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Chapter 4 - Buddhism Flashcards

1
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What does Buddha mean?

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The Awakened One

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What is Buddha’s name?

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddha’s mom’s name?

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Maya, died a week after giving birth to the Buddha

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What are the 4 Passing Sights?

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When Buddha saw a crooked and toothless man, a corpse being taken for cremation, and a Sannyasin.

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Who is a Sannyasin?

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a wandering holy man, a renunciate, who had no possessions but seemed to be at peace.

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At age 29…

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Buddha realized that the suffering he had just encountered made him question the meaning of human experience and put him into depression.

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Buddha escaped the palace while everyone was asleep and became one of the peasants, with nothing but questions. What was that event called?

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Great Going Forth

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At age 35…

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He was enlightened (Bodhi) in which he reached a state of profound understanding.

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At age 80…

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Buddha died

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10
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What are the 3 Jewels?

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Buddha, Dharma, Dukkha

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Thought of as an ideal human being whom other human beings should imitate

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Buddha

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12
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means the sum total of Buddhist teachings about how to view the world and how to live properly

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Dharma

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the community of monks and nuns

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Sangha

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What are the 3 Marks of Reality?

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Anichcha, Anatta, Dukkha.

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Anichcha

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Constant Change

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Anatta

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There’s no permanent soul

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Dukkha

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Constant suffering, misery (You paid the bills, but in a few days you got to pay more)

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What are the Four Noble Truths?

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To live is to suffer. (EXISTS)
Suffering comes from desire. (CAUSE)
To end suffering, End desire. (END)
Release from suffering is possible and can be attained by following the Noble Eightfold Path (RELEASE)

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Ahimsa

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No Harm

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20
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What is Samsara?

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constant rebirth and the attendant suffering; the everyday world of change

21
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What is Nirvana?

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the release from suffering and rebirth brings inner peace

22
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What is Moksha?

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Liberation

23
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Theravada Buddhism

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The way of the Elders

24
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A person who reached Nirvana

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Arhat

25
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The three “baskets” or collections of Buddhist texts are called…

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Tripitaka

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a scared text, especially one said to record the words of the Buddha

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Sutra

27
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A shrine, usually in the shape of a dome, used to mark Buddhist relics or sacred sites

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Stupa

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Mahayana Buddhism

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THE BIG VEHICLE

29
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Compassion, empathy

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Karuna

30
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“The Enlightenment being”; in Mahayana, a person of deep compassion, especially one who does not enter nirvana but constantly reborn to help others; a heavenly being of compassion

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Bodhisattva

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the three bodies of the Buddha are called…

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Trikaya

32
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Cosmic Buddha nature

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Dharmakaya

33
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Historical Buddhas

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Nirmanakaya

34
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Celestial Buddhas

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Sambhogakaya

35
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Maitreya

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Buddha expected to appear on earth in the future

36
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Amitabha

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Buddha of the Western Paradise, a bliss-body Buddha in Mahayana

37
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Guanyin

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A popular bodhisattva of compassion in Mahayana

38
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Shunyata

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The Mahayana notion of emptiness, meaning that the universe is empty of permanent reality.

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Tathata

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thatness, thusness, suchness; the uniqueness of each changing moment of reality

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Mandala

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A circular design containing deities, geometric forms, symbols, and so on that represent totality, the self or the universe.

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Dhyana

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Meditation; focusing of the mind

42
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Satori

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the enlightened expirience

43
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Koan

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a question that cannot be answered logically; a technique used to test consciousnesses and bring awakening.

44
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Vajrayana Buddhism

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THE DIAMOND VEHICLE - symbolizes compassion

45
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Lama

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a Tibetan Buddhist teacher; a title of honor often given to all Tibetan monks.

46
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Dalai Lama

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The Ocean Superior One

47
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Vajra

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The Diamond scepter used in Tibetan and other types of Buddhist ritual, symbolizing compassion

48
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Mudra

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A symbolic hand gesture

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