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Origins of Buddhism: Exam 1 Flashcards

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samsara

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the cycle of life and reincarnation

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Mahayana

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the “Great Vehicle”: one of the principal divisions of Buddhism/a form of Buddhis, of later development

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Siddhartha Gauntama

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The Buddha’s name

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Eightfold Path

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in eight categories, the problem of the unsatisfactory nature of life

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parinirvana

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the final nirvana, occurring at the death of the Buddha or any enlightened being. No more rebirth/end of samsara

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Six Realms of Rebirth

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realms that someone/something is reborn into as the result of their good or bad karma

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Nagasena

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Buddhist monk who is in many teachings

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karma

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any moral act, good or bad, will bring about a corresponding positive or negative result, in this lifetime or the next

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dukkha

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the first of the four noble truths, means SUFFERING

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mendicant

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someone who becomes a beggar on purpose, such as a monk or nun

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bhikku

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a Buddhist monk

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Dharma

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Buddhist law, teaching, ad truths (one of the three jewels)

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arhat/arhant

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someone who has attained enlightenment or will attain enlightenment and is no longer subject to karma, rebirth, and death

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bodhisattva

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anyone who has taken a vow to become a Buddha, will attain that goal, and teach others

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Four Sights

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when Buddha sees the sick, old, dead, and a monk/mendicant

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Middle Way

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can’t live in absolute luxury or in extreme starvation. a kind of no more, no less way of thinking

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sangha

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community of believers (monks and nuns)

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merit

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good karma

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demerit

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bad karma

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Milinda

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King Milinda that often questions Buddhist teachings in the Buddhist teachings

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ascetic

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starvation, which is a form of severe self-discipline many monks practiced

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wheel-turner

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a revolutionary (Buddha was told he’d be a great king or a prophet)

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Shakyamuni

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what the Buddha is referred to after his enlightenment. Shakya- fam name, Muni- “great one”

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Theravada

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oldest form of institutional Buddhism

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buddha

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someone who is enlightened and who teachers others. “awake to ultimate truth”

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Four Noble Truths

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the basis of Buddhist thought (there is suffering, suffering has a cause, suffering has an end, there is a way to end suffering)

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Three Jewels/Three Refuges

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Buddha (life, example, teaching), Dharma (Buddhist law, teaching, and truths), and Sangha (community of believers)

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Jain

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early group of Sramanas who have many similarities with Buddhism

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Three marks of existance

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suffering, impermanence, and no self/soul (anatman)

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Sutras

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teachings of the Buddha

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layperson

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someone who is no ordained

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5 Precepts

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no stealing, killing, improper sex, lying, or intoxication

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Six Realms of Rebirth Order

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Lowest-Highest
Hell dweller, hungry ghost/demons, animals, humans, demigods, and gods
all subject to karma

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Unnamed God

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who should we give our offerings?

there is no supreme god

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Creation Hymn

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who created existence?

No one knows and knowing isn’t relevant to Buddhist teachings and doesn’t help you reach nirvana

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Karma and the Six Realms

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any moral act, good or bad, brings about a corresponding positive or negative effect. your karma determines what realm you are reborn into

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Signs of Suffering

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Buddha saw sickness, old age, and death. Since suffering is inevitable, one must seek nirvana to stop it

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Great Departure

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Buddha leaves his family, cuts his hair, trades in his royal clothes for robes, gives up his life of luxury and all worldly desires in seek of ultimate truth

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Awakening Achieved

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Buddha learns from many teachers, is unsatisfied, goes off on his own and reaches enlightenment

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Milinda and the Chariot/The Man Who Lost His Body

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teaches “no-self.” There is no unchanging soul, you are not tied to any particular body or substance

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