Buddhist Beliefs💡 Flashcards
Name 3 significant events in the Buddha’s life.
Having a princely life, the 4 sights and enlightenment.
Name the 4 sights
An ill, old, dead and holy man.
Explain Buddha’s enlightenment.
He sat for 49 days under the Bodhi Tree and was liberated from samsara, becoming known as the Buddha.
Explain Buddha’s princely life.
Buddha grew up with everything he could ever want and was sheilded from the outside world.
What is Paticca-Samuppada?
All things are dependent on other things for their creation or destruction.
What are the 3 marks of existence?
Anicca, Anatta and Dukkha.
Define anicca.
Impermanence.
Define Anatta.
“No soul” or no permanent self.
Define Dukkha.
Suffering.
What are the 4 noble truths?
Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha and Magga.
Explain the first noble truth.
Dukkha- suffering (pain, fabrication and change)
Explain the second noble truth.
Samudaya- cause of suffering (tanha or craving).
Name the 3 poisons.
Ignorance, greed and hatred.
What are the three poisons represented by?
A cockerel, pig and snake.
Explain the third noble truth.
Nirodha- suffering can cease (Dukkha can end).