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Abhiseka

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‘sprinkling’ purification initaition rite, consecration, empowerment
ordinary water charged with power through interaction with sacred persons, words, symbolic actions, alms bowls and consecrated cord

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• Amitābha

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‘limitless light’ –> widely worshipped buddha in Mahayana traditions

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Anattā

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no self, no permanent self or essence can be found in any phenomenon
1/3 noble truths

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Annica

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impermanence

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Antarābhava

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intermediate state between death and rebirth/ one of sentient beings four modes of existence

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Bhāvanā

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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’

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Bhikṣu and bhikṣuṇī

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In sanskrit ‘beggar’ or ‘monk’/ female member of monastic community

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Buddha abhiseka

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In sanskirt ‘buddha consecration’

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Bodhimanda

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‘position of awakening’ –> seat of enlightenment

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Bodhisattva

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Someone on the path to englightenment/ Buddhahood

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Dana

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In Sanskirt/Pali - ‘giving’, ‘charity’

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Dharma

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Universal truth, common to all individuals at the time, proclaimed by the buddha

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Dharmakāya

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‘Truth body’ One of three bodies of Buddha

non-material not subject to decay ageing or death

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Dukkha

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suffering

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Karma

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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

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Karuṇā

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‘compassion’ or ‘empathy’ wish that others could be free from suffering

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Kathina

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‘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.

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Khandhas

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5 aggregates –> form, feeling.perception.mental formations and consciousness

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Nirmāṇakāya

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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.

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Pañña

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‘wisdom’ or ‘understanding’

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Paritta

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recitations and chants of ‘protection’ – reciting verses to ward off danger

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Pasāda

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‘stilling’ feeling settled/content

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Pāṭimokkha

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basic code of monastic discipline in Theravada Buddhism

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Samathā

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Calming meditation - concentration/tranquility

aimed to overcome cravings or tahna

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Saṃbhogakāya

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‘enjoyment body’ second of three bodies of the Buddha (tripitaka) subtle form only seen by Bodhisattva.

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Saṃgha

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community/order

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Saṃsāra

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cycle of rebirth, mudane existence and dying again

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Saṃvega

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‘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.

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Śarīra

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common term for body in both literal and metaphorical sense/ often translated as relic

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Sati

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mindfulness/awareness

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Stūpa

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A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation

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Śūnyatā

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emptiness –> all things are empty of intrinsic exsistence

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Sūtra

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‘discourse, sermon, scripture’ said to be delivered by the Buddha or delivered with this sanction (oral teachings)

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Tathāgata garbha

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” thus gone one”

“womb” (garbha) of Buddha (Tathagata). This refers to a Mahayana Buddhist doctrine that Buddha Nature is within all beings.

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Tripiṭaka

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three baskets –> Earliest collection of Budhhist scripture

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Uposatha

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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

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Vassa

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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

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Vinaya

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“discipline” the corpus of monastic religions especially that directed to fully ordained monks

“To lead”

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Vipassanā

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“insight” meditation
insight/wisdom
aimed at overcoming ignorance
aims cultivation of panna (wisdom)

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