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Buddhism/Phenomenology Flashcards

1
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Defining man expands his potentialities

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False (It limits his potentialities)

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Rather than looking at man in his totality, we must fragment him

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False (Look at his totality and not fragments)

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3
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We should describe man from within and not from something external or foreign

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True

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What is the very essence of Phenomenology?

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Defining man from within and not from an external or foreign

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5
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Man behind the principle of phenomenology

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Edmund Husserl (German)

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6
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Edmund Husserl said that Philosophy is a rigorous science

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False (Rene Descartes)

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Descartes was overwhelmed by the gifts of sciences while Husserl was dissatisfied

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True

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8
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Natural Sciences, even psychology, begin with a lot of presuppositions

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True

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9
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Psychology treats mental activity as a causally-conditioned event; stimulus-reaction relationship

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True (during the time of Husserl)

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10
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For Husserl, the physical universe is a clockwork system of bodies in motion accdg. to the laws of physics

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False (Rene Descartes thingking)

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11
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Most predominant attitude during the time of Husserl

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Natural Attitude

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12
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Natural attitude in a dogmatic way becomes scientistic

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True

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13
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Natural attitude assumes that basic processes of nature are observable and capable of mathematical calculation

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True

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14
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Wrecking Ball was written by David Rousseau

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False (David Hume)

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15
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Defining man is reducing or cutting him into parts

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True

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16
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Buddhism does not impose its beliefs in anyone; it offers a way out of human misery

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True

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17
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The Dhammapada

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To do no evil; To cultivate good; To purify one’s mind

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18
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Translation of Dhammapada in Pali

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The path of Dhamma

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19
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Buddhist religious scripture containing 423 verses in 26 categories; answers to questions posed to Siddharta Gautama; most deal with ethics

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The Dhammapada

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20
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The Dhammapada is part of the

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Tipitaka

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21
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One of the most important pieces of the Theravada Literature

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The Dhammapada

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22
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Edition written in Kharosthi

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Gandhari edition

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23
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related text in Sanskrit

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Udanavarga

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24
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When and where was the Buddha born?

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563 BC; Kapilavastu

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25
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Father of Sidharta

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Suddhodana, prince of the Sakya Clan

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26
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4 signs Buddha saw

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Old man, leper, corpse, beggar-monk

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27
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where was he illuminated

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Bodhi Tree

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28
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When did Buddha die?

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Age 80

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29
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Meaning of “Buddha”

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The Awakened One

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30
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Prophetic Sage of the Sakyas

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Sakyamuni

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31
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The Perfect One; He who has fully come true

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Tathagata

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32
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Main problem

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Transcending illusory existence

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33
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Solution

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union w/ Brahman

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34
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Origin and End of all things

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Brahman

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35
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Source and Embodiment of Reality, Knowledge, and Bliss

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Sat-chit-ananda

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36
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The self or the soul

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Atman

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37
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Release or liberation by identity of Atman and Brahman

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Moska

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38
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Soul, not identified w/ the Brahman

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Jivatman

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39
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Continued transmigration of the soul in the ocean of births and rebirths

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Samsara

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40
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Samsara is determined by the

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Law of Karma

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41
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Collection of authoritative texts

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Vedas

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42
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Sources of Buddhism

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Pali Canon: Three Pitakas

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43
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Means baskets

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Pitakas

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44
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What are the Three Pitakas

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Viraya Pitaka
Dhamma Pitaka
Avhidhamma

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45
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Discipline Basket

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Viraya Pitaka

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46
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Discourse Basket

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Dhamma Pitaka

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47
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Exposition Basket

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Abhidhamma

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48
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Where schism between Theravada (Hinayana) and Mahayana Buddhism began

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Abhidhamma

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49
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View Buddha’s thoughts only as propositional knowledge

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Theravada

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50
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Consider writings as sacred

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Mahayana

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51
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First Buddhist Emperor

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Asoka

52
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Small Vehicle

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Hinayana Buddhism

53
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Way of the Elders or Doctrine of the Fathers

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Theravada

54
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Larger Vehicle Buddhism

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Mahayana

55
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Four Noble Truths

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  1. There is suffering
  2. Suffering arises from attachment to worldly desires
  3. Suffering ceases when attachment to worldly desire ceases
  4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
56
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Pain that seeps at the depth of human existence

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Misery

57
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1st noble truth:

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Life is a Dukkha

58
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Joy in life is superficial according to Buddha

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True

59
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Body, Senses, Ideas, Feelings, and Consciousness

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Five Skandas

60
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The Five Skandas are all painful

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True

61
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Life’s Dislocation:

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Trauma of Birth
Pathology of Sickness
Morbidity of Decrepitude
Phobia of Death 
To be tied to what one abhors
To be separated from what one loves
62
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Major hazards of existence:

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Birth, Decay, death and Uncertainty with regards to the things of the world

63
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Shackles or impediments

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Fetters

64
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Ten Fetters of Existence:

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  1. Self-delusion
  2. Doubt
  3. Clinging to Ritual
  4. Sensuous Lust
  5. Ill Will
  6. Greed for Fine Material Existence
  7. Greed for Immaterial Existence
  8. Conceit
  9. Restlessness
  10. Ignorance
65
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Desire for one’s own private fulfillment at the expense of other forms of life

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Tanha

66
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The cycle of becoming is caused by ___ and ___ to material impermanence of things

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craving; grasping

67
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Leads to not only suffering here and now but also to further suffering in the future forms of rebirth

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Craving

68
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Ignorance Encompasses:

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  1. Forgetting that there is no independent self
  2. Forgetting that all phenomenon are impermanent
  3. Forgetting that all phenomena are sorrow-filled
69
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No Soul of No self

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Annata

70
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4 Noble Truths

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  1. Life is a Dukkha
  2. The Cause of Life’s Dislocation is Tanha
  3. The Cure lies on overcoming our earthly cravings and worldly attachments
  4. The Way to eliminate our earthly craving and worldly attachments is by following the 8Fold Path
71
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First two of the eightfold path deals with:

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Wisdom (Panna)

72
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Second Three of the 8Fold path deals with:

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Morality (Sila)

73
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Last three of the eightfold path deals with:

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Meditation(Samadhi)

74
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What are the Eightfold Path

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  1. Right Understanding
  2. Right Thought
  3. Right Speech
  4. Right Action
  5. Right Livelihood
  6. Right effort
  7. Right mindfulness
  8. Right Contemplation
75
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Knowledge, Faith, View, Perspective

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Right Understanding

76
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to understand the true doctrine

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Right understanding

77
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True doctrine

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1 . There is suffering

  1. There is a cause to suffering
  2. There is an end to suffering
  3. There is a means to end this suffering
78
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Aspiration

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Right Thought

79
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Making up our hearts to what we really want; clear perception of the true doctrine and free ourselves from lust, ill will, and cruelty

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Right Thought

80
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Avoiding and abstaining from telling a lie; mindfulness of what we speak; towards truth and charity; avoid tale-bearing, trash talking, or vain talk

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Right Speech

81
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Behavior

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Right Action

82
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What are the right actions

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Do not kill
Do not steal
Do not be unchaste
Do not drink intoxicants

83
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To gain livelihood by right means

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Right Living

84
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Occupations we should not engage in:

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Butchers, person-peddler, slave dealer, armament maker, prostitution

85
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Exertion

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Right Effort

86
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Strive to avoid rising of evil; Will power and timing, maintain meritorious conditions that have already arisen

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Right Effort

87
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Attentiveness

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Right Mindfulness

88
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Alert and gain self-knwoledge; Clearly Conscious and attentive to objects of completion; Separating authentic and abiding from Trivia

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Right Mindfulness

89
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Fixation of mind on a single object

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Right Concentration of Thought

90
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Right view, right thought, right speech

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Rational

91
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Right action, right living, right effort

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Volitional

92
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Right mindfulness, right concentration

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Emotional

93
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Cure to suffering:

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Cultivate our wisdom and compassion in order to lead a life unhindered by attachments and achieve freedom from fear of natural laws

94
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Natural Laws:

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Old Age, Death, Impermanence

95
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The Ethical Middle Path

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Eightfold Path

96
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Two extremes ruled out by the Eightfold Path

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  1. Life of Pleasure

2. Life of Misfortunes

97
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who wrote the Buddhist Morality

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Dr. C. George Boeree

98
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Five Moral Precepts

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Pancha Shila

99
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What are the Pancha Shila

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Avoid killing or harming any living thing
Avoid stealing, that is taking what is not yours
Avoid sexual irresponsibility ‘Avoid lying or any hurtful speech
Avoid alcohol and drugs, which diminish clarity consciousness

100
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Doctrine of Dependent Origination

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Patticasamutpada or Pratityasamutpada

101
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Central teaching of the Buddha; nothing in a world that does not come within realm of casual laws; Casualty explains arising and passing away of things

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Pratityasamutpada or Patticasamutpada

102
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why is there suffering?

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Because we are born

103
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Why are we born?

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Because there will to be born

104
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Why should there be a will to be born?

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Because we cling to the objects of this world

105
Q

Why do we cling to the objects of this world?

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Because we crave to enjoy the objects of this world

106
Q

Why do we crave to enjoy the objects of this world?

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Because of the sense of experience

107
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6th sense organ

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Mind

108
Q

Who do we have sense experience

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Bc of the six sense organs

109
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Why do we have the 6 sense organs

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Bc of the psychological organism

110
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Why do we have the psychological organism?

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Bc of the initial consciousness of the embryo

111
Q

Why do we have this consciousness?

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Bc of the impressions of karma

112
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Why do we have these impressions?

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Bc of ignorance

113
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Root cause of suffering

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Ignorance

114
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Way to destroy ignorance:

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Knowledge of truth that everything is impermanent

115
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Corollary to Dependent Origination

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Annica Doctrine

116
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The Doctrine of Momentariness

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Annica Doctrine

117
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A thing arises depending upon the cause, so when the cause is removed, the thing ceases to be, thus momentary

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Doctrine of Momentariness

118
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Everything in this world is impermanent, relative, and momentary

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Doctrine of Annica

119
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Behavior of man

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Karma

120
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Three factors that determine Karma:

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  1. External Stimuli
  2. Conscious motives
  3. Unconscious motives
121
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Greed or attachment; hate or aversion, or confusion

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Conscious motives

122
Q

Desire to perpetuate life; desire to avoid death; result from mistaken understanding of nature of human experience

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Unconscious motives

123
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Correlation between action and consequence

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Karma

124
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Karma is not deterministic (depending on the nature od karma and the circumstances in which the action is committed, there should be appropriate consequences

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True

125
Q

When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot

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Dalai Lama

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