Week 6 Flashcards
What are the 4 social roles
Seers - teachers
Managers - organize ppl
Producers - Creators
Followers - the sheep workers
Who was the Buddah
The awakened one
mediated for 6 years (49 consecutive)
How many years did the Buddah teach
45
What were the Buddahs teaching patterns
Teach for 9 months and then spiritual retreat for 3 months (ALWAYS SILENT)
What are the 8 things of the eightfold path
Right Views
Right Intent
Right Speech
Right Conduct
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration
What is Right Views
Need the correct blueprint for how to live
What is Right Intent
Focus on spiritual liberation
What is Right Speech
Speaking truthfully
Wonder why others might lie
What is Right Conduct
Dont
kill
steal
lie
drugs
What is Right Livelihood
The choice of occupation and the choice of attitude towards the occupation
What is Right Effort
Directing effort sustainably
Using energy in a smart way
What is Right Mindfulness
Being always self aware
What is Right Concentration
Learning to calm the mind
What does Impermanence mean
Everything is always changing
What is meditation
Allowing thoughts and feelings to pass by without becoming attached to them
What is Emptiness Greek vs Buddhism
In the West, we focus on becoming an individual whereas in ancient
Buddhism the focus is on dissolving into the universal
What was Socrates/Platos way of Pedagogy (teaching)
Anamnesis
teach via questions because learning is a process of recollection
What was Aristotle way of Pedagogy
Habits
learning depends on the student developing the daily habits of excellence
What was Hinduism way of Pedagogy
learning comes from steadily renouncing material desires
What was Buddhish way of Pedagogy
learning comes from meditation
What was Platos nature of the universe
We have appearance and reality:
one is a cave of shadows and the other is the real world of sunlight
What was Aristotle nature of the universe
We only have one world but in this world everything has its own teleology, that is, its unique motion and purpose.
What was Hinduism nature of the universe
renunciation allows one to reincarnate into more spiritual forms
What was Buddhism nature of the universe
renunciation via meditation allows one to reincarnate into more spiritual forms
