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Buddhism Flashcards

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What is an Arhat

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A perfected person who has overcome the main source of suffering

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Asceticism

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a lifestyle of strict self-denial — rejected by Siddhartha for the middle way

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Bodhisattva

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an enlightened person who chooses to remain in the cycle to teach and help other

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Dependant arising

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The idea that everything is dependent on everything else

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What is Dharma

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Buddha’s teachings - on how to reach the state of enlightenment

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Dukkha

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suffering you have to overcome this to reach enlightenment

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Eightfold path

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8 rules that Buddhists try to live by to reach enlightenment

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Enlightenment

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A state of spiritual wisdom which arises from understanding the world and overcoming suffering

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What are the 4 noble truths about(EXPLAIN)

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Four truths the Buddha taught about suffering and how to overcome it

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Jakata tales

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stories about buddha

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Meditation

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The practice of focusing or calming the mind and reflecting

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Nirvana

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A state of complete enlightenment which lies outside the cycle of samsara. which makes it so you don’t have to be reborn

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Samsara

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Life death and Rebirth

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Three marks of Existence(explain)

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Three Buddhist’s beliefs about life and existence

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Three watches(explain)

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Three realisations Siddartha ade in order to become enlightenment

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What was Buddhas name when he was a prince

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Siddartha Gautama

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17
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Why did he leave his luxurious life

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The four sights

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What were the four sights?

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Old man, Sick man, Deadman, Holy man

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what type of lifestyle did he live after leaving

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ascetic - a life of self-denial and pain

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What happened afterwards (did it work?)

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He realised that he would never reach enlightenment so he went the middle way. He meditated under a tree, Mara tried to tempt him but Siddhartha stayed focused and reached enlightenment.

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21
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What were the 3 watches

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  • all his previous lives
  • the cycle of samsara
  • That all beings suffer due to desire
22
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What are the 3 marks of existence

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Dukka
Anicca
Anatta

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What is Anicca

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the idea that nothing lasts forever and if we suffer when we try to resist it

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What is Anatta

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the idea that we don’t have a fixed soul there is no unchanging essence

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What are the 4 noble truths

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  1. suffering is inevitable
  2. the cause of suffering is craving
  3. The end of suffering is enlightenment
  4. The way to reach enlightenment is the eightfold path
26
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what are the three poisons

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greed, hatred and ingnorance

27
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What are the 3 types of Buddhism

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Theravada, Mahayana, Pure Land

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Explain Theravada

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Known as the “lesser vehicle” because only male monks achieve enlightenment

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Explain Mahayana

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Known as the “greater Vehicle” because anybody can become enlightenment

30
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a Buddhist scripture that tells you what the eight fold paths leads to

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“cultivates good, create no evil and cleanse your mind”

31
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why are the six perfections

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generosity
morality
patience
energy
meditation
wisdom

32
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why is it important that Buddha is not referred to as a god

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because it encourages Buddhists to reach enlightenment as it shows anyone can do it

33
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what flower is a symbol of enlightenment

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lotus flower

34
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why is dependant arising so important

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because it teaches Buddhists that actions have consequences

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how does Annica affect Buddhists

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it tells Buddhists to be resilient as it encourages Buddhists to just accept death

36
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what are the skandhas also called

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the 5 aggregates

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what are the 5 aggregates/Skandas

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Form
Sensation
Consciousness
Perception
mental formation

38
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what do the 5 aggregates make up

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the human personality

39
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what is Sensation mean in the 5 aggravates

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the emotional or physical sensation that comes from our bodies touching something else

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what is perception 5 aggravates

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what allows you to understand what things are. usually from memory and past experience

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what is mental formations 5 aggravates

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it is the persons thoughts and is what leads them to do good or bad things

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what is consciousness 5 aggravates

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A person’s general awareness of things and the wider world around them

43
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what is form 5 aggravates

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it is your sensory organs

44
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what is sunyata

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sunyata means emptiness

45
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name 2 things that pure land Buddhists do to reach the Pureland

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chant name
meditate

46
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what is the name that pure land Buddhists chant

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Amitabha Buddha

47
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what are the criteria of the eightfold path 5

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Right view
right intention
right mindfulness
right speech
right action
right livelihood
right effort
right concentration

48
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how do buddhas birth affect Buddhists today?

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buddhas birth states that his mom had a dream foretelling his birth, and he caused his mother no pain when he was born. and the moment he was born he was

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where are the 4 sights written about

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Jakarta tale

50
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what are the 4 sights

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sick man, old man, dead man, holy man

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