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Everything on Earth is…

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Impermanent, conditional

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When free of Dukkah…

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Enlightenment, nirvana

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Nirvana

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Enlightenment

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Enlightenment

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Wisdom, nirvana, no pain, suffering and earthly desire

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The Buddha

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Teacher

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Dharma

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The teachings

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Sangha

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The community, monks known as religious community as a whole

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Two wings of Buddhism

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  1. ) Hinayana, conservative, stays the same

2. ) Mahayana, liberal, change

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Zen

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Meditation to reach vigilance and self discovery. Living moment to moment

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Founder

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Buddha, siddharta Gautama

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Siddharta…

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Left palace and family for spiritual truth and learned that enlightenment is not earned through fasting

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Most…

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Widespread religion in east Asia

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Four noble truths

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Foundation of Buddhist beliefs

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First Noble Truth

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Life is suffering, fundamental quality of un enlightened existence. Pleasure on earth is temporary.

Death, stress, shame, sickness

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Second noble truth

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Cause of suffering. Greed distracting from actual world. No capacity for mental concentration - greed envy, hate, anger from ignorance

Financial stress

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Tanha

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Desire

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Third noble truth

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Truth of end of suffering, end of earth life or spiritual life in nirvana. Free from cycle of regeneration.

Realizing that financial stress is pointless.

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Fourth noble truth

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Path to enlightenment. Noble eightfold path.

Doing the right thing

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Sermon at Benares

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Educated people on four noble truths and end of suffering by enlightenment

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Gods

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None. Just Buddha. The human.

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Karma

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Everything is connected and has consequences.

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Theravada

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Doctrine of the elders or Buddhism school.

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Dukkah

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Pain. Life is full of Dukkah

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