Vocabulary Flashcards
Thee Four Passing Sights
Elderly, Disease, Death, Ascetic
Siddhartha Gautama
The Buddha, The Awakened One
Bodhi Tree
The tree under which The Buddha sat and gained enlightenment
The Middle Way
The balance between self indulgence and asceticism| The Eightfold Path
The Triple Refuge
The Oath of buddhist monks; The Buddha, The Dhamma, The Sanga
Pali Canon
The collective teachings of The Buddha
The Four Noble Truths
Suffering|Dukkha, Craving|Tanha, Cessation|Nirodha, Noble Eightfold Path
Dukkha
Suffering
Tanha
Craving
Anatta
No Soul|No Self
Skandhas
The buddhas fivefold classification of the physical and mental factors comprising reality; unflective persons mistake the local interaction of these factors for an ego or personality.
Sangha
The community of buddhist monks
Bhikkhu
A monk that takes up the lifestyle of The Buddha
Theravada
The way of the elders
Mahayana
Greater Raft