Buddhism page 5 Flashcards
Stupa
A small building or monastery that has holy relics
Sukhavati
The paradise where Amitbha Buddha lives
tanha
craving (desiring or wanting something)
Temple
A place where Buddhists come together to practise
thangka
a detailed painting of Buddha or Bodhisattva
Eightfold Path
Eight aspects that Buddhists practise and live by in order to achieve enlightment.
Five asectics
The 5 aspects that make up a person
Five moral recepts
Five principles that Buddhists try to follow.
Four noble truths
The 4 truths that the Buddha taught about suffering.
Four sights
Old age, illness, death and a holy man
Four sublime states
The 4 qualities of love
Six perfections
The 6 qualities or virtues that Mahayana Buddhists try to develop in order to live.
Theory of evolution
The theory that higher forms of life have gradually developed from lower ones
Three poisons
Greed, hatred and ignorance
Three watches of the night
The 3 realisations that the Buddha made in order to achieve enlightment
The Tibetan Wheel of Life
an image that symbolises samsara, often found in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples
Theravada Buddhism
the school of the elders; an ancient Buddhist tradition found in southern Asia
Unskilful
bad, unethical actions or behaviour
vipassana mediation
insight meditation; a type of meditation that involves developing understanding of the nature of reality
visualisation
imagining or seeing an object in one’s mid
wesak
a Theravada festival that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightement and passing away
wisdom (panna)
a section of the threefold way that deals with Buddhist approaches to understanding the nature of reality
zazen mediation
a type of meditation in Zen Buddhism that requires awareness of the present moment
