Reviewer Flashcards
Are the three aspects?
Wisdom, morality, and meditation
What is the eightfold path of wisdom?
Right view and intention
What is the eightfold path of morality?
Right speech, action, livelihood
What is the eightfold path of meditation?
Right effort and mindfulness
What are the four signs that encounter Buddha?
- Old man
- Crippled man
- Corpse
- Ascetic impressed
All these distressing manifestations convinced him that worldly and material possessions could not satisfy one’s needs. Also known as the?
“Great Renunciation,”
What are the avoidance of two extremes made by Siddhartha?
Self-denial and self-indulgence
a life of self-discipline and introspection but not self-flagellation
Middle path
What is the earliest collection of the sacred text of Buddhism?
Pali canon/ tripitaka/tipitaka
refers to monks who share in
the general fund of alms provided by a community.
Sangha
The members of the sangha must ensure that Buddhist
teachings are to be preserved and transmitted. The so-called?
Three Jewels
Are commemorative monuments that contain sacred relics associated with Siddhartha himself, and the venerable monks and nuns.
Stupas
For Buddhist celebrations, the most important festival is the _______ which falls on a full moon. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Siddhartha about 2,500 years ago.
Vesak or
“Buddha Day,”
People who achieve nirvana, called?
Arhat
Siddhartha Gautama’s ascetic life in
the forest
Great renunciation
The only surviving most sacred text of Theravada Buddhism
Tripitaka/Tipitaka or pali canon
Every effect has a definite cause and every cause has a definite effect
Law of independent origination
Pali term for suffering or dissatisfaction
Dukkha
A stage wherein desire has been
extinguished from one’s self
Nirvana
Personified evil forces that torment
the minds of humankind
Mara
Aims to extend religious authority to a larger number of people, unlike the Theravada school of thought.
Mahayana buddhism
What is the Mahayana in the collective?
Mahayana sutras
It is presented as a discourse containing the most definitive teachings of Siddhartha Gautama before his eventual death.
Lotus Sutra, or the Saddharmapundarika-sutra means “correct dharma white lotus sutra” or “Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law” in Sanskrit.
The condition of complete happiness and freedom from fear and illusions.
Buddha nature” or
“Buddhahood”
Also known as a three-bodies
Trikaya
Also known as the perfect buddhist
bodhisattva (“enlightened existence”).
