buddhist beliefs Flashcards
Where was Siddhartha born?
Nepal
Who was his father?
A king
What did a holy man tell the king?
His son would become a great ruler
What kind of life did Sid have?
A luxurious one
What are the four sights?
Sickness, old age, death and a wandering holy man
Who tortured their bodies in order to discipline their minds?
A group of ascetics
What did he realize when the girl gave him food?
There must be a middle way
What is the middle way?
There must be a balance between asceticism and luxury
Where did he meditate?
Underneath a peepul tree
What are the three watches of the night?
Knowledge of previous lives, things were reborn depending on their kamma, suffering and how to overcome it (4 noble truths)
What did all these events help him discover?
True nature of reality
What are the four noble truths?
Everyone suffers, cause is desire, detachment, eightfold path
What is the threefold way?
Ethics, meditation, wisdom
What comes under ethics (sila)?
Right speech, right action, right livelihood
What comes under meditation (samadhi)?
Right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration
What comes under wisdom (Dhammapada)?
Right understanding, right intention
What is Dhamma?
Truth about the universe, a refuge
What are the three refuges?
Buddha, dhamma, sangha
What is dependent arising?
Inter-relatedness, everything effects evrything
What is samsara?
The cycle of birth, death and re-birth
What is nibbana?
Getting rid of self by meditation and the eightfold path (arhat) or getting rid of self by no longer needing reincarnation
What are the three marks of existence?
Suffering (dukkha), impermanence (anicca), no self (anatta)
What is sangha?
The whole buddhist community
What is anicca?
Impermanence, everything is constantly changing
