Buddhist Beliefs and Teachings Flashcards
Birth of Buddha
“I was delicately nurtured” – The Buddha
The Buddha’s ascetic life
“These austerities are not the path to Enlightenment.” The Buddha
The Buddha’s Enlightenment
“Not until I attain the supreme Enlightenment will I give up this seat of meditation – The Buddha
“This is the last birth. There is now no more coming.” The Buddha
The Dhamma
“To the Buddha for refuge I go, To the Dhamma for refuge I go, To the Sangha for refuge I go” – recited by Buddhists
The concept of dependent arising
“All events and incidents in life are intimately linked with the fate of others” – Dalai Lama
Dukkha
“What I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering” – The Buddha
Anicca
The story of Kisa Gotami (the woman and the mustard seed)
“This existence of ours is transient as autumn clouds.”
Anatta
The story of Nagasena and the chariot
“Form is emptiness and emptiness is form” The Buddha
First noble truth
“This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering - The Buddha
“The truth of suffering is like a disease” The Buddha
The second noble truth
“The origin of suffering is craving” – The Buddha
The third noble truth
“This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering” – The Buddha
“To stop suffering you need to stop craving” The Buddha
“The only way to stop craving is to live the Middle Way” The Buddha
Nibbana
“This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it… This is nibbana.”
The fourth noble truth
“The eightfold path leading to the cessation of suffering” The Buddha
“The truth of the path is like a medicine.” The Buddha
Bodhisattva
“However innumerable sentient beings are; I vow to save them.” – A Bodhisattva vow
Arhat
“There is no more worldly existence for the Arhat, who is wholly free”
