Flashcards
Buddhism Development key words
Flashcards do conjunto (17)
- 1The Sthaviras (Pali: Tera)‘The Elders’. One of the two groups after the split in early Buddhism over arahantship.
- 2The MahasamghikasThe majority ‘the Universal Sangha’. One of the two groups after the split in early Buddhism over arahantship.
- 3The Jataka talesA type of early Buddhist literature. Tales of the Buddha’s childhood, which emphasise Gautama’s progress to becoming a Buddha.
- 4The AvadanasA type of early Buddhist literature. Tales which tell of the huge power derived from devotion to the Buddha.
- 5Abhidamma/Abidharma textsTexts that discuss skandhas, analyse the dhammas (all phenomena/ appearances/ things) and look at modes of dependent origination.
- 6The PudgalavadinsOne of the four main movements that emerged from the Sthavira-Mahasamghika schism. Unhappy with the dismissal of the notion of ‘self’ in Buddhism.
- 7The Vibhajyavadins and The SautrantikasTwo of the four main movements that emerged from the Sthavira-Mahasamghika schism. Held that only present dhammas existed, not past or future ones.
- 8The SarvastivadinsOne of the four main movements that emerged from the Sthavira-Mahasamghika schism. Held that past, present and future dhammas were all equally real.
- 9Savaka-buddhaOne of three goals of early Buddhism. To become an ‘awakened disciple’.
- 10Pacceka-buddhaOne of three goals of early Buddhism. To become a ‘solitary awakened one’.
- 11Samma-buddhaOne of three goals of early Buddhism. To become a ‘perfectly awakened one’.
- 12Paramai/ paramitaMoral and spiritual perfections
- 13The Emperor AshokaThe Maurya-dynasty emperor who converted to Buddhism in the third century BCE.
- 14Sutras/SuttasScriptural discourses of the Buddha that emerged in the first or second centuries CE and became the foundation of Mahayana Buddhism. Mostly in Sanskrit.
- 15Tathagata-garbhaA major idea in Mahayana, from the third century CE onwards. Means “something like ‘embryonic Buddha’. It represents the ‘Buddha-potential’ within all beings.
- 16TathagataA term which the Buddha used of himself in the Pali canon. Probably consists of two terms (Tatha-gata) and means something like ‘thus gone’.
- 17The Lotus SutraOne of the earliest and most influential of the new Sutras. Developed the notion of upaya-kausalya, skilful means.