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80 Cards in this Set
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3 bodies of the Buddha |
Material, spiritual, essential |
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Something felt, not talked about. Meditation is not simply quieting things down but acquiring knowledge. |
Dhyana |
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Truth exists on 2 levels; World here & now/Higher level of truth experienced in Dhyana |
Two Truth Doctrine |
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One of 2 major philosophical schools. - Knowledge through actions - Idea that booklearning is not sufficient -Tries to explain how if there is not soul, why we should care - Our future births matter; what you do effects future developments - Storehouse consciousness |
Yogachara |
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What are the 5 relationships in Confucious? |
- Parent/child - Elder sibling/younger sibling - Husband/wife - Ruler/ruled - Friend/friend |
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- A collection of actions - Equilibrium of nature (pt of harmony/balance) - Embodiment of balance |
Tao |
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- Don't think so much about what you do - Must act distinctively |
Actionless action |
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- Confucian virtue - Similar to the idea of compassion |
Human Heartedness |
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- Tiantai faced problem of "how could differnt ideas come from one person" - The idea that there is a hierarchy of teachings |
Five Periods (Tiantai) |
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- Attempt to get away from idea of linearity - All is interconnected, things effect other things |
Interpenetration (Huayan) |
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- Question that has no answer - Point is to knock your thinking out of ordinary thought |
Gongan (Ch'an) school |
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Opposite to concept of Gongan school |
Just sitting |
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- Has the largest adherents - A world in which the Buddha has not physically died - A kind of Buddhism that could be done by the average person |
Pure Land school |
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- Must be called upon w/ complete faith - Has power to cause anyone to be born into Pure Land |
Amida Buddha |
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- Mantra - "I call upon Amida" - Said over again whenever by whomever |
Nianfo (Pure Land) |
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- School that believed in ritual - Largest school in Japan - Readily accepted because believed to be of best magical quality - Place among the aristocracy |
Shingon (800 CE) |
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Pure Land Buddhism in Japanese context |
Jodo |
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- Momentarily enlightenment - Idea developed in Japanese zen - Once you see it is there you know it is attainable - Encourages other to continue practicing zen |
Kensho |
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- Modern form of Buddhism that combines nationalism & buddhism - Goes back to Nichiren |
Soko Gakkai |
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- "the way of the Gods" - Japanese practice that preceeded Buddhism - Go to when they need particular favors from the deities (to do w/ life) |
Shinto |
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- Didn't worry about after death, focused on what to do when alive - Had idea of getting ppl to run in a proper way to have funct society - Teachings became the default system of Chinese buracracy |
Confucius |
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Practitioners who were opposed to Buddhists because it conflicted w/ idea of functional society |
Confucius practitioners |
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- "old man" - founder of Taoism |
Lao Tzu |
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- Establishes fundamental nature of society - Hierarchical society w/ leader on top & everyone under |
First emperor |
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- Founder of Tiantai school of Buddhism - Idea of 5 levels of Buddhism |
Zhiyi (535 - 597) |
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- Founder of Huayan school - Idea of interpenetration - Becomes core philosophy of other forms of Buddhism |
Fazang (643 - 712) |
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- Founder of Ch'an (not provable) - Likely comes from India - Proponent of Sitting Meditation - sat for 10 years in China - Founder of all lineages of zen |
Bodhiharma (440 - 528) |
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- Practical founder of Ch'an (because is real) - Wrote foundational text - 1st leader of Zen |
Huineng (638 - 713) |
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- Founder of Kohan |
Linji (died 867) |
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- 1st allowed to ordain own monks - 1st to est monasteries outside capital & able to break gov't hold |
Saicho (tientai) |
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- founder of Shingon (magical Buddhism) - Develops Buddhism in Japan as an independent force not controlled by gov't. |
Kukai |
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- Pure land Buddhist who started as a Teintai monk - Was exiled because Jap gov't does not like Pure land which results in peasant rebellion |
Honen |
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- 1st real Japanese Buddhist thinkers - Has not linear connection to Indian or Japanese Buddhism - Saw Buddhism as something that found its true expression through the Japanese |
Nichiren |
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- Major thinker of zen in Japan - Founder of Soto zen (Just sitting) |
Dogen
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"Just sitting" zen |
Soto zen |
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- Unanswerable questions |
gonhan - Linji (founder) |
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Two forms of Ch'an schools |
- Riddles "gohan" - Just sitting |
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Five Periods, part of what school? |
Tiantai |
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Japanese Pure Land Buddhism |
Jodo |
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Buddhism of upper class
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Zen, ch'an |
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Buddhism that combines nationalism & Buddhism |
Soko Gakkai |
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Who attempts to systematize & organize Buddhist teachings (into unified whole) |
Zhiyi |
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Produced the destruction of Buddhist temples |
Meiji Restoration |
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Short prayer, "I call upon Amida Buddha" |
Nianfo |
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Brought buddhism to the common people |
Pure land |
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Buddhism that was Intensely missionary |
Pure land buddhism |
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Roamed out in the world supported by the common people |
Ch'an buddhists Pure land buddhists |
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Ended the long isolation of Japan |
Meiji restoration |
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When does buddhism become integrated into China? |
The Three Kingdoms Period (220 - 280) |
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Taught idea of Shunyata (emptiness) |
Bodhisattvas |
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Upaya |
Skillful means; see fuller implication of actions |
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A major theme of the Lotus Sutra |
Upaya (skillful means) |
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4 schools that had conflict in China |
Tiantai Ch'an Huayan Pure land |
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Which is the earliest school? (Tiantai, ch'an, huayan, pureland) |
Tiantai |
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1st to make significant break from indian buddhism. Taintai - Lotus Sutra |
Zhiyi |
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A monastic school (starts off) |
Taintai |
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Moves outside monastic system. Which buddhisms? |
Ch'an & Pure land |
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"Knowledge through action" - States there is no soul after death |
Yogachara |
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First period of teaching that the Buddha made |
Teaching of abatamsaaa |
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Chinese literature for the Buddha sutras (sermons of the Buddha) |
Agamas |
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Seeing the world in a different way (nonhabitual) |
Ch'an (gongan) |
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"Wisdom" - special teaching only for few people |
Prajna |
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Has many rituals & one of largest Buddhism schools in Japan. Seen to have superior magic |
Shingon |
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Said you bould break buddhism into 4 doctrines |
Zhiyi |
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What are the 4 doctrines? |
1. tripitika (basic teachings) 2. emptiness 3. bodhisattva 4. perfect teaching (ultimate explanation, loctus sutra) |
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4 methods to go w/ the 4 doctrines? |
1. gradual teachings (for those not bright) 2. sudden teaching 3. teaching in secret (w/out knowing being taught) 4. variable teaching (adapt teaching to individuals) |
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Which school attempted to systematize? |
Tiantai |
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Brings tiantai from China to Japan |
Saicho |
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Writings become foundation of Huayan |
Fazang |
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Breaks away from gov't control & sets up own monastery |
Kukai |
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Founder of Shingon (magical buddhism) |
Kukai |
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Explains interpenetration |
Fazang |
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Founder of pure land buddhism for the average person in Japan (was exiled) |
Honen |
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Major thinker of "just thinking" in Japan |
Dogen |
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Basic foundations of China were established during what dynasty? |
Shang (1600 BCE - 1046 BCE) |
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When do first Buddhist monks get to China? |
Zhou Dynasty (1046 BCE - 256 BCE) |
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Approximate unification of China? |
200 BCE |
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First time we see a concentrated effort by the Buddhist missionaries to penetrate China and bring Buddhism ideas to China. Buddhism is not very well received and does to get established |
Establishment of Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) |
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Idea of Dhyana & meditation comes with... |
Bodhidharma |
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Revival of Shinto, Buddhism is pushed back |
During Meiji period |
