Siddharta story Flashcards
What is a aestetic life?
A life where you give everything up (sacrificial)
What are the 4 sights
1=a old person (bent posture )
2= a dead person /man (corpse
3=a diseased / sick man
4= a holy man /spritual(sadhu)
What was the goal of making people suffer
So people’s spirits could be free
Why did Buddha want to suffer / live a aestetic life ?
To see what suffering was like and to eventually gain enlightenment
What was enlightenment
To understand the meaning of life / truth of something
What did the sadhu say to siddharta
To give everything up / live suffering / see what it is like
How did siddharta achieve enlightenment
By mediating until he reached full enlightenment , and then creating a middle way which was a life between extreme deprivation and indulgence of both where life was lived to no extremes . If Buddhists followed this , they could reach nibbana (freedom)and eternal happiness
What did the Buddha learn about suffering when he left his luxury castle
The lack of control people have our own destinies, and more surprised people accepted this suffering as natural +no one can escape death
What did the Buddha learn about suffering when he left his luxury castle
The lack of control people have over our own destinies, and more surprised people accepted this suffering as natural +no one can escape death
What was dukkha
Anything which is imperfect which leads to suffering
What was nirvanna
Blowing out the fires of greed,hatred and ignorance ,and the state of imperfect peace that follows
What were the four noble truths
1=nothing is perfect in life meaning life involves dukkha(e.g the rebirth cycle)
2=dukkha is caused by attachment ,craving ,desires
3=by overcoming attachment /cravings we overcome dukkha and imperfections
4= the way to stop craving is to follow the middle way / noble eight fold path
