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36 Cards in this Set
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Buddhism |
A religion founded roughly 2500 years ago by Siddhartha Gautama. |
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Buddha |
The title given to someone who has achieved enlightenment. |
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What are the 4 sights? |
- Old age - Death - Illness - A Holy Man |
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Ascetic |
Living a simple lifestyle with little possessions or pleasures. |
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Meditation |
A practice of calming and focusing the mind and reflecting deeply on specific teachings. |
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Enlightenment |
The gaining of true knowledge about the nature of reality. Usually through meditation or self discipline. |
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Mara |
A demon that represents spiritual obstacles. Especially temptation. |
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What were the 3 watches of the night. |
Deep meditation; to see all previous lifetimes; receive the 4 noble truths. |
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Who were the 5 ascetics? |
The first 5 students of the Buddha; monks who follow ascetic practices. |
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Dharma |
The Buddha's teachings. |
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Pali |
The language of the earliest Buddhist scriptures. |
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Pali |
The language of the earliest Buddhist scriptures. |
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Sanskrit |
The language used in later Indian Buddhist scriptures. |
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Nidanas |
12 factors that's illustrate the purpose of birth, death and rebirth. |
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What is the Tibetan Wheel of Life |
The image that symbolises samsara; often seen in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples. |
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Nirvana |
A state of no suffering, desire, true happiness or sense of self. Reached after enlightenment and breaks the cycle of samsara. |
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Eightfold Path |
Eight aspects of life Buddhists follow to achieve enlightenment. |
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What is the threehold way and how is it broken up? |
The eightfold path break up into ethics, meditation and wisdom. |
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Sunyata |
Emptiness, the concept that nothing had a separate independent 'self' or soul. |
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Buddhahood |
When someone achieved enlightenment and becomes a Buddha. |
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Arhat |
For Theravada Buddhists, someone who has become enlightened. |
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Bodhisattva |
For Mahayana Buddhism, someone who has become enlightened but choses to remain in the cycle of samsara to help others. |
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Pure Land Buddhism |
A Mahayana form of Buddhists based on belief in Amitabha Buddha. |
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Sukhavati |
The paradise where Amitabha Buddha lives, and where Pure Land Buddhists aim to be reborn. |
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Samsara |
The repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. |
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Karma |
A person's actions; the idea that skilful actions result in happiness. |
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Dukkha |
The 1st noble truth: There is suffering. |
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Samudaya |
The 2nd Noble truth: there are causes of suffering. |
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Nirodha |
The 3rd noble truth: Suffering can be stopped. |
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Magga |
The 4th noble truth: the way to stop suffering is the eightfold path. |
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The Four Noble Truths |
The four truths that the Buddha taught about suffering. |
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Anicca |
Impermanence; the idea that everything changes |
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Anatta |
The idea that people do not have a permanent fixed self of soul. |
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Tanha |
Craving something. (Wanting or desiring) |
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What are the 3 poisons? |
Greed; hate; Ignorance |
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What are the 5 aggregates? |
5 aspects that make up a person: - Form - Sensation - Perception - Mental formations - Consciousness |
