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12 Cards in this Set
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pali canon |
buddhist sacred text contains discourse, monastic rules and philosophy |
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anitya |
immpermanance, always in a state of flux, nothing lasts forever |
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theravada |
school of elders uses pali canon too hard for ordinary people nivrana is freedom from samsara |
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mahayana |
great vehicle great passion for all path for bohitsvata nirvana is samsara once you see the world accurately |
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vajrayna |
thuderbolt vehicle quickest way to enlightenment everything is impermantent, interconnected, the world is a mistaken construction of the mind |
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bodhisattva |
enlightened being while alive wish to attain buddahood for everyone
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shunyata |
emptiness voidness not self 5 aggregates of experience and 6 sense spheres |
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avalokiteshvara |
a bodhistvara who embodies the compassion of all budhas postpones own buddahood to come back and help others |
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zen |
school of mahana buddhism rigorous meditation practice practice with koans, beatings |
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mandala |
symbol representing universe sometimes made of sand |
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bardo thodol |
tibetan book of the dead sang to dead or dying to guid them to new body during transition period to better rebirth or nirvana |
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dalai lama |
manifestations of avaloketeshvara leader of tibetan buddhism |
