key words Flashcards
Abhiseka
‘sprinkling’ purification initaition rite, consecration, empowerment
ordinary water charged with power through interaction with sacred persons, words, symbolic actions, alms bowls and consecrated cord
• Amitābha
‘limitless light’ –> widely worshipped buddha in Mahayana traditions
Anattā
no self, no permanent self or essence can be found in any phenomenon
1/3 noble truths
Annica
impermanence
Antarābhava
intermediate state between death and rebirth/ one of sentient beings four modes of existence
Bhāvanā
in sanskirt and pali ‘cultivation’ –>
Causing/ producing beings into existence
sustained development of a particular state of mine/ ‘briniging into being’
can be studying doctrine, chanting verses and memorising sutras (full range of buddhist spiritual culture’
Bhikṣu and bhikṣuṇī
In sanskrit ‘beggar’ or ‘monk’/ female member of monastic community
Buddha abhiseka
In sanskirt ‘buddha consecration’
Bodhimanda
‘position of awakening’ –> seat of enlightenment
Bodhisattva
Someone on the path to englightenment/ Buddhahood
Dana
In Sanskirt/Pali - ‘giving’, ‘charity’
Dharma
Universal truth, common to all individuals at the time, proclaimed by the buddha
Dharmakāya
‘Truth body’ One of three bodies of Buddha
non-material not subject to decay ageing or death
Dukkha
suffering
Karma
karma refers to action driven by intention which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the cycle of rebirth
Karuṇā
‘compassion’ or ‘empathy’ wish that others could be free from suffering
Kathina
‘robe cloth ceremony’ - The lively kathina (“cloth”) ceremony, in which groups of laymen present gifts to the monks, takes place during the first month following the conclusion of vassa.
Khandhas
5 aggregates –> form, feeling.perception.mental formations and consciousness
Nirmāṇakāya
Nirmāṇakāya (one of three bodies of the Buddha) is the third aspect of the trikāya and the physical manifestation of a Buddha in time and space. Means to perform actions expected of `buddha for benefit of audience on earth.
Pañña
‘wisdom’ or ‘understanding’
Paritta
recitations and chants of ‘protection’ – reciting verses to ward off danger
Pasāda
‘stilling’ feeling settled/content
Pāṭimokkha
basic code of monastic discipline in Theravada Buddhism
Samathā
Calming meditation - concentration/tranquility
aimed to overcome cravings or tahna
Saṃbhogakāya
‘enjoyment body’ second of three bodies of the Buddha (tripitaka) subtle form only seen by Bodhisattva.
Saṃgha
community/order
Saṃsāra
cycle of rebirth, mudane existence and dying again
Saṃvega
‘shaking’ feeling of being shocked/stirred especially by impermanence
indicates a sense of shock, dismay and spiritual urgency to reach liberation and escape the suffering of samsara.
Śarīra
common term for body in both literal and metaphorical sense/ often translated as relic
Sati
mindfulness/awareness
Stūpa
A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation
Śūnyatā
emptiness –> all things are empty of intrinsic exsistence
Sūtra
‘discourse, sermon, scripture’ said to be delivered by the Buddha or delivered with this sanction (oral teachings)
Tathāgata garbha
” thus gone one”
“womb” (garbha) of Buddha (Tathagata). This refers to a Mahayana Buddhist doctrine that Buddha Nature is within all beings.
Tripiṭaka
three baskets –> Earliest collection of Budhhist scripture
Uposatha
Uposatha, meaning ‘entering to stay’, refers to the weekly practice of coming together to reaffirm commitment in Theravada tradition
Fast day or holy day - beginning and end of vassa
Vassa
the Buddhist monastic retreat observed primarily in Buddhist communities in Southeast Asia during the three-month monsoon period each year. expected to remain in one place
Vinaya
“discipline” the corpus of monastic religions especially that directed to fully ordained monks
“To lead”
Vipassanā
“insight” meditation
insight/wisdom
aimed at overcoming ignorance
aims cultivation of panna (wisdom)
