisattva Dharmakara is famous for forty-eight Vows, particularly the eighteenth, which promises rebirth in the Pure Land to anyone who recites His name with utmost sincerity and faith at the time of death.
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What are the two schools of zen buddhism and how are they different?
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Soto and Rinzai. Soto emphasizes meditation and Rizai emphasizing learning through koans.
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What is Tariki? When does it work?
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Other power...it works when you entrust in the Amida Buddha
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What is daimoku?
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phrase for entrusting in the Lotus Sutra
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What are the 3 levels of truth and what area of Buddhism are they associated with?
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Truth of emptiness (pure mind), Truth of Thusness (storehouse), Temporary Truths (dharmas). Associated with Tendai.
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What are the 3 bodies and what do they mean
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Dharmakaya: truth body
Shamboghakaya: enjoyment body; how a Buddha appears in his own realm Nirmanakaya: transformation body: historical Buddha |
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What is the lay name for Gensha? Who is he?
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Shibi...he as the brilliant speaker of One Bright Jewel...the monk who had the potential for enlightenment, realized it.
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Who was Honin?
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master of Shinran
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what did shin ran do
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focused on how to interpret 18th vow and most of the theory with it.
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