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| teachings of buddha, the path to enlightenment. 2 pillars of dharma: wisdom and compassion. |
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| buddhist community. sangha, buddha and dharma make the Three Treasures |
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| Sangha (community), buddha and dharma |
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| Sangha (community), buddha and dharma |
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| teaching delivered by the Buddha |
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| the 3 baskets of the Tripitaka |
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| sutra (teachings delivered by buddha), devoted to the monastic recepts, and subtle philosophical doctrines |
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| "to extinguish"; blowing out of all sources of suffering. |
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| action as tied to consequences; driving force of the wheel of life and death. the three evils fuel it. |
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| greed (grasping after), hatred (rejecting or aversion), and Delusion |
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| Suffering, dis-ease and dissatisfaction; unsatisfactoriness. Buddha named this dis-ease as a basic fact in his First Noble Truth |
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| "the way of the Elders" continues practices for monks and nuns. focus on self-realization. enlightenment only for those who take "monastic" vows. |
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three signs of universal suffering: old age, disease, and death
the possibility of release from these sufferings, nirvana |
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duhkha
craving
cure/end
the eight-fold path |
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| the path to follow: morality (right speech action and livelihood), Concentration (right effort, mindfulness and concentration), and wisdom (right understanding and thought) |
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| impermanence, duhka and anatman (no self) |
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| "no self' buddha's rejection of idea of the soul. there is no Self. self is a name used for convenience, not for something changeless and eternal. |
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the "five aggregates"; components of the self. 1) rupa, form 2) vedana, sensation 3)samjna, perception 3) vijnana, consciousness.
birth is their coming together, death is their separation |
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eternalism - belief that anything may exist forever
nihilism - anything may cease to exhist or be annihilated |
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| Seeing others as separate. Now is a passing away and a coming-to-be, at the same time. |
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| Path between extremes. Neither extremes. No self-indulgence, no self-denial. Neither grasping nor rejecting. |
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| to "re-collect" from thinking. to bring back from identification with the form. a perch like breathing. |
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"mental development": 1) evenness of mind 2) nirvana.
1) samadhi (concentration) - practicing anapanasati (attention to the breath)
2) prajna (wisdom) - awareness of all sensation and content of the mind. (vipassana) |
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1) All existance is characterized by unsatisfactoriness
2) The cause is craving, thirst, selfish desire
3) There is a cure (nirvana)
4) Prescription is the Eightfold Path |
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1) All is impermanent
2) Marked by suffering
3) Beings lack self-subsistence, there is no Atman or essence of things |
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| Explination of Beings lacking a self |
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self is a conventional name, like "Dave the Wave"
the Five Heaps/ Aggretages are the aspects, or processes, of the "self"
Beneath these five, there is nothing eternal |
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| 5 Heaps/Aggregates/Skandhas |
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1) form - all nerves, brain is in place to receive
2) sensation - there's an aroma, sensing a smell
3) perception - recognition
4) samskaras - dispositions, mental formations
5) consciousness - thoughts, reflections, can't eat cause on a diet) |
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| acting in a way that leads to less suffering so there is peace of mind for yourself and others |
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| total ease, total concentration |
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| developing the mind, gaining insight. Prajna and Samadhi |
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Prajna - Wisdom - insight (vipassana), bring all unconscious to conscious. Realization of non-reactive awareness
Samadhi - Concentration - Recollection, becoming aware of one's identification with thought, feeling, and emotion
Shila - Morality - Avoid hurtful deeds, words, and livelihood. Promotes peace and harmony. |
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| not reacting, the middle way |
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