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| Siddhartha Gautama/Shakyamun |
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| the Buddha in the earliest part of his life |
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1. Life is suffering (dukkha)- pleasure is impermanent dukkah is the cycle of pain and pleasure
2. Thirst- trishna, creates desire
3. End thirst, end suffering--- attain nirvana
4. 8 fold noble path, teachings of the Buddha |
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| suffering, pleasure is impermanent, pain and dis-ease |
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| – Thirst that is desire which causes suffering |
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| Gautama Buddha observed the old man, the sick man, the corpse and the ascetic which caused him to see that all people suffer and made him want to continue on his journey out of the palace |
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| impermanence (pali), suffering (dukkha), nonself (anatman) |
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| between nihilism and eternalism that the Buddha took. He says there is no soul but there is karmic retribution. |
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| state of pure bliss, living a dream existence, not seeing reality, being “asleep”, to be free, transition from being an ordinary being to being noble |
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1. View… train the mind to see suffering
2. Understanding… must comprehend the view and understand that desiring objects causes pain and suffering
3. Effort… must be put forth in order to reduce pain and suffering, there must be an effort to quit and go against the grain of instinct
4. Speech… refrain from speech that is suffering (lying, speaking badly)
5. Action... must commit actions that do not cause pain and suffering
6. Livelihood
7. Mindfulness
8. meditation |
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1. sutras- sermons/lectures of the Buddha
2. vinaya- monastic traits- monks, awakening, teach others Buddhist order
first 5 rules/precepts:
-no killing
-no stealing
-no lying
-no taking of intoxicants
-no sexual misconduct this reduces bad karma, reduces greed, helps to not lose sight of real world or lose your mind, helps to be celebate and not have karmal desire |
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Body--Form
Mind--Sensation
Perception
Formation
Consciousness
(all are dependent on each other- there is no atman) |
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Eternalism (atman), nihilism- everything is destroyed
The Buddha says you should reject nihilism bc there is rebirth, you should reject eternalism bc everything is impermanent and there’s no such thing as an atman. The atman is the sense of self, which must be renounciated in order to detach |
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