Buddhism key terms Flashcards by Oliver Wheatley

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Buddha

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Awoken one

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The Four Sights

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Old man
Sick man
Dead man
Wise man

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Enlightenment

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The awareness of seeing things as they truly are

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Mara

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Personification of temptation

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Three poisons

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Greed
Anger
Stupidity

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Three marks of existence

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Anicca
Anatta
Dukkha

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Anicca

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Everything is constantly changing

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Anatta

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There is no ‘fixed you’

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Dukkha

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Nothing can permanently satisfy/life involves suffering

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Interbeing

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Your existence is linked to everything else

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Four Noble Truths

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Dukkha
Samudaya
Nirodha
Magga

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Tanha

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Desires

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Samudaya

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Suffering is caused by our desires (tanha)

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Nirodha

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Suffering can be ended

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Magga

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Suffering can be ended by finding the middle way

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Nirvana

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Extinguishing desires

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Samsara

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The cycle of birth, death and rebirth

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Karma

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The law of cause and effect