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Master Words Flashcards

1
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pain or anguish
Sig: pain is constant, even when happy because it can change at any moment and we can never be at ease

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Duhkha

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1) event of awakening
2) experience
3) what Buddha and arhats are in a state of

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Nirvana

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hindu trinity: destroy “auspicious” (prosperous) one,
leads souls to moksa,
male and female,
outcast, wrathful, superiority- complex god
Himalayan Mountains

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Siva

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hindu trinity: protect preserver god
Was reborn as Rama and banished the demons
Social god

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Vishnu

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5
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After u practice what is written in the Upanisad you will become _______
(It means alone)

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Kaivalya

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Impure, evil that is bonded to you

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Pasam

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Original literature of the Brahmins
means “to know”
4 collections: Rsi (seers) Brahamanas (ritual instructions) , Aranyakas (forrest rituals), Upanishads
Sig: people began to view it as something “heard” in a revelation by divine authorities

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Vedas

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8
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Intermediate god that is a priest

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Agni

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9
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War god leader

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Indra

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Powerful and fractious speech
Sacred utterances

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Mantra

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11
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Plant liquid that allows one to have revelations

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Soma

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Rebirth, inspired by the cycles of the moon
31 realms of existence
wandering
sig: driven by karma ppl are reborn according to their merit (karma)

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Samsara

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13
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Liberation
Transcendent escape from the world cycle

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Moska

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14
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“effort” “work” Physical practice used to tame the mind and achieve a higher sense of concentration
Sig: to escape from physical world/ try to build good karma

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Yoga

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Def: Connection between action and consequence, merit
Sig: merit will determine the next realm you are born in

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Karma

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16
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heard texts

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Sruti

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17
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Remembered texts

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Smrti

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18
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Building/ monument that is supposed to house parts of the Buddha’s body

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Stupa

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19
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“One who strives” renouncer (wandering lifestyle) movement that was more materialist, determinist a
Sig: Jains and Buddhists rejected the Brahmin authority

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Sramana

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20
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Class of rulers
Buddha’s class before he left the palace

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Ksatriyas

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C: 300-200 BCE
D: Maruyan king who made Buddhist monuments, took pilgrimage to Lumbini
S: Major influence on the spread of Buddhism in India ARCHTYPE OF A BUDDHIST KING

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Asoka

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22
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awakening/ deep realization tree

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Bohi

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23
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Reborn as Buddhas but spent many years practicing in past lifetimes

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Bodhisattva

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Duty
Act of doing a ritual
Actions taken to preserve the order of the cosmos

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Dharma

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25
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1) truth of suffering “duhka”
2) origin of suffering: thirst for existence and delight
3) cessation of suffering: abandoning, relinquishing greed and aversion
4) path to cessation of suffering: right conduct, concentration, intention
Sig: not a belief system, its a reality that unawakened do not see

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4 noble truths

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26
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god that tempted the bodhisattva with desires and women preventing him from being awoken

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Mara

27
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originated in south India/ Indus Valley
Buddhas original language
linked the Indus Valley with pre-Aryan people in India

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Dravidian

28
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Old Indian civilization with uniform bricks

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Harappa

29
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“noble ones” Nomads who rode horses and had weapons/bronze came from south Russia
Sig: spread language
-took over tribal groups in northern India

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Indo Aryan / Indo European

30
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universal language of ancient India Vedic and classical language
Sig: Vedas were written in it, (people didn’t write in it to reject the authority of vedas)

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Sanskrit

31
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Movement that is more spiritual and opposes the brahmans

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Sramana

32
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extreme practice and self-devotion to pursue spiritual goals, starvation, renouncing normal lifestyle and relying on alms
sig: Buddha tried it and decided some sustenance is needed ( have to find middle ground)

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asceticism

33
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giving your body up to the world to escape it
the philosophical way to look at extreme asceticism

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internalization of the sacrifice

34
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Indus Valley Civilization (2500-1900 BC)

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Definition:
-Mohenjo Daro/Harappa were the city centers
-Uniform bricks and courtyards
Significance: spoke a Dravidian language (evidence of being linked to pre-aryan people)
-Declined from rivers drying up

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Harappa (Mohenjo-daro)

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Def: Major city center, uniform bricks
Sig: NOT military oriented, agrarian and peaceful, pashupati seal (meditative impressed symbol)
architecture

36
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“mighty lord”, Sahampati, came before the Buddha and asked him to teach
Sig: still uses his request for Buddha to teach Dharma

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Brahma

37
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to accept the role of the brahmanical authority as the highest in society, through heredity
specific rituals excluding other classes

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brahmanism

38
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the Vedic hymns themselves, the actual reality, underlying ground of all reality
Sig: similar to Buddhism everyone is asleep and not in reality

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Brahman

39
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ordinary dialect of the people, 5th century, middle indo-aryan dialect
Sig: Buddha used this dialect to teach (to oppose the Brahamans use of sanskrit)

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prakrit

40
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collection added to the Vedas that questions the nature of one’s self
Sig: introduces individual conscious effort (unlike Vedic ideas of social and superiority), samsara (rebirth), moksa, asceticism,

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Upanisads

41
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samnyasin, giving up normal roles in society to devote oneself to spiritual life, austerities, altered states of mind
Sig: Buddha’s teachers were renouncers, this was one of the first steps Siddhartha took to get away from the palace

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renunciation

42
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Part of the Vedas, if you study these you will be in a state of aloneness, 3 states of consciousness, searching for liberation through prayer and devotion
Sig: Outlines the procedure for asking to be released from the wheel of time, searching for the power of Brahman

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kaivalya upanisad

43
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“awakened one”, 2,500yrs ago, born into the ksatriya class, practiced austerities, was awakened and created a mendicant

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Siddhartha Gautama

44
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Buddha’s mother, impregnated by a white elephant with lotus, gave birth standing up
Sig: unnatural impregnation, shows he’s destined to be a Buddha, Buddha goes back to teach his mom?

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Queen Maya

45
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“bringer of death” temps Bodhisattva under the tree, evil, gods are afraid of him
Sig: only deterring enemy preventing Siddhartha from becoming awakened

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Mara

46
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the body one sees when meeting the Buddha, looks ordinary monk, 32 marks of a great man

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physical body (rupa-kaya)

47
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qualities that make up a perfect personality and psychological understanding
sig: all of Buddha’s 5 senses and conditions of a being are aligning with Dharma

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dharma body (dharma kaya)

48
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500 arhats (all awakened) communal reciting event in Rajagriha after Buddhas death
sig: first written accounts and lists of only what the Buddha’s words were

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First council

49
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Monk who wasn’t perfected yet but received advice from Buddha’s last words
Buddha’s main attendant
Sig: Shows Buddha was obeying the order of the Cosmos and the order of decay

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Ananda

50
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“full going out”, death of Buddha, elaborate stupa created afterwards
Sig: passed on the wheel-turning of teaching dharma

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pari-nirvana

51
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collections of buddhist writings: discipline, discourses, further dharma
sig:

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tripitaka (three baskets)

52
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“thus I have heard” the words/ sermons of the Buddha
Sig: taken at first council

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sutra

53
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“discipline” outlines the lifestyle of a monk or nun (monastic rules)
1) pratimoksa for the rules of a monk’s life
2) the Sangha’s ritual duties and violations
sig: created at first council

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vinaya

54
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scholastic treaties “further dharma”, making Buddhism become part of a system (systemization) or a collection
sig: commentary/ interpretations of buddhas words

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abhidharma

55
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Impermanence, suffering, non-self
sig: this is what a mediator hoping to become an arhat sees in the world while contemplating the dharmas

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3 marks of existence

56
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Idea that things dont last long, are constantly changing 1st mark of existence

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Impermanence

57
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Karma is passed from person to person through an inertia, 2nd mark of existence

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Non-self

58
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perpetual state of uncomfort, must be realized and eventually ceased, 3rd mark of existence

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Suffering

59
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list of actions one takes to the cessation of suffering; conduct concentration wisdom
Sig: shows understanding, actions, and emotions must all be in “right” or noble to transform internally

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8 fold path

60
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actions, speech, livelihood

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right conduct

61
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mindfulness, meditation

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right concentration

62
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views and intentions

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right wisdom

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Buddhism (7 decks)

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