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| “wheel of dharma” or “wheel of law” is a symbol that represented dharma, the buddha’s teaching of the path to enlightenment. 8 spokes representing the Noble Eightfold Path. The hub stands for discipline, the rim stands refers to the mindfulness which holds everything together. |
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| the Buddhist notion that there is no eternal soul, unlike in Hinduism. Instead, each living person is an association of five skandas, which fly apart at death. |
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| The Buddhist understanding of the nature of life, especially human life. It is suffering, pain, misery, and death. |
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| literally means “awakening.” It is achieved by following the Eight-fold path, and therefore constitutes freedom from all desires. Give the person who achieves it the wisdom of perceiving the ultimate reality, which entails the power and the ability to work to change that reality in certain ways – especially to help people in need. |
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| the cessation of suffering, the liberation from karma, and therefore passing over into another existence. Enlightenment or Bodhi is the step immediately before nirvana. |
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| a cardinal doctrine in Buddhism. It describes the casual relations between psychophysical phenomena that sustain dukkha (dissatisfaction) in worldly experience. It is an elaboration of the second of the four noble truths |
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| meaning “emptiness.” It is referring to Buddha’s observation that nothing possesses an essential, enduring identity. It is an aspect of the cultivation of insight that leads to wisdom and inner peace. |
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| the earliest collection of Buddhist writings. Initially composed orally but were written down by the third century bce. Contains three baskets of teachings: a Sutra Pitaka, a Vinaya Pitaka, and an Abhidharma Pitaka |
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| Madhyama-Pratipada or Stanga-Marga |
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The middle path, or the Noble Eightfold Path.
1. Right view
2. Right intention
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right concentration |
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| virtue, good conduct, morality, moral discipline, and precept. It is an action that is an intentional effort. It is moral purity of thought, word, and deed. Sila is overall ethical behavior |
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| refers to the conventional, as opposed to absolute, truth or reality. |
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| an Indian monk from central India best known for his prolific Chinese translations. Considered one of the greatest translators of Sutras in Chinese Buddhism. |
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| meaning “skillful means.” It can refer to any activity, skill, experience or practice that helps someone toward the realization of enlightenment. |
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| the Buddhist community, made up of monks and nuns. Similar to how Christians use the word “church”. |
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| seen as seeking enlightenment so that, once awakened, he or she may efficiently aid other beings with the expertise of supreme wisdom. Remaining in this world of uncontrolled rebirth (wheel of life), this individual has taken vows not to pass into Parinirvana until all other beings have achieved nirvana. |
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| an international fellowship of Buddhist who aspire to its path of mindfulness, under the leadership of the Triratna Buddhist Order. It was founded in 1967. |
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