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Details Title: Buddhism Exam 1 Description: first exam on intro texts Total Flash Cards: 44 Created: 02/14/2007 20:53:40	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Buddha/Awakened One. Birth celebrated on full moon of Vaisakha by Buddhists. Luxorious and aristocratic youth. Young adulthood was a struggle between family and spiritual Awakenign. Definition Siddartha Guatama Term Upanisads: Definition came before karma. Idea that outward actions result in luck/lack of luck Term Brahman Definition buddha’s first student in Deer park near Sarnath Term samsara Definition wandering on... birth, death, rebirth Term karma: Definition any good or bad deed will result in a coresponding fate Term Four sights Definition four things buddha saw to encourage him to partake on his quest: old man, sick man, ascetic monk, death Term spritiual quest; left family for religion. Renounced clothes, hair Definition great renumciation Term dharma Definition one of 3 jewels (buddha, sanga, dharma) is te path Term Four Meditations Definition 1. concentration free from sensual pleasure 2.set aside any discursive reflection 3. negate emotional elation 4. transcend both joy and sorrow Term state enjoyed by attainment of Awakening Definition nirvana Term location of buddhas first lesson Definition Sarnath at deer park Term three refuges Definition the budha, the darma, the sangha Term Buddha praised this man before his death Definition Ananda Term Stupa Definition originally funerary monument, now more an object of veneration. shrine that the buddha was to be placed under Term anyita/impermanence Definition everything in universe is constantly in flux Term duhka/dissatisfactoriness Definition dissatisfactoryness of human suffering condition, reach nirvana to avoid this! Examples: getting sick, old, giving birth, Term impermanent soul, nothing real, ignorance of this creates selfishness, realization of no self= compassion Definition no-self (anatman Term sensation material form perception mental formations concsiousness Definition Five Aggregates Term what does ignorance bring about Definition one of the factors that bring about dukha. To over come duhka do not be ignorant of 4 noble truths. Term 4 Nobel Truths Definition 1.)the dissatisfactory nature of existence (duhka) 2.) the cause of its arising 3.) the cessation of its arising 4.) the path that leads to that cessation Term main concpets of 8 fold path Definition proper view proper conduct proper practice Nirvana Term King Asoka Definition of Mauryan dynasty. King was Buddhist after war on Kalinga. Now all peace lead to fall of empire. He helped spread Buddhism, shrines and monasteries, missionaries, and son brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka Term means way of the elders. Monastery is core. Layeity is secondary Definition Theravada: Term what were the roles of monks in the city and forests Definition city= teachers forest= meditators Term means the lesser raft Definition hinayana Term mahayana Definition 'the greater vehicle' bodhisatva path guru can help higher wisdom nature of consciousness Term theosophical society Definition backlash by educated european buddhists to orthodox buddhism. Term bodhisatva path Definition started by sumedha great journey includes 10 stages, 6 perfections Term clarify path of bodhisatva. there are many of these. Definition sutras Term Literature- Buddha’s womb/embryo. 250-350 CE; all living beings have this. It will help them develop into Buddhahood. Bad qualities make people unaware of it. Definition tathagata-garhba Term significance of monastery schools Definition India needed more monks universities become centers of culture sent missionaries here logic and theory focus Term invocation to dieties. recited for emphasis Definition mantra Term mandala Definition round image of celestial being. enlightenment Term mudra Definition body motion; going up and down to praise. By blending three (mandala, mantra, mudra) whole self enteres tantrac practice. It incorporates body, mind and speech! Term guru or lama Definition somtimes called master, can help one reach nirvana. connected to mahayana movement Term Vajrayana (or Mantrayana): Definition Tibetan Buddhism; Tibet was not welcoming of Buddhists at first. However, they had shamanistic/animistic religions so tantra was also appealing. King Songtsen Campo brought it to Tibet. Term First dissemination (7th-9th centuries): Definition Songsten Gampo- princesses which make him buddhist, builds Buddhist temples, promoted Tibet alphabet, Buddhist texts can be written now, modeled on samskript, changed laws to reflect Buddhist codes, sent scholars to India. -King Trsinag Detsen: first Buddhist king; sent Santarakstia from India and had Samye built as first monastery. -King Lan Darma forces people to give up Buddhism, monk must now be laiety. He is assassinated. Fall of first dissemination. Term Second Dissemination (10-13 c) Definition -Late 10th century rulers interested in Buddhism. (sent monks to study in India, Atisa returns with new philosophy of tantra, Mahayana, and other elements.) -Bodhisatva journey is included in this Tibetan Buddhism. One can use tantra to shorten and excel Bodhisatva journey. Term Vedas Definition main scriptural texts of buddhism Term Atman Definition means self; misunderstanding of atman is a consequence of ignorance Term Bodhgaya: Definition location where Buddha obtained Enlightenment Term Five Precepts: Definition basic code of ethics, Theravada and Buddhist followers alike believe in this. Term Ankor Wat Definition A temple that was once hindu and is now buddhist Term Arhat Definition Sanskrit language