Lecture 6 Flashcards
what is the sarnath
site of the first teaching to the group of ascetics
what is the kushinagar
buddha’s death site
who/what is the buddha for his followers
bit seen as a god of any kind found of traction first object of refuge embodiment of truth potential for perfection of all sentient beings
what re the objects of refuge
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
These three are the only things to be able to provide safety in the long run
what is dharma
buddha’s teachings
what is sangha
noble community (accomplished followers)
what is dharmakaya
embodiment of truth
what is the first sermon in sarnath (varanasi)
quote on page 43; Monks, it is through not understanding, through not penetrating the Four Noble Truths that this long course of birth and death has been passed through and under- gone by me as well as by you. What are these four? They are the noble truth of suf- fering (dukha); the noble truth of the origin of suffering; the noble truth of the ces- sation of suffering; and the noble truth of the way to the cessation of suffering. But now, monks, that these have been realized and penetrated, cut off is the craving for existence, destroyed is that which leads to renewed becoming, and there is no more re-becoming (D.ii.90)
4 noble truths of suffering
idea that ay animal footprint can fit into that on an elephants foot print! noble truths like the elephant’s footprint, they are something to encapsle everything
what is ARYA SATYA/ARYA SACCA
the 4 noble truths (4 true realities for spiritual ennobled)
what are the 4 noble truths
Duhka/Dukkha
Samudaya
Nirodha
Marga/Magga
what is Duhka/Dukkha
dissatisfactory/suffering, the painful
what is Samudaya
origin of suffering (it has CAUSE)
if something has cause, eliminate cause=eliminate phenomenon
what is Nirodha
end of suffering
what is Marga/Magga
there is a path which leads to the end of suffering
what of the 4 noble truths cane be studies and what can be practiced
study: Duhka/Dukkha
Samudaya
Nirodha
practice Marga/Magga
What are the 3 types of suffering (Duhka)
Duhka-duhka
Viparinama-duhka
Samskara-duhka
explain Duhka-duhka
suffering of suffering
the obvious stuff, stubbed toe grief, etc
buddha doesn’t need to tell you this
explain Viparinama-duhka
suffering due to change
- might need guidance ti understand why falling in love, being beautiful and winning the lottery is painful
- why? they are transient, they are all going to change! everything ends in separation (death) or the home will fall apart/become a burden to if it remains perfect, you wont be able to take care of it in your old age and someone else will take it on as a burden or you will die and separate from i, etc
explain Samskara-duhka
suffering as formations (different word than the earlier one)
-the constant process of things coming together is a constant source of stress/suffering, but a very subtly for of suffering! Not intuitively felt by everyone, only those that are in constant practice for them
what are the 3 marks of existence (still part of the first noble truth)
duhka/dukkha: suffering
anatman/anatta
anitya/anicca
what is anatman/anatta
no self (no soul)
contradiction/specific understanding of a sentient being (with mind)
we develop the habit of relating to self, think something inside stays permanent
what is anitya/anicca
impermanence
-connected to the way suffering is described
no matter what you think about (any scale), all of it is impermanent, it changes moment by moment
-things that seem stable aren’t, even mountains change albeit slowly
nothing is stable
what are the 5 aggregates (skandha/khandha)
a collection fo things;
material form (rupa)
feelings and sensations (vedana)
perceptions/cognition (samjna/sanna)
constricting activities/formations (samskara/sankhara)
discriminative consciousness (vijnana/vinnana)
explain material form (rupa)
our physicalities, solids, liquids, gasses… all physical stuff that makes us up
what is the point of 5 aggregates (skandha/khandha)
factors of personality/psycho-physical constituents, bundles of grasping fuels
buddha saw these as describing us
explain feelings and sensations (vedana)
we might feel like feelings are vast and various but according to buddhists only 3 exist; positive, negative ad neutral
explain perceptions/cognition (samjna/sanna)
when processing or sensing stimuli, the point at which things crystallize into object form (object recognition)
explain constricting activities/formations (samskara/sankhara)
formations of what makes us a person; deeply engrained habits that run such at deep levels, don’t even know we have it necessarily but it carries into other lifetimes
basically taking about someone’s personality
explain consciousness (vijnana/vinnana)
has to do with process fo perception before we reach state of recognizing objects!
buddhists say we have how many sense
6
what are the 6 buddhist senses
visual, auditory, olfactory, touch, taste, mind
what is the sense ‘mind’
thoughts are mental objects, dreams are also mental objects
puts data from other forms together
the 3 marks of existence; the 5 aggregates are taught how
in the context of there is no permanence but there are 5 objects
