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Higher Buddhism Vocab Flashcards

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Give three aspects of the Buddha’s life as a prince.

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He was shielded from all suffering, didn’t see people get old, spoiled with food, possessions and people, never bored.

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What is an ascetic?

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A spiritual person who deprives themselves of everything physical to try to reach spiritual truth.

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What is the Middle Way?

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This is the perfect balance of removing yourself from the physical world and giving yourself what you need to survive.

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What are the 4 Noble Truths?

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  1. Life is full of Suffering
  2. Suffering is caused by desire
  3. to rid yourself of suffering you must rid yourself of desire.
  4. to rid yourself of desire you must follow the 8 fold path.
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Name the 3 Marks of Existence

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Anicca
Anatta
Dukkha

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What is Anicca? Give 2 examples.

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This is the belief that everything in the physical world is changing, nothing stays the same. Examples; The movement of tectonic plates or the number of grains of sand on a beach.

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Give a quote with illustrates Anicca

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“When a man considers this world as bubble and froth, and as the illusion of appearance, then the King of death has no life’power over him” Dhammapada 170

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What is Anatta? Give two examples

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Anatta is the believe that everything about your as a person changes and nothing stays the same. This means there is no permanent ‘self’ and there is no soul which lasts forever.

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Name 3 of the 5 Skandhas with examples

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The physical Body: ageing
Your likes and dislikes: Taste in music
Your consciousness: When you are knocked out.

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Give a quote which illustrates Anatta.

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“Consider this body! A painted puppet with jointed limbs, sometimes suffering and covered with ulcers, full of imaginings, never permanent, for ever changing”

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What story shows the problem with not understanding Anatta?

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The Story of Kiso Gotami

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What is Kamma/ Karma?

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The natural law of cause and effect. It is a natural law not a moral one. There is no punishing or rewarding god.

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What is Karmic energy?

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This is positive or negative energy that you create either by doing skillful or unskillful actions.

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What is Samsara?

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The cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.

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What is the Wheel of Life?

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A Buddhist source which is an illustration of Samsara. It shows how a person can get stuck in Samsara and not achieve enlightenment.

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Name the 3 root poisons.

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Greed, Hatred and Ignorance

17
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What is dependant origination?

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the belief that everything has to be caused by something before it. This shows Buddhists they are in control of their future with their actions.

18
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Name 3 of the realms of the Wheel of life.

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The realm of Hells, The realm of Gods, The Realm of Animals, The realm of the hungry Ghosts, The realm of Animals, The realm of warriors.

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What are the 3 root goods?

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Wisdom, kindness and non-attachment

20
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What is Tanha?

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Desire. This is broken down into the 3 root poisons hatred, greed and ignorance.

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What are the 4 sights?

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Old age, sickness, a dead person and a religious ascetic.

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What is enlightenment?

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A state of mind which has full understanding and acceptance of the reality of everything. No suffering, blissful.

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What is Nibanna?

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When your Karmic energy is released from samsara. All desire is extinguished so all suffering is extinguished it is ultimate bliss.

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What is the 8 Fold Path?

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A set of practices for Buddhists to follow to help them achieve good karmic energy and enlightenment

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What is a Bodisattva?

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A person in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition who has achieved enlightenment but has chosen to return to help other on their journey.

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What is an Arhat?

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Theravada Buddhists believe that an Arhat is someone who has reached enlightenment. Theravada Buddhists believe that an arhat has ‘blown out’ the Three Poisons of greed, hatred and ignorance and so has been able to attain nibbana.

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What are the three sections of the 8 fold path?

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Wisdom, Morality & Meditation

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What 3 folds sit in the Wisdom section of the 8 fold path?

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Right View and Rght Intention

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