March 28 Buddha Flashcards
What are the four noble truths?
1) reality (of suffering)
2) reality (of the origin of suffering)
3) ethical person (cessation of suffering)
4) spiritual person (developing the path)
What happens when you possess these four noble truths?
You lead to sainthood or the state of the noble ones
What does Buddha define personal identity as?
the five aggregates
What is the first casual link?
ignorance
What does Buddha mean?
the enlightened one
What is duhkha?
the truth of what suffering is; the truth of the conditioned arising of suffering; the truth that suffering can be eliminated by eliminating its conditions; the truth that the way to remove the conditions that give rise to suffering is to follow the Middle Way, constituted by the Noble Eight fold Path
Dependent arising is the cause of?
suffering
What is dependent arising?
it is the theory that the construction and destruction of something is dependent on other things and therefore is a domino effect