Living the Buddhist Life Flashcards
What is meditation?
The practice of calming and focusing the mind in order to focus on specific teachings so that their true meaning can be understood.
What is mindfulness breathing?
Meditation that focuses on the experience of breathing.
What is Zazen?
The practice of bringing one’s attention to experiences occurring in the present moment, usually by meditation.
What is the visualisation of the Buddha?
The practice of visualising images of Buddha forms and reciting sacred sounds and mantras.
What is a mantra?
A sequence of sacred syllables to be recited by Buddhists.
What are sacred syllables?
Mantras which hold infinite meaning and the dhamma in a single syllable.
What are mala beads?
Prayer beads that are used to count the number of recitations of a mantra.
What is a temple?
The place where Buddhists meet to worship.
What is a gompa?
The place where Tibetan Buddhists meditate.
What is a vihara?
A Buddhist temple which has living accommodation for monks or nuns.
What is a shrine?
A place with a statue of a Buddha, providing a focus for believers’ meditation and devotion.
What is a Buddha rupa?
A statue of the Buddha.
What is the Bodhi tree?
The sacred fig tree under which Siddhartha Gautama gained enlightenment.
What is puja?
An act of worship.
What are mourning rituals?
Activities and ceremonies which take place after the death of someone.
