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26 Cards in this Set
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anatta |
no soul |
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anicca |
impermanence |
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arhat |
a perfected person, someone who has attained nibbana in theravada buddhism |
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ascetic |
a life free from worldly pleasures |
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bodhisattva |
a concept in mahayana buddhism, a being destined for enlightenment |
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buddha |
an enlightened person |
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buddhahood |
enlightenment |
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buddha-nature |
in mahayana buddhism, the fundamental nature of all beings |
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dependent arising |
the belief that everything in existence is because other things are |
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dhamma/dharma |
universal law / teachings of buddha |
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dhammapada |
a sacred text of the Pali tradition |
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meditation |
a spiritual experience that opens a person up to the highest state of consciousness |
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nirvana / nibbana |
out. To reach a state of perfect peace where the individual experiences liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth |
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pure land |
this is the dominant form of buddhism in japan and focuses on the chanting of the name amitabha buddha |
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rebirth |
this refers to the belief that when a person dies they are reborn and that this process of death and rebirth continues until nirvana is attained |
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tanha |
craving / desire |
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theravada |
the kind of buddhism found in sri lanka and thailand |
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dukkha |
everything leads to suffering |
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the eightfold path |
the four noble truths. magga. the middle way. the way to wisdom. eight stages to be practiced simultaneously. |
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enlightenment |
wisdom freed from the cycle of rebirth |
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jataka |
stories about the previous lives of the buddha |
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kamma |
deliberate actions that affect the believers circumstances in this and future lives (cause and effect) |
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karuna |
compassion or pity |
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metta |
kindness |
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magga |
the eightfold path / middle way which leads to freedom from suffering |
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Mahayana |
a form of buddhism which includes both the lay and monastic communities. it focuses on achieving enlightenment for the sake of all beings. |