key terms Flashcards

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Anicca

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impermanence

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dukkha

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suffering

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3
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anatta

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no fixed soul

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4
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3 marks of existence

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Anicca, Anatta, Dukkha

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5
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skandhas

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5 aggregates which make up each person

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5 aggregates (skandhas)

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physical form, sensation, perception, mental form, consciousness

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7
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sunyata

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emptiness / void, being able to detach yourself from your desires

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8
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QUOTE FROM BUDDHA

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‘buddha as a void, no rising and falling, calmness and extinction’

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9
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Therevada Buddhism

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very personal, reaching enlightenment, becoming arhats

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10
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Arhat

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perfected person (realistically can only be a monk) THEREVADA

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11
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Mahayana Buddhists

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support each other to achieve enlightenment.

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12
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skandhas in anicca

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skandhas are always changing, which is what anicca is all about

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13
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sunyata in anatta

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sunyata is emptiness, so no fixed soul, which explain anatta

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14
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buddha hood

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everyone has the ability to become enlightened

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15
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bodhisattva

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declaring the intention of buddha hood, the postponing of your enlightenment to help others

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16
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bodhi

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enlightenment

17
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Buddha

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was either going to be holy, or royal, which is why he needed to find the four sights

could walk and talk as soon as he was born

18
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four sights

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old age, sickness, death, holy man

19
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how long was jesus on earth for?

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36 days