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What are the five aggregates
Form Feeling Perception Mental formation Consciousness
What is the explanation for the first aggregate
Form
Refers to matter/ material to the sense organs and the objects of their experience
What is the explanation for the second aggregate
Feeling/sensation
The feelings that arise from our sense organs making contact with objects, e.g. emotion or pain
What is the explanation of the third aggregate
Perception
The ability to distinguish between different objects we experience through our senses, it enables memory
Allows you to recognise what things are based on previous experiences
What is the explanation for the fourth aggregate
Mental formation
The thoughts and opinions that lead a person to do good, bad or morally neutral activities, producing good or bad kamma
What is the explanation of the third aggregate
Consciousness
Awareness of something without or before perception/ recognition
General awareness of the world around you
How might the five aggregates influence Buddhists today
May encourage Buddhists to adopt a belief in anatta- they negate the existence of a soul therefore Buddhists may believe that when they die it is their karmic energy, not soul, that is reborn
May enourage Buddhists to engage in Buddhist practice- e.g meditate to ensure good mental formations
What is the first teaching stemming from the five aggregates
That people are made of five parts
Quote: the five skandhas are bundles or piles of… form, feeling, perception, mental formation and consciousness
Meaning some Buddhist may believe that these parts create a persons personality
What is the second teaching of the five aggregates
That they deepen one’s existence of suffering
In the pali canon, the Buddha teaches people cling to the feeling the five aggregates produce, arguing they perpetuate one’s suffering as they crave these positive feelings
How does buddhahood correlate with the six perfections
Buddha nature can encourage people to meditate which is one of the six perfections (generosity, morality, energy, paTience, meditation, wisdom) and Buddhists must practice these to achieve buddhahood (enlightenment)
Similarly, buddhahood could also encourage people to act generously, another of the six perfections
Are the five aggregates/skandhas a Theravada or Mahayana belief
Theravada
Is buddhahood and the six perfections a Theravada or a Mahayana belief
Mahayana
What is the definition of buddhahood
Buddhahood or being a boddhisattva is a state of enlightenment, it is when someone achieves enlightenment and becomes a Buddha
What is pure land buddhism
Involves chanting the name of the amitahba buddha
Dominant form of Buddhism in Japan
What must one do to to become a bodhisattva
Perfect the six perfections
‘A bodhisattva is simply someone who perfects the six qualities… generosity, morality, patience, energy, emditation and wisdom’
Delay becoming enlightened to help others
‘Beings are numberless I vow to free them’
How might pure land Buddhism impact a Buddhists practice
Today, it means they may recite the name of the amitabha Buddha as it is believed it may aid rebirth into pure land
How might pure land Buddhism impact a Buddhists belief
It may lead a Buddhist to believe they are destined for amitabha pure land to achieve buddhahood
What is the base of the pure land Buddhism faith
Pure land Buddhism is part of the Mahayana faith, it started in china and spread to Japan
It is based on faith in amitabha Buddha, a king who renounced his kingdom and achieved in enlightenment
When he became enlightened he created a land free of dukkha called sukhavati a ‘pure land’
What are the five types of practice in pure land Buddhism
Reciting scriptures Meditating on A Worshipping A Chanting A And making offerings to A If followed, it is believed that Buddhists will get into sukhavati
What is seen as the most important thing in pure land Buddhism
Belief and faith in amitabha
Even more so than one’s actions and behaviours
What is the main teaching of pure land Buddhism
If they have faith in AB they will reach enlightenment
‘Those who have faith and recite my name will achieve enlightenment’
What is another belief in pure land Buddhism
Once his followers achieve enlightenment, they will turn gold
‘In the country of mine, being will be the colour of genuine gold’
What are the four noble truths
Dukkha, samudaya, nirodha, Magga
What are the four noble truths in relation to suffering
Dukkha is suffering
Samudaya is the cause of suffering
Nirodha is the end of suffering
Magga is the path to the end of suffering
What is samudaya
The cause of suffering and the second noble truth
Consider3d to be one of or worsened by the three poisons
What is nirodha
The end of suffering and the third noble truth
Suffering can end ‘the ultimate end to suffering is through attaining peace (reaching nirvana)
What is Magga
The way to end suffering and the fourth noble truth
‘The end of suffering is to follow the eightfold path (middle way )’
What is the eightfold path
Ethics (sila):
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Meditation (samadhi)
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right concentration
Wisdom (panna)
Right understanding
Right intention
