Buddhism

Question 1

Buddha

Answer 1

the founder, non theisitic religion
touches the ground, the ground as a witness to his inlightning
Long ears- aristocratic born, wealthy family

Question 2

The three jewels of Buddhism

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Buddha- the teacher
Dharma- the teachings (Pali texts) teaching of the Buddha
Sangha- the community

everything is made out of parts

Question 3

Map - south east asia

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1. tibet
2. Boda gaya ( india) place of enlightment
3. Nepal Buddha was born

Question 4

Buddha

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His birth (topos/topoi
Born Siddartha Gautama - of noble caste in India, 563 BCE
Raised in luxury

Question 5

The four sights

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first, the sight of sickness, death, old age, Sanyassin

Question 6

Buddha forts

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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.

Question 7

Who was the buddha?

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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

Question 8

attachement

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we suffer cause we re attacehd

Question 9

Mara

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temple with great temptation

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ANatman

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no self no soul

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Saw the cycle of samsara and karma

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3 marks of existence - impernance- existenece is flux ( annica)

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after 45

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the remaining 45 years of his life he spent teaching others how to achieve the piece of mind

Question 13

Mahabodi temple

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Great awakening

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samsara and karma

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and the idea of the anatman

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Dukkha

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suffering

Question 16

Anicca

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impermenance (a blade of grass)

Question 17

Nirvana/parinirvana

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the final extinguished

Question 18

What did he teach?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

eight fold path?

Answer 19

wisdom, right understanding, right motivation.

moral disciplin
right speech
right action
right livelihood

Mental disciploine
right for effort
right for mindfulness
right meditation

Question 20

Nirvana

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Buddhas teachings- raft
shore - nirvana
but- the shore is not descirbed

make up of raft is the buddhas teachings

Question 21

everything is changing

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existence is flux

Question 22

Interdependent origination

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each thing consist as a collection of other elements

having no independent existence of its own

Question 23

all thins are interdependent

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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

Question 24

sangha

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commujnity of muncs

Question 25

ananda

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person who spread the teaching guardian of the dharma (teaching)

Question 26

5 ethical precepts

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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

Question 27

the spread of buddhism

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starts in india

Question 28

two forms

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mahayana and theravada

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emperor ashoka

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makes it a state religion

Question 30

buddhisms early trajectory

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3 buddhist councils , oral tradition, 500 disciplins

Question 31

100 ce buddhist textgs written and cannonized

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the tripitaka, pali canon, the three baskets, discilṕline, discourse and dharma

Question 32

two major forms developed:

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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

Question 33

buddha was born

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nepal- lumbini

Question 34

mahayana

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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

Question 35

theravada

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arhat- those who are worthy
tripitaka
meditation/ reflection
support

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tibetian buddhism 650 ce

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vayrayana thunderbolt or diamond vehicle

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elements of vajrayana

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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

Question 38

dalai lama

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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

Question 39

zen buddhism

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buddha is everywhere and everything and nothing

Question 40

zazen

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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

Question 41

koan

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non-logical
paradoxical
master-student

Question 42

the lotus

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purity, enlightement from the earth