Buddhism Flashcards
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Buddhism
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Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one’s desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
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Budda
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The enlightened one
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Meditation
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A form of prayer where the mind and imagination focus on some truth with the purpose of applying the lessons we learn to our lives.
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Bodh Gaya
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where he got enlightened
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Enlightenment
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Awakening
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Four Noble Truths
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The core of the Buddhist teaching. There is suffering. There is a cause to suffering. There is an end to suffering. The is a path out of suffering (the Noble 8-fold path)
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Eightfold path
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The steps one must follow to end suffering.
