key terms Flashcards
Anicca
impermanence
dukkha
suffering
anatta
no fixed soul
3 marks of existence
Anicca, Anatta, Dukkha
skandhas
5 aggregates which make up each person
5 aggregates (skandhas)
physical form, sensation, perception, mental form, consciousness
sunyata
emptiness / void, being able to detach yourself from your desires
QUOTE FROM BUDDHA
‘buddha as a void, no rising and falling, calmness and extinction’
Therevada Buddhism
very personal, reaching enlightenment, becoming arhats
Arhat
perfected person (realistically can only be a monk) THEREVADA
Mahayana Buddhists
support each other to achieve enlightenment.
skandhas in anicca
skandhas are always changing, which is what anicca is all about
sunyata in anatta
sunyata is emptiness, so no fixed soul, which explain anatta
buddha hood
everyone has the ability to become enlightened
bodhisattva
declaring the intention of buddha hood, the postponing of your enlightenment to help others