Buddhism Beliefs And Teachings Flashcards
Parables
Poisoned arrow - don’t ask useless questions
Sea turtle - human life is precious
Shot swan - don’t cause harm and those who save lives are valuable
Samatha
Aim
- to focus and tame the monkey mind
- release tanha (craving)
Meditation
- calming meditation
- use a thangka
- kasina
Vipassana
Aim
- get insight and understanding
Meditation
- 3 uni truths
- focus on anything
Practices
- mantras
- chanting
- meditation
Offerings - candles - rid ignorance (3 opinions)
- flowers - for anicca (impermanence)
3 poisons
Greed
Hate
Ignorance
3 jewels/refuges
Sangha
Buddha
Dhamma
Anicca
Everything changes nothing lasts
Anatta
You change you don’t last
4 nt
1) dukkha - acknowledge suffering
2) samudaya - the cause is tanha (craving)
3) nirrodha - it can end
4) magga - the eightfold path way
3 watches of the night
1) siddhartha acknowledged his prior lives
2) understood the cycle of death and rebirth
3) understands suffering why and how to overcome it
4 sights
Old
Sick
Dead
Holy
5 precepts
1) don’t harm
2) don’t misuse senses
3) don’t use intoxicants
4) don’t take what isn’t giving
5) right speech
5 Skhandas
Many
Catterz
People
Smell
Funky
Mental formation
Consciousness
Perception
Sensation
Form
6 perfections
Many
Men
Go
Pagga
Emotional
Women
1) mediation
2) morality
3) generosity
4) patience
5) energy
6) wisdom
8 fold path (3 fold way)
Ethics
Meditation
Wisdom
