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Eily Beno Buddhism English 20 cards

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  1. 1DharmacakraWheel of Dharma
    - Wheel of Dharma
    - Buddha begins to teach
    - Dharma is likened to a wheel because:
    1. It is without a beginning or end.
    2. It roams from place to place
    - The wheel of the Dharma is often depicted with eight spokes, representing the Eightfold Path (the last of the Noble Truths).
  2. 2Buddha- Name is Siddhartha Gautama
    - Means “The awakened one”
    - It is a title given to enlightened individuals
    - At 35, the Buddha became enlightened
    - He taught Dharma until he was 80.
  3. 3Samudaya- The Truth of Arising
    - The second noble truth
    - Is the origin or cause of suffering
    - Craving and attachment
    - The craving and seeking for fresh pleasure
    - SEE
    1. Sensual Pleasure
    2. Thirst for Existence
    3. Thirst for Non-Existence
  4. 4T.W Rhys Davids- Thought Pali was the original language of Buddhism
    - He had a focus on race
    - He believed in an Aryan ethnicity
    - He thought that Buddhism was so amazing that it must’ve been white. He thought the Buddha was white.
  5. 5Nirvana- Nirvana is the state where “Delusion, Greed and Hatred” are no longer.
    - When you no longer long for anything
    - There are two nirvanas, one when you’re alive and the other when you’re dead.
    - Nirvana means extinction
    - Nirvana is when all suffering is extinguished
  6. 6Refuge- Refuge is safety
    - Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are all refuge
    - Money, a good job is not a refuge. None of these things will permanently make you happy.
  7. 7Sila- Morality
    - Virtue, Moral Conduct
    - Rule 3-5 on the Eightfold Path (SAL)
    - Right Speech
    - Right Action
    - Right Livelihood
  8. 8Anitya- Impermanence
    - Everything is in a constant state of change
    - Even our after lives our temporary
    - This change, impermanence is a cause of suffering for us.
    - One has no guarantee that their happiness will endure.
    - One of the 3 marks of existence
  9. 9Duhkha- Duhkha means suffering
    - It is the first noble truth
    - Life, because of biological factors ( old age, sickness,)
    - Because of impermanence
    - Because of inevitable death
    - It is the Buddha's conclusion
    - One of the three marks of existence
    - Divided into 3 categories
    1. The Suffering of Suffering ( Biological factors, sickness, old age, death)
    2. The Suffering of Change
    3. All-pervasive Suffering ( suffering of things not going our way, not meeting our expectations0
  10. 10Nirodha- The third noble truth
    - The cessation of suffering
    - Here, Buddha says that suffering can be put to an end if one is willing to give up his desires/cravings
    - If one can be desireless, one can achieve Nirvana.
    - Often used interchangeably with Nirvana
  11. 11Marga- The Fourth Noble Truth
    - The Middle Path
    - It is the solution/cure to Buddha's diagnosis
    - It is the solution and the path one must follow to put an end to suffering
    - It is the Eightfold path
    - There are 8 sections divided into 3 categories
    - Wisdom
    - Morality ( Sila)
    - Meditation ( Samadhi)
  12. 12Prajna- Wisdom
    - The first two sections of the Eightfold Path
    - Right View
    1. To believe in the buddha's teachings
    2. To accept the Four Noble Truths as true
    - Right Resolve
    1. To have the proper attitude to learn Dharma
    2. Wanting freedom from desires
    3. Friendly and compassionate
    4. To abandon hatred
  13. 13Samadhi- Meditation
    - Right Mindfulness
    - Right Meditation
  14. 14Trsna- Negative cravings
    - Thirst
    -Desire
    - Craving
    -Unpure desires
    - Greed
    - Craving to hold on to positive emotions, and to let go of negative emotions
  15. 15Prajapati- Buddha's aunt
    - Buddha's stepmother
    - First Buddhist Nun
    - Led the Buddhist order of Nuns
  16. 16StupaThe Buddha’s body was put into a “Stupa” and cremated.
    - Prayer Grounds
    - Karmic Benefits
    - A dirt burial mound faced with stone.
  17. 17Klesa- Klesa means defilement
    - There are 3 Defilements
    1. Greed
    2. Hatred
    3. Delusion
    - To attain nirvana is to end these 3 defilements in oneself
    - Negative states of mind.
  18. 18Vinaya- Monastic code of discipline for monks and nuns
    - Recited at first communal immediately following the death of the Buddha
    - 263 rules for mons
    - 380 rules for nuns
  19. 19The Four Sights1. An old man
    2. A sick man
    3. A dead man
    4. A religious man (ascetic)
  20. 20Right Effort- Cultivate positive and wholesome thoughts
    - Energetic will to avoid and destroy unwholesome mental states

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Buddhism Flashcards on Test 1, created by Eily Beno on 26/09/2022.
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