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
Dukkha Dukkha
Ordinary suffering
Viparinama Dukkha
Suffering due to change
Sankhara Dukkha
Suffering due to formation (impermanence)
Four Noble Truths
Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga (Suffering, The cause of suffering, The end of suffering and the path to the end of suffering)
Samudaya
Origins of suffering, attachment
Tanha
Craving, desire, greed
Three Poisons
Three causes of suffering, fires (greed hate and ignorance)
Lobha
Greed
Dosa
Hate, aversion
Moha
Ignorance, confusion
Eightfold Path
Way to live a good & happy life
Magga
The Eightfold path
Threefold Way
Sila, Samadhi, Panna (morality, mortality and wisdom)
Sila
Morality
Samadhi
Meditation
Panna
Wisdom & knowledge
Khandas
Different elements of the person
Sunyata
Emptiness
Tathagatagarbha
Buddha nature, inside all creatures
Arahant/Arhat
One who has attained Nibbana
Boddhisattvas
Enlightened one, seeks to guide others
arahant
An enlightened being; an individual who has achieved nirvana
boddhisattvas
one who is at the state of enlightenment, but helps others to reach that point rather than ascending