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Key words and defenitions Flashcards

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Anatta

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No fixed self , no soul

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Anicca

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Impermanence

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Arhat

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In theravada a perfected person who achieved Nibbana

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Ascetic

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life free from materialistic and worldy pleasures , for spiritual goals

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Buddha

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enlightened being

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Bodhisattva

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In mahayana . who is destined for nibbana , who postpones his final attainment of buddha hood to help living beings

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Buddhahood

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enlightenment

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Buddha - nature

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In mahayana , all beings can achieve buddha hood as it is the fundamental nature of all living beings

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Buddha rupa

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image of being who achieved buddhahood

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Chanting

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singing

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Compassion

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karuna - pity

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Concentration

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focus and attention

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Consciousness

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5th aggregate , awareness of something without recognition (perception)

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Dependent Arising

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Paticcasamupada - everything in existence is interconnected with everyone else

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Devotional Ritual

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Puja - Ceremony , meditation , prayer , offerings

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Dhamma

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Ultimate truth , the teachings of buddha .

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Dhammapada

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sacred text of pali

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Dukkha

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suffering

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Eightfold path

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magga . 4th noble truth , way to wisdom .

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Energy

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effort to nibbana , one of 6 perfections

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enlightenment

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Wisdom , clarity of perception

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ethics(Sila)

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moral conduct

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Five aggregates

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five skandhas .(for. , sensation , perception , mental formation , consciousness.)

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Form

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matter , sense organs

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Four noble truths

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1.Dukkha(suffering)
2. Samudaya (cause of suffering)
3.Nirodha(end of suffering)
4.Magga(path to send suffering)

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Generosity

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selfless charity and work for others benefit with no expectation in return

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Gompas

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Tibetan monasteries associated with learning

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Greed

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attachment to material things and sensual desire

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Hate

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wishing harm , anger , hostility

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Ignorance

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inability to see things as they are

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Intoxicants

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substances that cloud the mind .

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Jataka

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tales are stories about previous lives of Buddha

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Kamma/karma

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cause , consequences of actions that affect the future births.

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Karuna

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compassion , pity

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Metta

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LOVING KINDNESS , that does not seek to gain , not possessive.

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Mantra recitation

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short sequence of words , syllables repeatedly for meditation and worship.

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Mahayana

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tradition /form of buddhism , means “Great Vehicles” , aims to nibbana , in China , Japan , Tibet.

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Malas

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String of beads for prayer aid.

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Mental formations

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Mental activities , that direct a person to good , bad , neutral actions , which leads to kamma.

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Meditation

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Spiritual experience that opens a person up to highest state of consciousness.

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Mindfulness of breathing

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a form of meditation which focuses on breathing , inhalation , exhalation.

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Monasteries

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viharas, house of monks and nuns live.

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Morality

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5 moral precepts , one of 6 perfections.

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Nibbana

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a state of perfect peace , liberation , free from cycle of samsara(birth , death , rebirth)

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Nirvana/Nibbana

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Enlightenment

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Panna

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insight into true nature of reality

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Parinirvana day

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festival in mahayana , death and enlightenment is celebrated of buddha

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Patience

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tolerance , endurance.

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Perception

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one of five aggregates , ability to distinguish between different objects we experience through our senses.it enables memory

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Puja

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ceremonies , prayer , devotional worship.

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Pure Land

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in Japan , Amitabha buddha ‘s name is chanted .

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Rebirth

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after death , the person is reborn continues until nibbana is attained.

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Retreats

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temporarily leaving daily life and going to special places to aid spirituality.

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samadhi

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Meditation , highest state of consciousness

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Samatha

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concentration and peace , calmness.

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Samudaya

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cause of suffering , second noble truth

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Sensation

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feelings that arose from our senses

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shrine

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a room which contains statue of the buddha /
bodhissatva , incense .

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Sila

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moral/ethics conduct

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six perfections

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guides in mahayana to nibbana

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Skandhas

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five aggregates
1.form
2.sensation
3.perception
4.mental formation.
5.consciousness

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Suffering

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dukkha , unsatisfactoriness , pain.

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Sunyata

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“emptiness” in mahayana , absence of identity in everything.

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Tanha

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craving , desire.

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Temple

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structure reserved for spiritual activities , worship.

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Theravada

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a form/tradition of Buddhism , Sri Lanka , Thailand , it came before mahayana.

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Threefold way

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three divisions of eight fold way into
1.Ethics
2.Meditation
3.Wisdom

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Three marks of existence

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1.Dukkha- suffering
2.Anicca- impermanence
3.Anatta- no soul , no fixed self

69
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three refuges

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  1. Buddha
    2.Sangha
    3.Dhamma
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three universal truths

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three marks of existence

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tranquility

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peace , calm

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unsatisfactoriness

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suffering , dukkha

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viharas

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monasteries , where monks , nuns live.

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vipassana

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true insight into true nature of reality , a type of meditation

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visualisation of buddhas and bodhisattvas

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imagination of an image of buddha/bodhisattvas , focusing it , on the aim to get those qualities .

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Wesak

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festival that celebrates enlightenment and death and birth (mainly birth).

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Wisdom

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realisation of sunyata in all phenomena

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Zazen

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form of meditation in zen buddhism , practiced sitting cross legged.

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Zen Buddhism

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A Japanese school of mahayana , focuses on value of meditation rather than spiritual worship and study of scriptures.

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