Buddhist Practices Flashcards
1
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Six perfections
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Generosity morality patience energy meditation wisdom
2
Q
5 moral precepts
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Taking life
Taking what’s not freely given
Misuse of senses
Wrong speech
Intoxicants
3
Q
Meta
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Loving kindness
4
Q
Karuna
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Compassion
5
Q
Kamma
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Karma actions have consequences
6
Q
Funerals
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Theravada- little money shrine is built
Mahayana-sky burials
7
Q
Wesak
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Celebrate Buddhas enlightenment
8
Q
Meditation
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Samatha- focus on calming the mind
Vipassana-focus on the moment
9
Q
Teaching for wesak
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They remember the night of his enlightenment
10
Q
Three marks of suffering
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Anicca-nothings permanent
Dukkha-everything leads to suffering
Annatta- no fixed self