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buddha means ...
awakened one
TERM 2
when and where did the historical buddha
teach?
DEFINITION 2
Nepa;. 563-483 BCE
TERM 3
The "Four Passing Sights"
DEFINITION 3
old, sick, dead, and holy man (he acknowledges suffering but
realizes it is possible to reach peace of mind)
TERM 4
Buddha's method to attain Nirvana is called....
DEFINITION 4
a middle way (avoids extremes)
TERM 5
the "reality" that buddha awakens to is
called...
DEFINITION 5
dharma
sangha
a community of buddhist monks and nuns
TERM 7
Doctrine of codependent arising
DEFINITION 7
nothings exists in itself but in relation to other things (causal
dependence)
TERM 8
basic cause of suffering
DEFINITION 8
ignorance (not enlightened)
TERM 9
eightfold path is understood by 3 types of
practice
DEFINITION 9
1. prajna - wisdom 2. shila - morality 3. somadhi - meditation
TERM 10
Earliest Buddhist cannon written in ....
DEFINITION 10
pali
upaya
"expedient means" - any means to achieve nirvana is ok
TERM 17
trikaya
DEFINITION 17
doctrine that explains the existence of many buddhas is
mahayana buddhism
TERM 18
dharmakaya
DEFINITION 18
cosmic buddha
TERM 19
emptiness
DEFINITION 19
nothing exists in itself, only in relation to other things
TERM 20
avalokitesvara
DEFINITION 20
a bodhisattva
the three refuges
1. refuge in the buddah (enlightened one) 2. refuge in the
dharma 3. refuge in the sangha (monk's village)
TERM 22
four nobel truths
DEFINITION 22
1. dukkha (suffering) 2. tanha (desire) 3. nirodha (nirvana) 3.
magga (8 fold path)
TERM 23
dukkha
DEFINITION 23
the truth of suffering a. pain - emotional, physical b.
changeable suffering - pleasure and happiness dont last
forever c. suffering of ignorance - wrong perception of the
world
TERM 24
tanha
DEFINITION 24
truth of desire, ignorance causes desires which causes
suffering
TERM 25
nirodha
DEFINITION 25
truth of nirvana, the end of suffering
anatta/anatman
atman was eternal soul in hinduism; buddhism denies the
eternal soul because there is no self, nothing is physically
permanent on the body
TERM 32
rupa
DEFINITION 32
every person has a physical form and 4 aggregates 1.
perception 2. feelings 3. consciousness 4. intention
TERM 33
co-dependent
arrising
DEFINITION 33
nothing exists in itself, only in relation to other things
TERM 34
sunyata
DEFINITION 34
emptiness. being unattached to anything. the goal of
buddhism.
TERM 35
a middle way
DEFINITION 35
Buddha's balance between palace life and extreme
deprivation (meditation)
where is theravada buddhism found?
sri lanka, thailand, cambodia...
TERM 37
Tipitaka/ Pali Canon
DEFINITION 37
1. Vinaya Pitaka - how to live as a monk 2. Sutta Pitaka - text
of buddha's teaching (dharma) 3. Abidahamma Pitaka -
emotions are conditioned responses
TERM 38
four capacities of the mind
DEFINITION 38
1. metta - friendship love 2. karuna - compassions (mother's
love for child) 3. mudita - joy of others' happiness 4. upekkha
- non-discriminatory mind (your happiness is not seperate
from others' happiness)
TERM 39
Sangha & lay
community
DEFINITION 39
mutual relation, monks beg for food, higher class
TERM 40
where can you find mahayana buddhism?
DEFINITION 40
China, Korea, Japan....
Vajrayana Buddhism
tibetian buddhism
TERM 47
who is the dali lama?
DEFINITION 47
the leader of tibet and the bodhisattva
