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1) Buddhacarita
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a. Means tail of Buddha
b. One of the four major biographies in Sanskrit and Pali (doesn't tell about the Buddha, tells a statement of faith) c. Written in 2nd century CE d. Author: Asvaghosa e. Translated from Sanskrit to Chinese to Tibetan |
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2) Jataka
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a. From Sanskrit
b. Birth tales of Buddha’s former lives c. Pali/Sanskrit translated to Chinese/Tibetan d. 547 lives of Buddha until last life of Gautama/Siddhartha and ends Samsara cycle e. Dipainkara was Buddha at time of the creation of the Jataka |
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3) Sumedha
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a. First story of the Jataka
b. An ascetic (renounced society) c. Sees Buddha and quickly recognize he is the truth d. Gives reverence to Buddha and makes a vow to become a Buddha |
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4) Dipamkara
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a. The Buddha at the time of the creation of the Jataka
b. The first Buddha of 25 c. Tirthankara=apart of Jainism and finds path d. Sumedha meets Dipamkara |
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5) Bodhisattva
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a. On way to being enlightened
b. Becomes Bodhisattva after making a vow c. Future Buddha |
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6) Six Perfections (G,M,P,C,M,W)
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a. Generosity (dana)
b. Morality c. Patience d. Courage e. Meditation f. Wisdom (prajna) |
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7) Dana
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a. Donate/donor
b. 1st attribute of a Bodhisattva= giving/generosity c. Story of Vesantra |
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8) Virya
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a. Means virtue
b. Goes with 4th attribute (effort) c. strive every moment to become a Buddha, warrior |
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9) Dhyana
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a. Zen Buddhism
b. Goes with 5th attribute (concentration) c. training your mind |
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10) Prajna
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a. Means wisdom, 6th attribute
b. prajna paramita=perfection of wisdom (heart sutra) |
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11) Buddhas/bodhisattvas/arhats
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a. Buddha=enlightened one
i. In Theravada Buddha’s are rare ii. One at a time iii. Time b/w Buddha is at least a kalpa iv. In Mahayana everyone should be a Buddha/Bodhisattva b. Bodhisattva=one on way to being enlightened c. Arhat=goal of Theravada Buddhism i. Enlightened through using the work of the Buddha |
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12) Mahasattava
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a. 2nd story
b. kills himself so tiger can give birth, can’t kill other animals because you shouldn’t harm others c. story shows compassion and #7 attribute (skill in means by giving the tiger what she needed) |
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13) Vessantara
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a. Royal king who gives away everything and everyone to be a Buddha
b. 2nd to last life=penultimate c. following the first attribute (giving) d. Tension between Dharma (truth, truth of the Buddha) vs. Civilization (morals) i. Connected because lay people in civilization provide for the Bikkhu ii. The renuciants ,sanga/bikkhu, teach society in place of producing for themselves. The laypeople, upasaka, provide for the Buddha and in return receive good karma. The Upasaka’s relationships are based on ethical understanding and objgations to family/society. |
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15) Bhiksu/Bikkhu
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a. Renunciants=remove from society
b. No production b/c no time during process of becoming a Buddha c. Teach society d. Promising transcendent vision |
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16) Upasaka
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a. Lay people
b. Relationships based on ethical understanding c. Oblations to family/society d. Based on production, produce for renunciants |
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17) Tusita Heaven
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a. Realm where bodhisattva reincarnated
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18) Maitreya
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a. Buddha that is most commonly known, fat Buddha
b. 26th Buddha? |
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19) Five transmigratory paths
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i. Lives get shorter and more miserable going down)
b. Deva c. Human (shorter, less pleasant lives) d. Animals e. Hungry ghosts (food into stone, liquid into fire) f. Hells (torments, long life) |
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20) Three realms
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a. States of concentrations, all in samsara
i. Realm of Desire (lower level, occupied by humans) ii. Realm of form iii. Realm of formlessness (highest, exceeds others) |
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21) Four dhyanas
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a. Higher up Dhyanas, higher state of consciousness
-infinite space -infinite consciousness -nothingness -neither perception |
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22) Kapilavastu
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a. Where Maya and Suddhodana reign over their kingdom
b. The capital that Gautama’s mother leaves to have the baby |
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23) Lumbini
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a. Where Gautama was born under a tree branch
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24) Suddhodana
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a. Gautama’s father, king
b. Reign over Kapilavasthu |
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25) Maya
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a. Gautama’s mother
b. A white elephant enters her side in a dream c. Gautama possibly born from side to be divine b/c blood would make him impure d. Dies 7 days after Buddha’s birth, birth something powerful so move on e. She goes into tusita heaven but not a Buddha |
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26) Buddha images/Gandhara/Mathura
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a. 1st Buddhist images in Gandhara (greek) and Mathura (Indian)
b. during the 2nd or 3rd century c. earliest images are aniconic=not icons i. images doesn’t include the Buddha ii. from birth story Gautama is divine |
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26) Siddhartha
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a. He is born into a royal family
b. Born from Maya’s side c. Takes 7 steps after he is born and recognizes 4 corners of the universe d. Declares this will be the last time I will be born e. divine |
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27) Kodanya
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a. One Gautuma’s 5 followers
b. A young brahman who made prediction b/w charavartin and Buddha |
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28) Cakravarin (S)
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a. From holyman’s prediction Gautama could be a Cakravarin or Buddha
b. He would be a Cakravartin if he did not come in contact with old age, sickness, death, and renoucation c. Cakravartin means great king, wheel turner d. Wheel turner=take territory, create territory, create great civilization, connects to chariots, turn wheels of chariot of army |
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29) Asoka
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a. Conquers vast territory
b. Horrified at damage of conquering area and repents and converts to Buddhism c. His symbol becomes a wheel and leaves it behind |
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30) Yasodhara
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Gautama's wife
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31) Rahula
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Gautama's son
mean fetters=ball and chain |
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32) Four passing sites
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a. Old person=Gautama is confused by sight and charioteer says old age is our destiny. Gautma wonders how people live unconcerned about reality
b. Sick person c. Dead person d. Renunciant=one who seeks truth e. All relate to suffering |
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33) The great departure
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a. 1st images in Gandhara (greek) and Mathura (indian)
b. 2nd or 3rd century c. major biographies of the Buddha made around same time d. earliest images are aniconic (images don’t include the Buddha) b/che is divine |
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34) Alara Kalama
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a. Siddhartha’s mediation master
b. Who is at the third stage (nothingness) |
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35) Udaka Ramaputta
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a. Siddharatha’s new master after he leaves Alara Kalama has mastered the fourth stage (neither perception)
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36) Mara
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a. A god b/c of good karma
b. God of desire and passion c. Tries to get Gautuma of the diamond seat and uses his four daughters to try and tempt him d. Starts a contest to see who has most merit, Gautama wins b/c he touches the earth |
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37) Bodhgaya
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a. Where Gautama was enlightened under the Pipal tree on the diamond seat and makes a vow “ I am not going to move from this seat until I reach enlightenment
b. Becomes enlightened at 35 years old |
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38) Tathagata
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a. Someone who is thus gone
b. Thusness=understand the way things really are c. another term for a Buddha |
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40) Deer park
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a. Where Gautma’s 5 disciples ran off to after they left him
b. Came in contact with merchants who are symbolic because society is recognizing the Buddha c. Merchants are a key part of society d. Merchants support Buddhism and can receive good karma |
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41) Benares
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where deer park is, were he give his first sermon
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42) Dhamma-cakka-pavattana Sutta
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-The Buddha's first sermon
-Setting in Motion the wheel of truth |
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43) Three treasures/refuges
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a. Buddha preaches the Dharma and becomes the truth
b. Dharma (truth, reality as it is) c. Disciples become members of the Sangha d. Fundamental part of being a Buddha |
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44) Buddha/Dharma/Sangha
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a. The three refuges
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45) Mahāprajāpatī
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a. Maya’s sister who raised Gautma when Maya died
b. 1st woman of the Buddha’s order |
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57) Kussinagara
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a. Where the Buddha died
b. “ Decay is inherhant in all compotent things, work out your salvation in diligence i. universal message ii. anything made up of part will die iii. death is inevitable |
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58) Sala
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a. The trees that the Buddha was born under in Lumbini and the trees he died b/w in Kusinagara
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59) Parinirvana
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a. Great Decease
b. Early Buddhism rejects this idea i. Buddhism rejects the idea of an eternal soul (eternalism) and reject idea of annliation ii. An idea that is not able to be explained iii. Helps to explain that nirvana is sacred |
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60) Lumbini/Bodh Gaya/deer park/kusinagara
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a. The Buddha’s journey to Buddha hood
b. Lumbini was his birthplace under a tree c. Bodh Gaya where Gautma became enlightened under the Bodhi Tree while sitting on the diamond seat, becomes enlighten at 35 d. Deer park where he went to find his disciples and came in contact with a merchant who showed reverence. i. Merchants keep society going ii. Merchants get good karma/merit which ensures good reincarnation e. Kusinagara i. Where the Buddha died b/w the sala trees |
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61) Stupa
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a. Large mound made of stone where relics (remains) of Buddha were placed
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62) Middle way
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a. Rejection of both pleasure and asceticism
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63) Four noble truths
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a. Life is suffering (dukkha)
b. Suffering caused by craving c. Suffering can have an end d. There is a path which leads to the end of suffering |
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64) Dukkha (WBT, page 19)
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i. Ordinary suffering (physical and mental)
ii. Change, impermanent 1. Happiness never sticks iii. Conditioned states 1. Everything is the result of causes and conditions 2. Constituted, composite b. Means suffering c. First noble truth d. Impermanent /unsatisfactory |
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65) Anatman
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a. Person who asked the Buddha to include women in the order with the monks (nuns)
b. Discussed with the Buddha about who will be the successor once he dies i. Be your own successor , rely on yourself c. Discussion abut Buddha’s remains i. Not the concern of the sanga, the lay people will cremate him and his jewel like (sarira) remains will be placed in a stupa that is spilt into 8 parts and spread in places important to the Buddha’s life 1. Birthplace=lumbini 2. Enlightenment=Bodh Gaya 3. 1st sermon=Deer Park 4. death=Kusinagara |
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66) Five aggregates (WBT, page 20)
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a. Aggregate of Matter=physical part of self
b. Aggregate of Sensations=sensations c. Aggregate of Perceptions=conceptualization d. Aggregate of Mental Formations=volition,will,make decision e. Aggregate of consciousness=consciousness |
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71) Nirvana
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sacred
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72) Eightfold noble path (WBT pg 45)
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a. Right understanding
b. Right thought c. Right speech d. Right action e. Right livelihood f. Right effort g. Right mindfulness h. Right concentration |
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73) Five precepts
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a. No killing
b. No lying c. No stealing d. No sexual misconduct e. No drinking |
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74) Three cultivations
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---Morality=related to the five precepts, ethical activity
---Mediation=effort,mindfulness, mediation;when the Buddha studied with the masters -----Wisdom=Buddha's insight directed at truth of understand karma;four noble truths |
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28) 32 marks of the Buddha
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a. 32 characteristics of being a Buddha
b. mole on forehead=wisdom eye (urna)=Buddha emits light c. extra lump of flesh on top of head=ushnisha d. charkravtin has the same marks |
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38) Asceticism/Jainism
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a. Jainism=severely harming self to conquer you body
i. Locating problem in physical body ii. Telling body has no control |
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63) Maitreya
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a. Buddha this most commonly known, fat Buddha
b. In chinese known as Budai (cloth, sack) |
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64) Three Buddha bodies
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a. Earthly bodies=body on earth
b. Heavenly bodies =heavenly body in paradise c. Transcendent body=connected with truth |
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65) Heart Sutra
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argues that the 5 aggregates are empty
-one of the prajana pramita (perfection of wisdom) |
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67) Non-duality
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a. All elements within the 5 aggregates that make us up are empty
b. Mahayana says duality b/w Nirvana and Samsara doesn’t exist, false mode of duality i. Nirvana is present right now ii. No division b/w monks and lay people iii. Accessible for every person |
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skill in means
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saving others by knowing what they need
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