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23rd Jina

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JAINISM

PARSVANATHA

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24th Jina

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JAINISM

VARDHAMANA MAHAVIRA

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4 opulences

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JAINISM

INFINITE FAITH, INFINITE KNOWLEDGE, INFINITE BLISS, INFINITE POWER

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3 JEWELS

RIGHT FAITH

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SAMYAK sraddha

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3 JEWELS

RIGHT KNOWLEDGE

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SAMYAK JNANA

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3 JEWELS

RIGHT CONDUCT

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SAMYAK CARITRA

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7
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CLERGY

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NON VIOLENCE
NOT TO LIE
NOT TO STEAL

CELIBACY
RENUNCIATION

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LAY PERSONS

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NON VIOLENCE
NOT TO LIE
NOT TO STEAL

MARITAL FIDELITY
CONTENTMENT

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9
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VAISHALI

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(BIHAR STATE)

BIRTHPLACE OF THE 24TH JINA

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PAVA

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(BIHAR STATE)

DEATHPLACE OF THE 24TH JINA

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MT PARASNATH (JHARKHAND STATE)

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DEATHPLACE OF 20 JINAS EXPECT 1 12 22 24

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MT GIRNAR (GUJARAT STATE)

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TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE 22ND JINA

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MT SHATRUNJAYA (GUJARAT STATE)

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COMPLEX OF 863 JINA TEMPLES

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MT ABU (RAJASTHAN STATE)

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TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE 1ST JINA

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SHRAVANABELAGOLA (KARNATAKA STATE)

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OPEN AIR SHRINE MONOLOTHIC COLOSSUS 57 FEET 983 CE OF SON OF FIRST JINA. IMAGE ANOINTED EVERY 12 YEARS IN A MAJOR FESTIVAL.

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KALAGUMALAI (TAMILNADU)

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TEMPLES DEDICATED TO MANY JINAS

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Lumbinī

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Nepal)

Birthplace of the Buddha in 563 BCE

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Bodh-Gayā

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Bihar State, India)

Enlightenment place of the Buddha in 528 BCE

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Sārnāth

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Park) in Benāras (Uttar Pradesh State, India)

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20
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Saṅkisā

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Uttar Pradesh State, India) = Place where the
Buddha descended from Tuṣitā Heaven after teaching
his mother the Abhidharma

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21
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Sāvatthī

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Uttar Pradesh State, India) = Place where the
Buddha spent 22 rainy season retreats and where
many of his important disciples came from

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Kusinārā

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Uttar Pradesh State, India) = Place where
the Buddha passed away (attained Mahāparinirvāṇa) in
483 BCE

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Rājagaha

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Bihar State, India) = Place where the 1st

Buddhist Council took place in 483 BCE

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Vesālī

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Bihar State, India) = Place where the 2nd

Buddhist Council took place in 386 BCE

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25
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Sāñcī

Eight Holiest places of Buddhism

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(Madhya Pradesh State, India) = is considered
the 9th holy place of Buddhism because two of the
Buddha’s very eminent monastic disciples, the
Venerables Sāriputta and Mahāmoggallāna, both of
whom predeceased the Buddha in 484 BCE, and whose
cremated remains were enshrined here

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THREE MONKS

ANANDA

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GENERAL SERMONS

27
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THREE MONKS

UPALI

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MONASTIC REGULATIONS

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THREE MONKS

MAHAKASSAPA

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METAPHYSICAL SERMONS

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DIGHA NIKAYA

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LONG SERMONS

30
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MAJJHIMA NIKAYA

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MEDIUM LENGTH SERMONS

31
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SAMYUTTA NIKAYA

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CONNECTED SERMONS

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ANGUTTARA NIKAYA

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GRADED SERMONS

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KHUDDAKA NIKAYA

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MISCELLANEOUS SERMONS

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VINAYA PITAKA

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MONASTIC CODE

35
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ABHIDHARMA PITAKA

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METAPHYSICAL SERMONS

36
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Emperor Aśoka

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(reign: 273-237 BCE)

37
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Battle of Kalinga

38
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BUDDHISM FIRST CONCIL

THREE MONKS

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ANANDA
UPALI
MAHAKASSAPA

39
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2ND COUNCIL 2 FACTIONS SPLIT

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THERAVADA (CONSERVATIVE)

MAHASANGHIKA (LIBERAL)

40
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THERAVADA BUDDHIST REGION

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SRI LANKA
BURMA
THAILAND
LAOS
CAMBODIA
MEKONG RIVER DELTA AREA OF VIETNAM
41
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THERAVADA BUDDHIST MONASTIC ORDERS

SRI LANKA

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AMARAPURA NIKAYA
SIYAM NIKAYA
RAMANNA NIKAYA

42
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THERAVADA BUDDHIST MONASTIC ORDERS

THAILAND

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MAHA NIKAYA

THAMMAYUT NIKAYA

43
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THERAVADA BUDDHIST MONASTIC ORDERS

BURMA

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THUDHAMMA NIKAYA (95%)
SHWEGYIN NIKAYA
44
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THERAVADA BUDDHIST MONASTIC ORDERS

LAOS, CAMBODIA, AND VIETNAMESE THERAVADA

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HAVE NO SANGHA DIVISIONS

45
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VASSA

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4 month rainy season retreat for young men (in

Theravāda Buddhist countries) to become temporarily ordained as samaneras (novices)

46
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Upasamapadā

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high ordination into permanent monastic life

47
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Bhikkhu

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(Theravāda Buddhist monk)

48
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Bhikkhunī

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(Theravāda Buddhist nun)

49
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Uposathā

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spiritual retreats for lay people conducted by monks
in Theravāda Buddhist countries. It is officially four times a month: Full Moon day, New Moon day, 8th day after the Full Moon, and 8th day after the New Moon. Full Moon uposathās are the most important. Monastics shave their heads every new and full moon days

50
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Pāṭimokkha

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group confessionals by monastics to each other and

the recitation of the Vinaya ordinances. It is done on the Full Moon day

51
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Bhāvanā practices
6 AM and 6 PM daily
Mettā bhāvanā

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(meditation on friendliness)

52
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Bhāvanā practices
6 AM and 6 PM daily
Karuṇā bhāvanā

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(meditation on compassion)

53
Q

Bhāvanā practices
6 AM and 6 PM daily
Muditā bhāvanā

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(meditation on joy)

54
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Bhāvanā practices
6 AM and 6 PM daily
Asubha bhāvanā

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(meditation on ‘impurities’)

55
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Bhāvanā practices
6 AM and 6 PM daily
Upekkhā bhāvanā

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(meditation on serenity)

56
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The 4 main teachings of the Buddha given at the 1st sermon

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Three marks of “Existence”
Twelve-fold Wheel of Causality
Four Noble Truths
Noble Eightfold Path

57
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Three marks of “Existence”

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Dukkha (Pain/Suffering)
Anicca (Impermanence)
Anattā (Essencelessness)

58
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Seven Ways of dukkha

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Birth (mother and infant)
Union with the unpleasant
Separation from the pleasant
Any unsatisfied material desires
Sheer maintenance of life
Disease
Death (dying person & friends & relatives)
59
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Impermanence

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No unity of being (no God, no soul)
Only continuity of becoming
Constant change, perpetual flux,
eternal transformation
Momentariness (time-flow)
Connected causality
Dependent origination
River analogy
Candle-Flame analogy
60
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Essencelessness
Five Aggregates (pañcakhandas)

Four psychical factors

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Rūpa (body) physical

Saññā (perceptions)
Vedāna (feelings)
Saṅkhāra (aptitudes)
Viññāna (ideas)

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