Buddhism Exam 2

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Avalokitesvara

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One of the four celestial Bodhisattvas, sometimes male, sometime female, sometimes appears as having a lot of arms or a lot of heads, sometimes will have the head of an elephant, the bodhisattva of COMPASSION, considered to be manifest as the Dali-lama of Tibet

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Tara

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arose from Lotus, fears Avalokitsevara, protector, green and white, the only bodhisattva that is always female, in variety of colors usually green or white, tends to have eyeballs on her palms, a protectionist

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Monjusri

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holds sword, wisdom, always male, bodhisattva of wisdom, always depicted with a sword in hand, the sword of wisdom which cuts through ignorance, even when not wrathfully manifested he still holds a sword

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Maitreya

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next Buddah, only non Mahayanan embraced, laughing Buddah, accepted as bodhisattva by both Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhists, is the next Buddha that will appear in this world, he is also found in early Buddhist scriptures, a happy fat and friendly Buddha

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Aksobhya

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One of the 3 Buddhas, Direction: EAST, Color: BLUE, Pure Land: ABHIRATI

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Abhirati

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Pure land of Buddah Aksobhya, flat, soft, no non buddhists, vast gardens and trees, food just appears, no physical sexuality, pregnant on site, no trade, has women

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Bhaisajyaguru

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One of he 3 Buddahs, Direction: EAST, Color: BLUE, Pure Land: Vaiduryonirbhasa
Medecine Buddah
Health and long life and wellness

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Vaiduryonirbhasa

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Pure land for Buddah Bhaisajyaguru,

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Amitabha/Amita/Amitayos

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One of the 3 Buddahs, Direction: WEST, Color: Red, Pure Land: Sukhavati

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Sukhavati

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Pure Land of Amitabha, land of happiness, bliss, no women, born as man

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4 Types of Tantra

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• ACTION – largest category, about mundane ends, drying up your enemies urine

• PERFORMANCE– smallest category, mandalas appear first here

• Yoga

• Supreme yoga – lots of really nasty stuff, eating sexual fluids, having nasty filthy dirty sex

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Buddah Bodies

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2 Buddha Bodies

• (1) Rupakaya – Form Body
• (2) Dharmakaya – metaphorical, a body of work, a literary body, the dharma, what he taught, metaphorically means the dharma itself

3 Buddha Bodies

• Manifestation– (Nirmana-kaya) – normal body of a Buddha, normal physical form – maps closely Rupakaya
• Enjoyment body– (Samboga-kaya) – the body of Buddha as appeared as advanced, as seen in their pureland, (golden, blue hair, etc.)
• Dharma-kaya – equivalent with ultimate reality, what a Buddha knows, the law, the truth, the way the universe actually is

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6 Perfections

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• Giving (Dana), generous
• Ethics
• Patience
• Vigor
• Meditation
• Wisdom (Prajna) – the most important, a class of literature, scriptures that have particular teachings

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Vehicles

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2 Vehicle System
• Hinayana – the small vehicle
• Mahayana – the great vehicle
3 Vehicle System
• Sravekayana – the vehicle of the disciples, the people who were sitting there when Buddha walked around India and taught, they actually heard him teach, healers – Map to Hinayana
• Pratyekabuddhayana – a solitary Buddha, there are people now and in the past who have figured out the truth, become awakened, and become Buddha’s, they have done this without being taught, taught themselves, they do not teach, they just attain awakening and stay by themselves, stay solitary, do not teach – Map to Hinayana
• Bodhisattvayana – the vehicle of bodhisattvas – Map to Mahayana

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Hinayana

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small out of 2 vehicle system, lesser, people most call them this

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Mahayana

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larger out of 2 vechilce system

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Sravekayana

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3 vehicle system, the vehicle of the disciples, the people who were sitting there when Buddha walked around India and taught, they actually heard him teach, healers – Map to Hinayana

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Pratyekabuddhayana

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3 vehicle system, a solitary Buddha, there are people now and in the past who have figured out the truth, become awakened, and become Buddha’s, they have done this without being taught, taught themselves, they do not teach, they just attain awakening and stay by themselves, stay solitary, do not teach – Map to Hinayana

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Bodhisattvayana

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3 vehicle system, the vehicle of bodhisattvas – Map to Mahayana,

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Bodhisattva

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one on the path to Buddahood

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Dhatu

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realm or sphere in sense, e.g. the realm of sight

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Garbha

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– generally means a container, that which is contained within, e.g. womb, embryo, refers both to the container and what’s contained within

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Karanua

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the path to of arhatship appears tainted with a residual selfishness since it lacks the motivation of the great compassion (karuna) of the bodhisattva, and ultimately the only legitimate way of Buddhist practice is the bodhisattva path.

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Kaya

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Body

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Mahayana

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‘great vehicle’; a broad school of Buddhism

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Mandala

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a diagram (usually based on a square and/or circle orientated to the four directions) of the cosmos in the form of a vision of a set of Buddhas and bodhisattvas which then acts as a basis for visualization and mediation for those who have been initiated into its practice by an accomplished master.

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Paramita

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perfection

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Prajna

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wisdom, understanding (Buddhist mediation)

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Punya

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‘merit’, auspicious and fortunate karma

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Sravaka

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‘hearer’; a disciple of the Buddha as distinct from one following the bodhisattva path to full buddhahood of the samyaksambuddha

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Sunyata

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‘emptiness’; a Buddhist spiritual term used to characterize the ultimate nature of things

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Tantra

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a class of esoteric ritual and meditational Buddhis texts used in Vajrayana/mantrayana Buddhism

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Tathagata

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epitaph for a Buddha, Means ‘this gone, this come, this not gone”

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Upayakausalya

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the fact the Buddha taught them is an example of his ‘skill in means’ (upayakauslya) as a teacher. These goals are thus merely clever devices employed by the Buddha in order to get beings to at last begin the practice of the path; leading them to a the vehicle Mahayana the vehicle ending in perfect buddahood

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Mantra

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The term mantra is traditionally said to be derived from two roots: man, to think; and the action-oriented suffix -tra. Thus a mantra can be considered to be a linguistic device for deepening ones thought, or in the Buddhist context for developing the enlightened mind.

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Vajra

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diamond thunderbolt, in the sense of being really hard, unbreakable and can cut through anything

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Parable of the Burning House

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• Wealthy man, big house, children playing inside with toys
• Man sees house burning, tries to get kids out of burning house
• B/c kids are so enamored in the toys, they don’t realize house is burning
• Man realizes he must come up with a device, or way of tricking them to come outside
• He says if you guys come outside, I will give you 3 vehicles,
• All the kids run outside, there are no vehicles
• Instead of the carts, he gives them all the best vehicle
o Story illustrates ideas
o Wealthy man demonstrates Buddha
o Children represent other people
o Burning house represents the world is on fire
o Allegorical Buddha uses skillful means to get people out of trouble
o Skillful means are good because they accomplish the goal, ultimately are not true though, although they Buddha taught three vehicles, in actuality there is only one vehicle

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Three I's

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Potential ways one might react to contradiction, info

Imposition - given new info that contradicts old, thats just an "impostion" dismiss it

Investiture

Interpretation - note contradction resolve it so that there is no contraction "what he really mean"t