Final Buddhism Review Flashcards
Buddha
Means “awakened one”
- Siddartha
Sal Tree
Holy tree
The Dharma
Buddha’s teachings
3 Pitakas
- 3 parts in Pali Canon (written text):
- Pitakas (baskets)
1.) Discourses (teachings)
2.) Rules for monks (live in sangas)
3.) Added teachings
Dukkha
- unsatisfied
- truth of suffering
Pali Canon
Scripture
Noble 8 Fold Path
1.) Right perspective
2.) Right commitment
3.) Right speech
4.) Right actions
5.) Right livelihood
6.) Right focus
7.) Right minfulness
8.) Right meditation
Theravada
- Elder’s knowledge
- Oldest existing school for Buddhism
Lama
teacher
Mantra
Message
3 Cardinal Virtues
1.) Loving kindness
2.) Generosity
3.) Understanding
- These add up to compassion
Tao
The way
Yin-Yang
- Contrast
- Ultimate contrast: Death
- Taoism
Koan
Japanese word for riddle/paradox
Satori
Japanese word for enlightenment
Nirvana
- Means quenching
Bodhi Tree
Where Siddartha had first discovery of enlightenment
Chakra
Wheel
- biggest symbol in Buddhism
Bhavachakra
- Life wheel
- 6 realms of rebirth
- 31 levels of rebirth
Tanha
The truth of the cause
- Suffering has a cause
4 Noble truths
1.) Truth of suffering
2.) The truth of the cause
3.) The truth of cessation
4.) The truth of the “way”
Mahayana
Means “great vehicle”
- More devotional and ceremonial
- branch: Tibetan
- Reads Lotus Sutra (Burning house)
Vipassana
mindfulness
5 Precepts
1.) Do no harm (ahimsa)
2.) No stealing
3.) Sexual morality
4.) No lying
5.) No intoxicants
3 Roots of Evil
- Fristration
- Greed
- Delusion
Tao Te Ching
Means “the way and it’s virture”
- Lau Tza founder of Taoism
Zen
Japanese version of meditation
- To sit
Paradox
Koan
Siddartha Guatama
- Sees 4 signs of old age, sickness, death and sanyasin
- Becomes the Buddha
Maya
Siddartha’s mom
Yasodhara
Siddartha’s wife
Suddhodana
King and Siddartha’s dad
Confucius
Kong Fuzi
- Practical teachings
Pajapati
Maya’s sister, Siddartha’s second wife