Flashcards
Buddhism key words: Living
Flashcards do conjunto (21)
- 1The Four Noble TruthsThe essence of Buddha's teachings. They explain that life brings suffering, but that it can be ended, and that there is a path that leads to this goal.
- 2The Deer Park SermonA sermon Siddhartha gave to his five former ascetic companions at the Deer Park in Varanasi. It contains the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
- 3Tanha/TishnaCraving
- 4NirodhaThe cessation of craving. Sometimes used as a synonym for Nirvana, although the emphasis is on stopping rather than anything positive.
- 5Magga/MargaThe path to achieve nirodha.
- 6‘The Four True Realities for the Spiritually Ennobled’Peter Harvey’s preferred translation of ‘The Four Noble Truths’.
- 7Kama tanhaYour craving for the six kinds of sense desires.
- 8Bhava tanhaThe desire for existence and for becoming what you are not.
- 9Vibhava tanhaThe desire that arises when you are disillusioned with something and want it to cease with such intensity that you crave nonexistence.
- 10Sopadhishesa-nirvanaNirvana With Remainder is nirvana in this life. The practitioner has achieved nirvana, but the five skandhas remain in combination. The person experiences mental states, but without Tanha.
- 11ParinirvanaNirvana Without Remainder occurs at death. The person ceases to exist. The five skandhas dissipate.
- 12The Eightfold PathStep four in the Four Noble Truths. Gives the eight steps necessary to achieve enlightenment.
- 13The Way of WisdomSteps 1 and 2 of The Eightfold Path. Right View and Right Intention.
- 14The Way of MoralitySteps 3, 4 and 5 of The Eightfold Path. Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood.
- 15The Way of Mental TrainingSteps 6, 7 and 8 of The Eightfold Path. Right Effort, Mindfulness or Right Awareness and Right Concentration.
- 16The Tenfold PathAn extension of the Eightfold Path in which Right Knowledge and Right Release are ‘acquired’ stages of wisdom, after the eight steps.
- 17Jhana (Pali)/ Dhyana (Sanskrit)Meditation.
- 18Samatha meditationA kind of meditation which seeks out calm, peace, tranquillity by focusing on conceptual objects.
- 19Vipassana/Vipasyana meditationA kind of meditation which seeks insight into the three marks of existence by focusing on actually present
realities. - 20A kasinaA visual object of meditation.
- 21A BhutsudanA shrine at which Buddhists ‘worship’. Such worship often features meditation as part of its ritual.