mahayana buddhism Flashcards
A religion based on the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who became known as Buddha, meaning “the Enlightened One” or “the Awakened One”
Buddhism
“the Awakened One” “the Enlightened One”
Buddha
Buddhism teaches its followers that enlightenment is attainable by ordinary humans through?
Proper training and discipline.
The two major schools of _____ and _____ abide by Buddha’s basic teachings.
Mahayana and Theravada
What resulted in the creation of Buddhist schools?
The spread of Buddhist gospels through missionary efforts
Became known among the three branches as the “great vehicle” as it gained tremendous appeal to the ordinary people.
Mahayana Buddhism
The word Mahayana refers to what?
The path of Bodhisattva that can be used to attain enlightenment. Through this path, all human beings are helped to avoid all suffering and pain.
Mahayana Buddhism started in ________ and became prominent in East Asian countries such as China, Mongolia, Japan, and Korea.
North India
The first Buddhist school to enter China
Theravada Buddhism
_______ gained support from other countries, it gradually died in its birthplace
Mahayana Buddhism (India)
[The series of invasions and the rising of Islam coincided with its outward spread]
He was a prince, teacher, philosopher, and spiritual leader, who lived and preached in the region around the border of modern-day Nepal and India.
Siddhartha Gautama/Buddha
_____ are generally identified as the set rules in Sanskrit literature based on law or philosophy.
Sutras
_________ reflects on the concepts of Mahayana Buddhism.
Mahayana Sutra
The sutras became influential because they taught that all people could equally attain “Buddha-nature” or enlightenment
Mahayana Sutra
Contains various traditions of Mahayana Buddhism such as concepts concerning the Trikaya, Bodhisattva, and Nirvana:
Lotus Sutra
Buddha has three bodies; a body of the absolute truth, a body that experiences enlightenment, and a body that manifests world embodiment in human form.
Trikaya
Someone who postponed his or her entry into the state of nirvana to help others achieve enlightenment. Attaining enlightenment is open to anyone regardless of gender, race, social status, etc.
Bodhisattva
The state of liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth
Nirvana
Part of perfection wisdom of sutra containing short pieces of Buddhist key concepts in Mahayana perspectives such as nirvana, total emptiness, and ultimate reality
Heart Sutra
Contains the teachings of Amitabha Buddha, the celestial or heavenly Buddha. Shows people can enter an ideal world.
Land of Bliss Sutras
Other critical Buddhist texts are regarded as secondary Mahayana texts written by
Nagarjuna, an early Buddhist thinker. Their writings focus on interpreting the Sutra of Perfection of Wisdom that elaborates the concept of emptiness.
Central figure of Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
____ emphasized that he is not a god and that his teaching was solely for helping ppl attain enlightenment. He was considered a spiritual leader whose life serves as the foundation of the Buddhist religion.
Buddha
How different is Buddhism from other major world religion?
Buddhism is different from the major world religion because it believes in a nontheistic god.
They do not focus on belief in gods and goddesses, instead, they focus on ethics and morality.
Buddhists
The most popular Buddhist school today
Mahayana Buddhism
The most significant number of its practitioners are in China
Mahayana Buddhism
The Mahayana schools and their sub-schools are still firmly rooted in
China
Taiwan
Japan
Korea
The reason why Mahayana gained popularity among Asians
Because of the openness of their tradition that even an ORDINARY PERSON can achieve spiritual liberation like what happened to Siddhartha Gautama.
The largest Buddhist temple in Manila
Fo Guang Shan Mabuhay Temple in Malate, the monks in this temple practice Humanistic Buddhism.
It is a philosophy that focuses on welfare services such as charity works, cultural activities, and education. It highlights three acts of goodness: doing good deeds, speaking good words, and thinking good thoughts.
Humanistic Buddhism
The home to the largest sitting Buddha in the PH. Here, buddhists offer candles and incense. The surrounding walls have rows of the Buddha’s image. The ceiling was designed with lotus, a common Buddhist motif as the flower grows in muddy water.
The main shrine of Guang Shuan Mabuhay Temple
