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Buddhism Flashcards

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What are the three marks of existence?

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  1. Anicca (impermanence)
  2. Anatta (no soul)
  3. Dumkha (suffering)
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What is anicca?

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Impermanence, for example, people get old - link back to the 3 sights

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What is anatta?

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No soul, for example, people change over time nobody remains the same all their life - link back to the king’s chariot

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What is Dukkha?

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Suffering, for example, illness, death and not getting what we want - the 3 sights showed siddhartha suffering was everywhere

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How are Anicca and Anatta linked?

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Everything changes (anicca) meaning nothing within me can remain the same (anatta)

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How are Anicca and Dukkha linked?

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The aging process (Anicca) causes suffering
The thought of our own impermanence (Anicca) generally causes suffering (Dukkha)

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How are Anatta and Dukkha linked?

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We get emotionally attached to people we like and love and, as a result, get upset when they change.

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How is anicca performed in practice?

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Sand mandalas as they require a lot of dedication and time to create a beautiful piece of work and are then destroyed.

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What are the four nobles truths?

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  1. Dukkha - suffering
  2. Samudaya - suffering caused by desire (Tanha)
  3. Nirodha - to stop suffering, you must stop desire. Once done, you will reach nibanna
  4. Magga - The Middle Way
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What is Samudaya

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Desire or craving (tanha) - desire dosent cease and is pointless. We always want more - desire can happen in 3 ways, link to 3 root poisons

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What is Niroda?

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To stop suffering we must stop desire, once done we will reach enlightenment. Nibana is a state of transcendene above desire.

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What is magga?

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Magga is the middle way or The Noble Eightfold Path. This a step by step guide on how Buddhists should live their life. The middle wag says you should avoid the two extremes - link to sidharthas life as a prince and holy man in the forest.

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Name 3 steps of the Noble Eightfold Path

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

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What are the 5 precepts?

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  1. Avoid harming other living beings
  2. Avoid taking what is not given
  3. Avoid incorrect speech
  4. Avoid sexual misconduct
  5. Avoid drink and drugs that harm the mind
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What does kamma mean?

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‘Doing’ or ‘action’. All actions will be repaid either in this life or the next.

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What is dependent origination?

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Your present existence is shaped by the pattern of actions in previous existences.

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What is a skillful action

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Help free a person from suffering and are good kamma. Leads towards enlightenment

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What is an unskillful action

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Produces bad kamma and suffering

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What are the 3 root poisons

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Pig - greed
Snake - hatred
Rooster - delusion

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What is Nibbana

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Nibbana is the goal of all Buddhists. Once Buddhists have stopped suffering, they will reach it. Nibbana is a state of mind, not a place. It is said to be hard to describe and you can’t fully understand it until you have experienced it

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What is Nibbana with remainder

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when a Buddhist comes to realise and understand nibbana during their life, their mind and their heart have reached nibanna. However, the physical body remains on Earth

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What is the cycle of samsara?

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Cycle of life. Every living thing is trapped in cycle of rebirth.

23
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What do Buddhists take refuge in?

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The three jewels

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What are the three jewels

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  1. The Buddha (yellow like the Buddhas robe)
  2. Dharma (his teachings) (blue like sky and sea)
  3. Shanghai- community of Buddhists friends (red like heart)
25
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Why Buddhists take refuge in the Buddha?

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  • life and behavior set example of how they should live
    -teachings live on after dearh
26
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What is the human condition?

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The entire experience of being human, fron birth to death and everything experienced in between. One of suffering and being trapped in cycle of samsara

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What is the dhammapada?

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The dhammapada is a collection of the Buddhas teachings

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What does puja mean?

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Worship

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How do Buddhists show devotion?

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Through puja
- meditation
- temples
- offerings
- rituals
- sacred texts

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What do Buddhists offer

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Food - way of connecting with ancestors
Water - a symbol of purity
Flowers - beauty or enlightenment
Lamps - radiant and wisdom

31
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Buddhist rituals

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  • offerings
  • bowing
  • pilgrimage
  • chanting
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What is chating

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When Buddhists say certain words repeatedly known as matras. Done to prepare mind for meditation. ‘Om mani padme hum’ is an example and forces on both giving and receiving compassion

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