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Buddhist Key Terms Flashcards

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Anatta

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The idea that there is no fixed self - one of the three marks of exsistance

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Anicca

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Impermanance - one of the three marks of exisistance

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Arhart

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A from of human destiny in Theravada Buddhism - a perfected person who as attained nibbana

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Astetic

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A life free from wordly pleasures

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Bodhisattva

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A form of human destiny in Mahayana Budhism. a being destined for enlightenment, however delying enlightenment for helping someone else

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Buddahood

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Enlightenment

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Buddha-nature

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In mahayana Buddhism, it is the idea that all beings can achieve enlightenment

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Dependant Arising

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The idea that everything is interconnected and that it effects eeveryone else

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Dhamma/Dharma

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Universal law - ultimate law - spelt as Dharma in Sanskrit

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Dhammapada

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A sacred text of the Pali tradition with 426 texts

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Dukka

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Suffering

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the eightfold path

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the fouth noble truth- magga. The middle way. The way to wisdom; morality and mental training. Eight stages to be practised simaltaniously

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Enlightenment

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Wisdom or understanding enablig clarity of perception; this allowss a Buddhist to be freed from samsara

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Ethics

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Sila. Moral conduct

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Jataka

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The jataka tales are the stories about the previous lives of the Buddha

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Kamma

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The sanksrit form of kamma, litterly “action”, deliberate the actions that affect the believer’s circumstances in this and furture lives, can cause effects

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karuna

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Compassion

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Metta

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Loving Kindness

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Magga

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The eightfold path. ‘the middle way’ that leads to the end of suffering

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Mahayana

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A form of buddhism that focuses on acheving enlightenment for the sake of all beings. it is in China, Tibet and japan

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meditation

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A spiritual experiance that opens a person up to the highest state of consciousness

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Nibbana

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Litterly ‘blowing out’ to reach a state if perfect peace where the induvidual experiances libertation from the cycle of death and rebirth

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Pure Land

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This is the dominant form of buddhism in Japan and focuses on chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha

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Rebirth

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This refers to the belief that when a person dies he is reborn and that the process of death and rebirth continues until nibbana is atianed

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Tanha

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The seccond noble truth - craving/ desire which causes suffering. the attempt to grasp things we enjoy

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Theravada

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the kind of buddhism found in sri lanka and thiland. It came before Mahayana

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