Buddhist Beliefs Flashcards
What is the term for an enlightened being?
Buddha
Who does ‘The Buddha’ refer to?
Siddhartha Gautama
What is enlightenment in Buddhism?
The discovery of true knowledge, usually by meditation, about oneself and reality and so escaping the cycle of rebirth.
What are The Four Sights?
The four things described in the account of Siddhartha Gautama’s life which led to his realisation of the impermanence of existence.
What is The Sangha?
The Buddhist community in general, or monks, nuns and novices in particular.
What does Dhamma refer to?
The teaching of the Buddha.
What is dependant origination/conditionality?
The idea that all things arise in dependence upon conditions.
What is Pattica-samupadda?
The chain of causation describing the causes of suffering and the events that lead a being through rebirth, old age and death.
What are the Three Marks of Existence?
Impermanence (anicca), suffering (dukkha) and no-self (anatta).
What are the Three Poisons?
The main causes of suffering: hatred, greed and ignorance.
What is Theravada Buddhism?
‘The way of the elders’ – an ancient Buddhist tradition centred in Southern Asia.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
Later Buddhist traditions such as Tibetan, Zen and Pure Land Buddhism.
What does Nirodha mean?
Suffering can be ended – the Third Noble truth.
What is Tanha?
Craving, or wanting and desiring something.
What is Samsara?
The cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.
