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All cycles Flashcards

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Buddhism

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A religion or philosophy

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Buddha

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The awakened or enlightened one

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Dhamma

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The universal law of life

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Enlightenment

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The state of being awakened to the truth about life.

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Anicca

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The impermanent nature of all things

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Anatta

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No independent or permanent self

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Dukkha

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Suffering/unsatisfactoriness

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Skandhas

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Five elements which make up human. being:form,sensation, perception,mental formations and consciousness

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Samatha

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Calmness or breathing meditation

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Pratitya

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Everything exists

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Mettabhanana

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Development of loving kindness

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Vipassana

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Enabling the individual to see the true nature of things

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Mahayana

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Great vehicle

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Theravada

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The way of the elders

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Bodhisattva

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An enlightened being who seeks enlightenment for others

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Arhat

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Enlightened disciple

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Samsara

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The cycle or rebirth and ever changing world

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Karuna

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Compassion

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Metta

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Loving kindness

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Five percepts

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Harming living things, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, lying or gossip, taking intoxicating substances e.g alcohol or drugs

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Tanha

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Desire,craving,wanting

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Karma

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Actions that influence ones future

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Three marks of existence/three universal truths

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Dukkha,annica and anatta

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Four noble truths

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Suffering,the cause of suffering,the end of suffering and the way to end suffering

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Three poisons

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Ignorance, greed and hatred

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Dhammapada

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Buddhist scripture

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Nirvana

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The state of peace

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The three

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Ethics,meditation and wisdom

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Eightfold path

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Eight steps to reaching nirvana

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Six paramitas

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Six perfections

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Sunyata

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Emptiness

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The four sights

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Old age,sickness,death and the holy man

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Middle way

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Between indulgence and asceticism

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Vihara

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Buddhist temple or monastery

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Stupa

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Monument containing relics of the Buddha or the important Buddhist teachings

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Pagoda

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A burmese, Chinese or Japanese stupa

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Meditation

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Stilling the mind- aim to develop mindfulness of breathing. Insight meditation and loving kindness

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The three jewels

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The buddha, the dharma, the sangha

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Mala

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A string of beads to aid mindfulness in puja

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Mantra

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A phrase chanted repeatedly during worship to evoke particular aspects of enlightenment

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Mudra

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Symbolic hand gestures used in Tibetan worship or on Buddhist rupas

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Rupa

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‘Form’ an image of the Buddha

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Puja

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Veneration or worship

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Almsgiving

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The practise of giving money or food to poor people

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Wesak

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A festival to celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death or the Buddha

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Kathina

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Celebration of the end of vassa. A celebration when lay Buddhist donate robes to the vihara

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Vassa

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The rainy season in S.E Asia. Buddhist monastic retreat

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Parinirvana day

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Marks the Buddhist death and passing into final nirvana

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After life

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Life after death: the belief that existence continues after physical death

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Environmental sustainability

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Ensuring the demands on natural sources can be met without harming other things like plants/ animal life

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Euthanasia

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Eu=good
Thanatos=death
Mercy killing-killing someone with a serious illness or someone suffering

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Evolution

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The process by with different living creatures develop over time

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Abortion

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When a pregnancy is ended so that it doesn’t result with the birth of a child

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Quality of life

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The extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable

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Sanctity of life

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The belief that life is precious or sacred.

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Soul

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The spiritual aspect of a being

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Creation

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The idea that the earth was created by a divine power ( god )

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Karma

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The ‘energy’ passed on from your life reflecting good or bad deeds

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Interpretation

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The way we make sense of a piece of writing

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Literal

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Understanding something exactly as it is written

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Liberal

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Free thinking

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Charles Darwin

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English naturalist, geologist and biologist who contributed to the science of evolution

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On the origin of species

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Darwin’s book shows how the population changed due to natural selection

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Stephen Hawkins

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Regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein

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The Big Bang theory

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All the matter in the universe was concentrated into a single incredibly tiny point. This began to enlarge rapidly in a hot explosion and is still expanding today

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Richard Dawkins

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Militant atheist and biologist

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Humanist

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People who believe that this life is the only life we have

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Humanist for a better world

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A network for humanist who like to share there information and beliefs

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Speciesism

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The idea that human is a good enough reason for human animals to have greater human rights that non-human animals

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Evolution by natural selection

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The idea that species who flourish are species best suited to there environment

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Intelligent design

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The idea that certain features of life are best explained by an intelligent cause such as natural selection

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Situation ethics

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Judging the rightness or wrongness of an act on a case-by-case basis

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Absolute morality

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Certain actions are right or wrong regardless of the context of the act

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Relative morality

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There are no universal moral truth, instead claims relative to social, cultural, historical or personal circumstances

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Conscience

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A inner voice which keeps a person on track

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Sin

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Deliberate immoral actions breaking a religious moral law

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Good

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Considered morally right, beneficial and to our advantage

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Evil

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That which is considered extremely immoral

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Punishment

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A penalty given to someone due to a wrong they have done

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Reconciliation

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Accepting an apology, forgiving and moving forward in harmony

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Crime

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An action or offence that breaks the law and is punishable

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Forgiveness

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To grant pardon for a wrongdoing and give up resentment

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Justice

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Fairness where everyone base equal provisions and opportunity

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Suffering

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Pain or distress cause by injury illness or loss

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Retribution

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Punishment should make the criminal pay for what they have done

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Deterrence

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Punishment should put people off committing crime

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Reformation

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Punishment should reform the criminal

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Free will

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A humans ability to make free choices in life

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Utilitarianism

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The belief that a good act is the one that brings the greatest good for the greatest number

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Restorative justice

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A system which enables criminals to make amends for their behaviour by meeting their victim and apologising

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Parole officer

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A person who supports prisoners on their release from prison and their return to community

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Humane

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Showing kindness and compassion

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Capital punishment

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The death penalty

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