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20 Cards in this Set
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anatman
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“No-Soul”. Doctrine that human person is impertinent, a changing combination of components. Not worth clinging to anything since you are constantly at a state of change. Analogy of stepping into a moving river. Opposite of Atman.
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Arhat
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A worthy one/saint. Someone who has realized the ideal of spiritual perfect and will not be reborn after biological death.
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bhikshu, bhikshuni
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An ordained Buddhist monk/nun. To live a spiritual and meditative life, to attain nirvana.
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dukkha
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The suffering of human life. Both physical and psychological. Unease. Focus of the four noble truths.
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Hinayana
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“Lesser vehicle”. Derogatory name given by the Mahayana (greater vehicle) school.
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karma
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The seeds one sow, good or bad. Determines rebirth within the cycle of rebirths that ends only with parinirvana. Good karma is called merit.
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nirvana
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“To cease blowing”. Final enlightenment, state of bliss. “With remainder” is highest level in this life, “without remainder” is ultimate state – parinirvana. All cravings are extinguished leaving no Dukkha or further rebirths.
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parinirvana
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Ultimate perfection of bliss. Only attainable upon death.
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bodhisattva
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In Theravada, a being who is on the way to enlightenment or buddhahood but has not yet achieved it; in Mahayana, a celestial being who forgoes nirvana in order to save others.
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Chan/Zen
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A tradition centred on the practice of meditation and the teaching that ultimate reality is not expressible in words or logic, but must be grasped through direct intuition; see koan and zazen.
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koan
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Mahayana
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‘Greater Vehicle’; the form of Buddhism that emerged around the 1st c. in India and spread first to China and then to Korea and Japan.
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prajna
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The spiritual wisdom or insight necessary for enlightenment.
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Pure Land
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The comfortable realm in the western region of the heavens reserved for those who trust in the merit and grace of its lord, the celestial Buddha Amitabha (Amida)
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rinpoche
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A title of respect for Tibetan teachers or leading monks.
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shunyata
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The Emptiness that is held to be ultimately characteristic of all things, according to Madhyamika doctrine.
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Theravada
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‘Teaching of the elders’, the dominant form of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
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Vajrayana
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The tantric branch of Buddhism that became established in Tiber and the Himalayan region, and later spread to Mongolia and eventually India.
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vinaya
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The rules of practice and conduct for monks; a section of the Pali canon.
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zazen
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Sitting meditation in the Chan-Zen tradition.
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