buddhism wordds Flashcards
Buddha
Siddartha Gautama, the enlightened one
Mara
demon, inner temptation
Four Sights
Old, sick, dead and holy man
Enlightenment
Realising the truth about life
Nibbana
Extinguishing, release from cycle of life
Dhamma
Eternal law, teaching of Buddha
Three Jewels
Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha (the buddha, the teachings of the buddha, and the buddhist community)
Dependent Origination
Links of causation, chain of existence
Conditionality
Interdependence of all things
Samsara
Rebirth, cycle of life
Three Marks of Existence
Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta (Suffering, Impermenance and Non-Self)
Dukkha
Suffering, disatisfaction
Anicca/Anitya
Impermanence, constant change
Anatta/Anataman
Non-self, no soul
Twelve Nidanas
Links of causation & origination