Buddhist Ethics Flashcards
4 noble truths
Everybody suffers
The cause of suffering is desire
The way to defeat desire is through detachment
To detach yourself from your desires you must follow the eightfold path
The Eightfold path is split into three groups
Right Ethics
Right Meditation
Right Wisdom
Right Ethics
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Right Meditation
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right concentration
Right Wisdom
Right understanding
Right intention
The four sights
Old man
Sick man
Dead man
Holy man
The Three Watches of the Night
Knowledge of all his previous lives
That things were reborn depending on kamma
He was shown the four noble truths
The three refuges
Buddha
Dhamma
Sangha
Samsara
The cycle of reincarnation
Nibbana
Lit. Extinguishment
Leaving Samsara and being free from suffering
Buddhist scriptures
Jataka tales-stories about Buddhas past lives
Dhammapada-Buddha’s teachings in verse form, generally chants
Tiptaka/Pali Canon-Buddha’s teachings
Dependant Arising
Or Paticcasamupada
The inter-relatedness of all things
The Three marks of existence
Suffering(dukkha)
Impermanence(anicca)
No fixed “self”(anatta)
Five aggregates (part of Anatta)
Form (shape) Sensation (our feelings) Perception (how we see the world) Mental formation (our thoughts) Consciousness (our awareness of ourselves)
Three forms of suffering
Physical
Change
Attachment
