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Buddhism Flashcards

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Siddhartha Gautama

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The historical buddha
Hindu of Kshatriya Caste
Born 566 ce

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buddha

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Awakened

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The Buddha

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Not a god, founder of buddhism, revered as a human example not worshipped

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Four sights

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Suffering, old age, death, a monk

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Middle path

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Avoiding dualistic extremes of self denial and self indulgence, embrace moderation and meditation

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Buddhas enlightenment

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Sat diwn under Bodhi Tree and vowed not to get up until reached enlightenment
Meditated for 49 days
Became buddha when woke up to the cause of suffering
In awakening extinguished all desire and ignorance through insight

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Prajna

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Insight

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Deer Park

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Varanasi, India, sight of first teachings, first turnings of the wheel of dharma, taught five arhats who returned to him and helpedspreat the four noble truths and eightfold path

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Parinirvana

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when the body of the awakened person finally dies ending the last life

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Four noble truths

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1 Dukkha (suffering) is everywhere
2 dukkha is caused by the three poisons (attatchment, aversion, ignorance)
3 dukkha can be stopped
4 the eightfold path is the way to end dukkha and will cure the human condition

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Three marks of existence

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Anicca (change)
Dukkha (suffering)
Anatman (no soul)
Ignorance comes from failure to recognize these

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Eightfold path

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Ethics (sila) aspect
Meditation aspect
Wisdom (prajna) aspect

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Ethics sila aspect

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Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood

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Meditation aspects pf the path

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Right effort
Right awareness
Right concentration

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Wisdom prajna aspect

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Right understanding

Right thought

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Samsara

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Unenlightened person is trapped in continual cycle pf borth old age illness death and rebirth
Freedom comes when one can realize truth abd extinguish maya (illusion)

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Nirvana

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After enlightenment person becomes a buddha and can enter nirvana
Ends cycle lf rebirth and suffering and provides eternal peace
“To extinguish”
Coolimg the fevers created by karma

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Anatman

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Emptiness of self, no soul

Permanent self is an illusion bc all things interdependent

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Five aggregates

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The illusion of self

  • form
  • sensation
  • perception
  • mental formation
  • consciousness
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Emptiness

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Attatchment to self or ego grasping prevents enlightenment

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Karma

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The law of cause and effect, consequences of actions
Sets up next life but doesnt determine how it will unfold
Only karma is reborn into next life, not a self
Karma goes away after awareness of the emptiness of self is reached
No sin, all evil comes from ignorance and falseness

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Anicca

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Nothing is permanent

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Punya

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Merit

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Pap

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Demerit

To avoid, follow 5 precepts

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Triloka

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Three realms of existence in samsara

Loka = planes of existence

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Five precepts

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Principles of conduct for buddhists
1 avoid causing harm (ahimsa=non violence) 
2 avoid taking what isnt freely given
3 avoid sexual misconduct 
4avoid untruthfulness
5 pavoid clouding mind with drugs
HSSUD acronym for five precepts
Monks and nuns follow these and addional precepts
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Bikkhus

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Monks

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Bikkhunis

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Nuns

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Karuna

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Compassion for all

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Chain of dependent origination

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12 links that cause human suffering, of one is broken, all are extinguished

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The true nature of things

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Inherently empty, no fixed identity, depend on temporary conditions, by extinguishing temp conditions, Buddha demonstrated ulitmate emptiness of suffering

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Vehicles of buddhism

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Theravada 38%
Mahayana 62%
-vajrayana

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Tipitaka (Pali Canon)

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Core of buddhist scriptures written in Pali
Transmitted orally at first
Made kf three baskets
Vinaya PITAKA 
Sutta pitaka
Abhidhamma pitaka
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Vinaya pitaka

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Discipline basket

Rules for monks and nuns

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Sutta pitaka

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Discourse basket
Teachings for monks and lay buddhists
Sutta means scriptural text

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Abhidhamma pitaka

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Special teaching basket

Advanced teachings for monks

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Mahayana Buddhism

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“The great vehicle” seeks to help all work to acheive enlightenments vs individual enlightenment like theravadin
With the help of bodhisattvas

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The three refuges

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I take refuge in the buddha
I take refuge in the dharma
I take refuge in the sangha

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Dharma

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Teachings of Buddha and universe itself

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Puja

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Daily devotion

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Mantras

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Spoken chants of a word or phrase repeated over and over

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SANGHA

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Community of practitioners in buddhism
Monks supported by the community p, gives laypeople an opportunity to demonstrate generosity which esrns good karma
Monks provide the dharma, offer teachings, perform rituals, and set an example, monasteries spread literacy

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Lumbini

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Nepal, place of Buddhas birth

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Bodh gaya

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India, place of enlightenment

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Sarnath

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India, location of first teaching

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Kusinara

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India, place of death

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