Buddhism Flashcards
Siddhartha Gautama
The Buddha
Maya
The Buddha’s mother
Asita
Holy man who predicted the Buddha’s future
Channa
Man who drove Buddha’s chariot
Universal Truth
Something that Willa always be true in all times and places
It is necessary
ENLIGHTENMENT
Realisation -understanding
Ultimate truth -knowledge
Awakenment -seeing things as they are
Annica
Everything changes, everything depends on something else for its existence
Anatta
No permanent self
No one stays the same
Dukkha
Suffering exists
Even if we had everything we Wanted there would still be part of us that wasn’t completely happy
The Middle Way
The simple luxuries of life
Lay community
Buddhists who choose not to become monks or nuns
They have a symbiotic relationship
They rely on each other
Five Precepts
Buddhists cannot…
Harm living beings Take things that are not given Sexual misconduct False speech Taking intoxicants
Meditations
Samatha - stilling mind
Vipassana -concentrated mind
