Arhatship Flashcards
1
Q
What’s Theravada mean
A
Teaching of the elders
2
Q
What happens when arhats die
A
Paranibbana on death
3
Q
What’s Mahayana mean
A
Greater vehicle
4
Q
What is the Dalai Lama
A
Leader of Tibetan Buddhism
Embodiment of avalokiteshvara
5
Q
What is an arhat
A
A perfected person who’s overcome the main causes of suffering
6
Q
Characteristics of arhats
A
Don’t have egos
Called “worthy one”
No longer get reborn
7
Q
Four stages of awakening/realisation
A
- stream enterer
- one lifetime to go
- no more lifetimes to go
- became an arhat
8
Q
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9
Q
Characteristics of stream enterer
A
Full of dukkha and tanha
But seen the truth
10
Q
When arhat journey is complete theirs no…
A
Separate self
11
Q
What Mahayana believe in
A
Universal liberation
12
Q
What Theravada believes in
A
Personal liberation
13
Q
Buddha is in everyone
A
Tathagatagarbha