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R.S. The Buddha's teachings Flashcards

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What’s the first noble truth?

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Suffering is unavoidable- this is the diagnosis

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What is the second noble truth?

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We suffer because we crave things we cannot have- this is our disease

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What is the third noble truth?

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We can overcome suffering- This is the hope of a cure

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What is the fourth noble truth?

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We can overcome suffering if we follow the eight-fold path- this is the cure

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What is right speech? (The eight-fold path)

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Be kind and honest. Say nothing that hurts others

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What is Dukkha? (Three universal truths)

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There is suffering

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What is Annica? (Three universal truths)

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Everything is always changing. Nothing is permanent

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What is Anatta? (Three universal truths)

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There is no such thing as a permanent/unchanging you

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What are the five precepts?

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  1. Do not harm or take a life
  2. Do not take anything that doesn’t belong to you
  3. Do not misuse your senses or sexuality
  4. Do not misuse your speech
  5. Do not cloud your mind with intoxicants (drugs)
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Who was Siddhartha Gautama? (Three jewels)

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Buddha

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What are the Buddha’s teachings called? (Three jewels)

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Dharma

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What is the buddhist community called? (Three jewels)

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Sangha

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What did Queen Maya’s dream have in it?

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A white elephant

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What did the Buddha do immediately after his birth?

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He took seven steps and with each step a lotus flower grew

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What was his childhood like?

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He lived a life of luxury and there was no suffering anywhere in the palace

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What were the 4 sights?

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  1. Sickness
  2. Old age
  3. Death
  4. A holy man
17
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How long was the Buddha ascetic for?

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6 years

18
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What is asceticism?

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Living a life full of suffering. Living with little or no possessions and barely eating or sleeping

19
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What is the middle way?

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A life somewhere in between luxury and suffering

20
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What does Buddha mean?

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Enlightened one

21
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What is the wheel called?

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The Dharmachakra or the Wheel of Dharma

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What do the 8 spokes represent on the Wheel of Dharma?

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The eight-fold path

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Why is does the Wheel of Dharma have a circle in it?

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It shows the endless cycle of birth and rebirth

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What does the lotus flower symbolise?

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The struggle to achieve enlightenment

25
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What is a mudra?

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A symbol that the Buddha made with his hands that had a specific meaning

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What do the Buddha’s feet symbolise?

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The Buddha was a real human being that lived in this world and achieved enlightenment

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