Prc Key Terms - Buddhism

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anatta

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no soul

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anicca

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impermanence

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arhat

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a perfected person, someone who has attained nibbana in theravada buddhism

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ascetic

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a life free from worldly pleasures

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bodhisattva

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a concept in mahayana buddhism, a being destined for enlightenment

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buddha

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an enlightened person

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buddhahood

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enlightenment

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buddha-nature

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in mahayana buddhism, the fundamental nature of all beings

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dependent arising

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the belief that everything in existence is because other things are

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dhamma/dharma

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universal law / teachings of buddha

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dhammapada

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a sacred text of the Pali tradition

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meditation

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a spiritual experience that opens a person up to the highest state of consciousness

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nirvana / nibbana

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out. To reach a state of perfect peace where the individual experiences liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth

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pure land

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this is the dominant form of buddhism in japan and focuses on the chanting of the name amitabha buddha

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rebirth

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this refers to the belief that when a person dies they are reborn and that this process of death and rebirth continues until nirvana is attained

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tanha

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craving / desire

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theravada

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the kind of buddhism found in sri lanka and thailand

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dukkha

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everything leads to suffering

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the eightfold path

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the four noble truths. magga. the middle way. the way to wisdom. eight stages to be practiced simultaneously.

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enlightenment

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wisdom freed from the cycle of rebirth

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jataka

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stories about the previous lives of the buddha

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kamma

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deliberate actions that affect the believers circumstances in this and future lives (cause and effect)

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karuna

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compassion or pity

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metta

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kindness

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magga

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the eightfold path / middle way which leads to freedom from suffering

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Mahayana

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a form of buddhism which includes both the lay and monastic communities. it focuses on achieving enlightenment for the sake of all beings.