Buddhism Flashcards
Buddha
the founder, non theisitic religion
touches the ground, the ground as a witness to his inlightning
Long ears- aristocratic born, wealthy family
The three jewels of Buddhism
Buddha- the teacher
Dharma- the teachings (Pali texts) teaching of the Buddha
Sangha- the community
everything is made out of parts
Map - south east asia
- tibet
- Boda gaya ( india) place of enlightment
- Nepal Buddha was born
Buddha
His birth (topos/topoi
Born Siddartha Gautama - of noble caste in India, 563 BCE
Raised in luxury
The four sights
first, the sight of sickness, death, old age, Sanyassin
Buddha forts
Empathy for the suffering of others : at age 29 rejected the life of luxury to seek enlightement and the solution to suffering. Followed a strict ascetic lifestyle for 6 years.
Who was the buddha?
Rejected this extreme, sat in meditation, achieved Nirvama - an awakening to the truth about life becoming a buddha “the awakenend one” at the age of 35
attachement
we suffer cause we re attacehd
Mara
temple with great temptation
ANatman
no self no soul
Saw the cycle of samsara and karma
3 marks of existence - impernance- existenece is flux ( annica)
after 45
the remaining 45 years of his life he spent teaching others how to achieve the piece of mind
Mahabodi temple
Great awakening
samsara and karma
and the idea of the anatman
Dukkha
suffering
Anicca
impermenance (a blade of grass)
Nirvana/parinirvana
the final extinguished
What did he teach?
deer park sermon
THe four noble truths:
- to live is to suffer
the cause of suffering is self centered desise and attachements
the solution is to eliminate desire and attachement
eight fold path?
wisdom, right understanding, right motivation.
moral disciplin
right speech
right action
right livelihood
Mental disciploine
right for effort
right for mindfulness
right meditation
Nirvana
Buddhas teachings- raft
shore - nirvana
but- the shore is not descirbed
make up of raft is the buddhas teachings
everything is changing
existence is flux
Interdependent origination
each thing consist as a collection of other elements
having no independent existence of its own
all thins are interdependent
su much so that they have no existense whatsoever in and of themselves
body, perceptions, tendencies, feelings thoughts
only by agttachement
if we can reach the ideal we can reach nirvana
sangha
commujnity of muncs
ananda
person who spread the teaching guardian of the dharma (teaching)
5 ethical precepts
aspects of the 8 fold path in practice
- refraing from taking life
- do not take what is not given
- chastity munks not harmful immoral
- do not lie or decieve
- do not take intoxicants
the spread of buddhism
starts in india
two forms
mahayana and theravada
emperor ashoka
makes it a state religion
buddhisms early trajectory
3 buddhist councils , oral tradition, 500 disciplins
100 ce buddhist textgs written and cannonized
the tripitaka, pali canon, the three baskets, discilṕline, discourse and dharma
two major forms developed:
THeravada - doctrine of the elders
sri lanak, thailand, cambodia, laos and muanmar burma
se them self as original
arhat- individual munk goes out to try nirvana for his own elitistic, with in its own self
mahayana - the great vehicle 1-100 CE
china, korea, japan, tibet, mogolia, bhutan and vietnam
later, developed the idea of bodisatva, talk to people, go out and develop an idea of a munk
buddha was born
nepal- lumbini
mahayana
bodhisattvas-multiple buddha stayed in this world to teach
more democratic
compassion
additional sutras - sermons discourse
similar to bahkti yoga go from a more elitistic view
laughing buddha
the buddha has many aspects historical figure - siddhartha guatama ambitabh and the pureland godlike buddha is everyone, everything everyvere everyone has a buddha nature the mantra as a path to nirvana
theravada
arhat- those who are worthy
tripitaka
meditation/ reflection
support
tibetian buddhism 650 ce
vayrayana thunderbolt or diamond vehicle
elements of vajrayana
compassion all beings are buddha the essential practice of meditation calming the mind visualization mantras repetitive chant mandalas death and the book of dead adapted to local
dalai lama
14th highest munk form in tibetian buddhismen boddhisattva of compassion reincarnation of avalokiteshvara choice age of 2 education age of 6 innovations outside of tibet female in exile
zen buddhism
buddha is everywhere and everything and nothing
zazen
sitting meditation break down the body and mind distinction become nothin abundance is the empty moment waking up to our buddha nature the buddha is within
koan
non-logical
paradoxical
master-student
the lotus
purity, enlightement from the earth
