Bhuddism Flashcards
What are the 4 noble truths?
- Suffering exists (Dukkha)
- The causes of suffering
- There’s an end to suffering
- Path to the end (Eightfold Path)
What is the Eightfold Path?
- Right Understanding
- Right Thought
- Right Speech
- Right Action
- Right Livelihood
- Right Effort
- Right Mindfulness
- Right Concentration
What are the 5 Precepts?
- Avoid harming living beings
- Avoid taking what is not given
- Avoid harmful sexual activity
- Avoid saying what is not true
- Avoid clouding your mind with alcohol or drugs
What’s the Buddha’s real name?
Siddhartha Gautama
Where and what year was The Buddha born?
The Buddha was born in 563 BC into royalty in Lumbini, which is today located in Nepal. Back then it was a part of the Indian Empire.
What is The Middle Way?
It’s the practice of avoiding the extremes of self-gratification or self-mortification to move forward under balance.
What are the 7 benefits of gratitude?
- Increases happiness
- Reduces negative emotions
- Improves sleep
- Strengthens positive emotions
- Improves personality
- Improves self esteem
- Improves relationships
How do you start a practice of gratitude?
Practice by thinking of things you’re grateful for at the start of every day. Think of things you’re grateful for throughout the day, and always see the glass half full during the majority of your life.
What are the 4 major types of Buddhism?
- Theravada Buddhism
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Vajrayana Buddhism
- Zen Buddhism
What are the 3 areas which the Eight Fold Path are divided?
- Good Moral Conduct (Understanding, Thought, Speech).
- Meditation and Mental Development (Action, Livelihood, Effort).
- Wisdom or Insight (Mindfulness and Concentration).
What is Karma?
Karma is from the Sanskrit language that means “action”. It can be described as the relationship between cause and effect or actions & reactions.
What is Samsara?
Samsara means “wandering on” in Sanskrit. It means the cycle of birth and rebirth that all living creatures go through based on Karma.
What is Nirvana?
Nirvana is a transcendant state in which there is neither suffering, desire nor sense of self and the subject is released from the cycle of death and rebirth.
What is Sanskrit?
Sanskrit is an ancient 3,500 year old Indo-Aryan language that is the predominant language of the principal texts of Bhuddism.
What is Dharma?
Dharma is a word derived from Sanskrit to mean ethics, spiritual path, duty, law, and cosmic order on both a generalised and individual level.
