Key Terms Flashcards
Dukkha (3 Marks of Existence)
Suffering
Anicca (3 Marks of Existence)
Impermanence
Anatta (3 Marks of Existence)
No fixed self/ soul
Samsara
Cycle to life, death, rebirth
Karma
Influences what you are reborn as
Samudaya (4 Noble Truths)
Truth of origin of suffering
Nirodha (4 Noble Truths)
Cessation of suffering
Manga (4 Noble Truths)
Truth of the path that leads to the cessation of suffering
Lay community
Those that aren’t monks/ nuns in Buddhism
Monastic Community
Those that are monks/nuns in Buddhism
Sangha
Buddhist community as a whole
Bhikkhu
Male monk
Bhikkuni
Female nun
Samanera
Trainee monk
Sunyata
Goodness that constitutes ultimate reality
Sambhogakaya
One of three Trikaya
Heavenly body
Nirmanakaya
One of three Trikaya
Physical body
Dharmakaya
One of three Trikaya
Truth body
Heavenly bodhisattva
Bodhisattva that has gone through Samsara many times after being enlightened and now rests in heavenly realm
Kusala
Healthy/moral action
Akusala
Unhealthy/ immoral action
Rupa
Form
Statue of Buddha/bodhisattva
Dukkha-dukkha
Painful experiences
Viparinama- dukkha
Changing nature of all things
Sankhara-dukkha
Conditional experiences
Vinaya Pitaka
Basket of Discipline
Rules for conduct & order
Sutta Pitaka
Basket of Discourses
Written source of Dhamma
Abhidhamma- Pitaka
Basket of Higher Teachings
Philosophical treatment of Dhamma
Nirvana
Liberation from Samsara
State if existence
Parinirvana
Final nirvana entered at death
Neither exists nor not exists
Five Skhandhas
Aggregates:
Form, Sensations, Perceptions, Mental Formations, Consciousness
Meditation
Conscious effort to change how mind works
Puma
Merit
Mudra
Hand gesture found on rupas
Devotion
Act of worship to show love, commitment, loyalty to faith
