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Dukkha (First Noble Truth)
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suffering
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Dukkha-Dukha
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obvious physical or mental pain
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Virparinama-dukkha
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losing something that’s valuable to you
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samkhara-dukkha
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the ignorance in thinking that our cravings can be fully satisfied
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annica
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impermance of everything
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anatta / anatman
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no-self doctrine, no soul, no permanent self, like a flame
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samsara
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reincarnation; the anatman transmigrates in each renewal of the cycle
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Tanha (Second Noble Truth)
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Arising of suffering, craving/thirst for permanence
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(Fourth Noble Truth)
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"blowing out the flame of craving"
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skandhas
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what is transmigrated in rebirth. The 5 elements that make up our life. Not atman, not soul....
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Fourth Noble Truth
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Eightfold Path, the way to remove suffering
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Sila (1st Division)
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morality
1. right speech
2. right action
3. right livelihood
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samadhi (2nd Division)
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mental discipline
1. right effort
2. right mindfulness
3. right concentration
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Prajna / Panna (3rd Division)
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Wisdom of no-self
7. right thoughts
8. right understanding
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Tripitaka
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Buddhist cannon: compled in 250 BC at court of King Asoka in Pali
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Sutras
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sermons of Buddha
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Adhidharma
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philisophical discussions
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Vinaya
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monks' rules
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Mahayana
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Greater Vehicle, grows from sectarian split, favors larger community of believers
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Buddha (in Mahayana)
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universal principle, god who chooses to descend in avatars like Vishnu
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Amitabha Buddha
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pure light, pure life
Buddha who will save if you're devoted to him
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bodhisattva
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Beings that reach enlightenment but choose to wait until everyone is saved before entering...
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Maitreya
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Buddha of the future
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Manjusri
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Bodhisattva of wisdom
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Avalokitesvara
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bodhisattva of mercy, omnipresent, all seeing/hearing
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Lotus Sutra
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Most important Mahayana Scripture, doctrines of expedient means, universality of enlightenment
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Sunyata
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Nothing Exists
Everything is empty, even Nirvana
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upaya
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skillful means of reaching enlightenment (swordfighting, calligraphy, tea ceremony)
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Bodhidarma
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monk in the Theravada tradition, spent 9 years in silent meditation facing the wall. Developed...
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Koans
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Word Puzzles to bring people to immediate enlightenment
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
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Theravada/Hinayana
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lesser vehicle, tradition of the elders
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Tibetan/Vajrayana
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Diamond Vehicle, chanting vehicle
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Dhamma
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like Darma, the thought, the truths
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Sangha
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Buddhist Community
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Bhikku
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Monk
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1st Council
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480 BCE, roughly 500 monks gathered to discuss the Buddha’s scriptures, no agreement was reached...
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2nd Counil
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380 BCE, they met again to discuss especially the Vinaya scriptures
- Two groups emerge, Mahasanghikas...
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3rd Council
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225 BCE, initiated by emperor asoka
- the Mahasanghikas were asked to leave
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Dharana
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Magic spells, names of gods
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mandala
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diagram of buddhas and worlds
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mantra
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sacred sounds to evoke deity
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rupa
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outside event, physical stimulus (doggy exists)
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vijnana
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sensations, notice (I pet the doggy)
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Sanna
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Perception, evalution (I like/dislike the doggy)
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vedana
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Reaction, feel in the body (I want to pet/kick the doggy
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sankhara
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outside event increases, develop volition (doggy likes me/doggy bites me)
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Goal of Second noble truth
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Change sanna for panna/prajna
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