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Teachings Flashcards

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Finish the quotation from the Lama Rinpoche.
‘The time and effort required to keep the shrine clean and replenished…

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… is considered a skilful activity to focus one’s mind in the spiritual practice.’

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Finish the quotation from the Buddha.
‘Even the gods envy those awakened and mindful ones who are intent on…

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… meditation, delighting in the peace of the absence of desire.’

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Finish the quotation from Thich Nhat Hanh.
‘Breath is the bridge which connects life to the consciousness, which…

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… unites your body to your thoughts.’

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Finish the quotation from Thich Nhat Hanh.
‘Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as…

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… the means to take hold of your mind again.’

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Finish the quotation from Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
‘At the hour or death, the king and the beggar are exactly equal…

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… who is the richer at the time of death?’

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Finish the quotation from Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
‘If the beggar has created more merits, then although he looks materially poor, …

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… he is really the rich man.’

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Finish the quotation from the Dalai Lama.
‘ I believe that at every level of society, the key to a happier and more…

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… successful world is the growth of compassion.’

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Finish the quotation from the Buddha.
‘Whoever destroys a living creature and speaks untruth, …

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… digs up his own root here in this very world.’

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Finish the quotation from the Buddha.
‘Whatever man applies himself to drinking liquor and intoxicants, that person…

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… digs up his own root here in this very world.’

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Finish the quotation from The Dhammapada.
‘If one speaks or acts with a wicked mind, because of that…

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… pain follows one.’

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Finish the quotation from The Dhammapada.
‘If one speaks or acts with a good mind, because of that…

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… happiness follows one.’

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Name the five moral precepts.

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  1. Refrain from taking life.
  2. Refrain from taking what is not freely given.
  3. Refrain from sexual misconduct (misuse of the senses).
  4. Refrain from wrong speech.
  5. Refrain from intoxicants that cloud the mind.
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Name the six perfections.

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  • Generosity (Dana)
  • Morality (Sila)
  • Patience (Ksanti)
  • Energy (Virya)
  • Mediation (Dhyana)
  • Wisdom (Prajna)
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What are the five aggregates?

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  1. Form (our body shape)
  2. Sensation (our feelings)
  3. Perception (our recognition of things around us)
  4. Mental formations (our thoughts)
  5. Consciousness (our awareness of who we are)
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Give a brief summary of Nagasena’s analogy of the chariot. (used to illustrate the concept of anatta)

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A chariot is made up of many parts which put together make a useful mode of transport. It is only a chariot for the moment but these parts may becomes other things. In the same way our idea of ‘self’ is a combination of the 5 aggregates but is ever changing.

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Give a teaching said by the Buddha about anicca.

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‘This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.’

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Give a teaching said by Zen Master Dogen about anatta.

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‘To study the self is to forget the self.’

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Give a teaching said by the Buddha about dukkha.

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All conditioned existence is unsatisfying.

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Give a brief outline of the parable of the mustard seed and Kisa Gotami. (anicca)

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Kisa Gotami is a mother who learns to accept that change, loss and death are inevitable and universal. Kisa refused to believe that her son was dead and went to the Buddha to ask him to bring her son back to life. He told Kisa to go around the village asking for a mustard seed from a household that has never experienced death. She couldn’t find a household that had never experienced death.

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Give a teaching about the seven states of suffering.

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‘what I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering.’ ~ Buddha

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Give a teaching about the Four Noble Truths.

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‘The truth of suffering is like a disease, the truth of the origin is like the cause of the disease, the truth of cessation is like the cure of the disease, and the truth of the path is like the medicine.’ ~ The Visuddhimagga

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Give a teaching about the Eighfold Path.

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‘the noble eightfold path leading to the cessation of suffering.’ ~ The Buddha in the Dhammapada

23
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Give a teaching about the Buddha’s Birth.

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‘I was delicately nurtured at my father’s residence. Lotus ponds were made just for my enjoyment.’

24
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Give a teaching about the Buddha’s ascetic life.

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‘And the Bodhisattva himself, who was determined to practise austerities in their most extreme began to subsist on one grain of rice a day.’

25
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Give a teaching about the Buddha’s enlightenment.

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‘Let only my sinews and bone remain and let the flesh and blood in my body dry up until I attain enlightenment.’

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Give a teaching about The Dhamma.

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‘My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience.’

27
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What are the three refuges/jewels?

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‘To the Buddha for refuge I go. To the Dhamma for refuge I go. To the Sangha for refuge I go.’

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Give a teaching about the concept of depending arising.

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‘All events and incidents in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others that a single person cannot begin to act.’

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Give a teaching about Dukkha (suffering).

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‘What I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering.’

30
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Give a teaching about Anatta (no fixed self - the soul is not permanent or fixed).

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‘If all the harm, fear and suffering in the world occur due to grasping on to the self, what use is that great demon to me?’

31
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Give the beginning of the Bodhisattva vow.

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‘However innumerable sentient beings are, I vow to save them.’

32
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Give a teaching about Bodhisattvas.

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‘I have no teacher and no one like me, I am the teacher supreme.’

33
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Give a teaching about Pure Land Buddhism.

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‘Even a bad man will be received in Buddha’s land, now much more a good man?’

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Finish this teaching about walking mediation said by Henepola Gunarantana.
‘Your objective is to attain a full unblocked…

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experience of the motion of walking.’

35
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Complete this teaching about the cycle of samsara from the Dhammapada: ‘Not in the sky, or in the middle of the sea, not entering an opening to the mountains is there a place on earth where…

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standing one might be freed from the evil action’

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What are the four sublime states?

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  1. Loving kindness
  2. Compassion
  3. Sympathetic joy (being happy for others)
  4. Equanimity (staying stable and calm in the face of happiness and suffering)
37
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Give a brief overview of what ROKPA (the charity) means and does.

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ROKPA means ‘help’ or ‘friend’ and is motivated to act compassionately towards others. They help run schools and help families out of poverty through education. ROKPA believes that helping others Is the best way to bring about real and lasting change.

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Give a teaching about Metta and Karuna said by The Dalai Lama.

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‘Just as compassion is the wish for all sentient beings to be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.’

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