Thera Flashcards
Theravada meaning
Teaching of the elders
Conservative school
Hinayana meaning
Lesser vehicle
Gradual path over multiple lifetimes
Mahayana meaning
Greater vehicle
Single life time
What Theravada like to do
Stay true to Buddhas original teachings
Goal for mahayana
Bodhisattva hood an then buddhahood
Not nirvana
What do pure land believe
Buddha will swoop on like a Valkyrie an teach you enlightenment
Prajnaparamita meaning
Perfection of wisdom
Mahayana characteristics
Belief in multiple universes
View bodhisattvas as heavenly beings
They believe every sentient being is buddha
What do Theravada believ
They remained closest to original teachings of buddha
Theravada beliefs
Everyone responsible for themselves
Buddha a role model that reached nirvana
They use pali canon
Tipitaka
Another word for pali canon
What is tipitaka
Translates as three baskets
History of pali canon
Transmitted orally for hundreds of years
Until eventually wrote down in palm leaves
What’s laity
Orfdinary people
What’s the vinaya
Rules
227 for monks
311 for nuns
How were the vinyasa rules organic
Something had to happen where buddha had to step in and create rules to fix a problem
(Trial and error)
What’s the sutta pitaka
Record of all the convos with buddha and sangha
What’s sutta pitaka contain
Teachings and lectures
What’s dukkha
The grit on the wheel and axle
What’s abhidamma
It’s an analysis of reality
Not the words of the buddha
Dalai Lama quote on science
If science proves any of Buddhist teachings incorrect it will be discarded
