Lecture 6

Question 1

what is the sarnath

Answer 1

site of the first teaching to the group of ascetics

Question 2

what is the kushinagar

Answer 2

buddha’s death site

Question 3

who/what is the buddha for his followers

Answer 3

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

Question 4

what re the objects of refuge

Answer 4

Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

These three are the only things to be able to provide safety in the long run

Question 5

what is dharma

Answer 5

buddha’s teachings

Question 6

what is sangha

Answer 6

noble community (accomplished followers)

Question 7

what is dharmakaya

Answer 7

embodiment of truth

Question 8

what is the first sermon in sarnath (varanasi)

Answer 8

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 (du􏰃kha); 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

Question 9

what is ARYA SATYA/ARYA SACCA

Answer 9

the 4 noble truths (4 true realities for spiritual ennobled)

Question 10

what are the 4 noble truths

Answer 10

Duhka/Dukkha
Samudaya
Nirodha
Marga/Magga

Question 11

what is Duhka/Dukkha

Answer 11

dissatisfactory/suffering, the painful

Question 12

what is Samudaya

Answer 12

origin of suffering (it has CAUSE)

if something has cause, eliminate cause=eliminate phenomenon

Question 13

what is Nirodha

Answer 13

end of suffering

Question 14

what is Marga/Magga

Answer 14

there is a path which leads to the end of suffering

Question 15

what of the 4 noble truths cane be studies and what can be practiced

Answer 15

study: Duhka/Dukkha
Samudaya
Nirodha

practice Marga/Magga

Question 16

What are the 3 types of suffering (Duhka)

Answer 16

Duhka-duhka
Viparinama-duhka
Samskara-duhka

Question 17

explain Duhka-duhka

Answer 17

suffering of suffering
the obvious stuff, stubbed toe grief, etc
buddha doesn’t need to tell you this

Question 18

explain Viparinama-duhka

Answer 18

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

Question 19

explain Samskara-duhka

Answer 19

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

Question 20

what are the 3 marks of existence (still part of the first noble truth)

Answer 20

duhka/dukkha: suffering
anatman/anatta
anitya/anicca

Question 21

what is anatman/anatta

Answer 21

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

Question 22

what is anitya/anicca

Answer 22

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

Question 23

what are the 5 aggregates (skandha/khandha)

Answer 23

a collection fo things;
material form (rupa)
feelings and sensations (vedana)
perceptions/cognition (samjna/sanna)
constricting activities/formations (samskara/sankhara)
discriminative consciousness (vijnana/vinnana)

Question 24

explain material form (rupa)

Answer 24

our physicalities, solids, liquids, gasses… all physical stuff that makes us up

Question 25

what is the point of 5 aggregates (skandha/khandha)

Answer 25

factors of personality/psycho-physical constituents, bundles of grasping fuels
buddha saw these as describing us

Question 26

explain feelings and sensations (vedana)

Answer 26

we might feel like feelings are vast and various but according to buddhists only 3 exist; positive, negative ad neutral

Question 27

explain perceptions/cognition (samjna/sanna)

Answer 27

when processing or sensing stimuli, the point at which things crystallize into object form (object recognition)

Question 28

explain constricting activities/formations (samskara/sankhara)

Answer 28

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

Question 29

explain consciousness (vijnana/vinnana)

Answer 29

has to do with process fo perception before we reach state of recognizing objects!

Question 30

buddhists say we have how many sense

Answer 30

6

Question 31

what are the 6 buddhist senses

Answer 31

visual, auditory, olfactory, touch, taste, mind

Question 32

what is the sense ‘mind’

Answer 32

thoughts are mental objects, dreams are also mental objects

puts data from other forms together

Question 33

the 3 marks of existence; the 5 aggregates are taught how

Answer 33

in the context of there is no permanence but there are 5 objects