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| How was Siddhartha concieved? |
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Queen Maya had a dream where a white elephant touched her side with its trunk. |
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| What are the 4 passing sights? |
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| The four passing sights are an old man, a sick man, a corpse, and an ascetic. Siddhartha learns of suffering. |
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| Why does Siddhartha become an ascetic? |
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| He choose the opposite path of what he knew so that he could understand suffering. Therefore, if he suffered, he could understand it. "Why do people suffer and die?" |
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| How did Siddhartha come to enlightenment? |
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| By sitting under a tree and meditating. Without desire. |
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1) Buddha 2)Dharma (teachings of Buddha) 3) Sangha (living as a monk) |
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| What are the 3 marks of reality? |
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1)anitya-change 2)anatman-no self, no soul. 3) dukka-suffering |
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The 5 skandas are the illusions of self, or false self-identifiers. 1) Body (rupa) 2)Sense of preception 3) feelings, emotions 4) thoughts 5) conciousness |
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| What are the 4 noble truths? |
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1) dukkha-all life is suffering 2) tanha- suffering comes from desire 3) to end suffereing, you must end desire. 4) follow the eightfold path |
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Action comes from intent and obsession, the emphasis is on cause NOT effect. Karma is created by a level of attachment to the material world, it's not a problem having material items-it's a problem wanting material items. |
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| "Blown out" extinguished, obliterated. |
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| It is a canon with stories about Siddhartha and his teachings. The literal translation is "3 baskets." |
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1) Vinaya Pitaka-"Discipline" basket, or 227 rules that the monks follow 2) Sutra Pitaka- "speeches" basket 3) Abidharma Pitaka- "further teachings" or elaboration by monks |
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| What are the two councils? |
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Theravada-the minority, and stricter group. Mahayana-the majority, more relaxed group. |
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| What does Theravada mean? |
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| "way or tradition of the elders" |
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| What is the goal of Theravada? |
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| To reach the status of Arhat or "saint" "holy one" or "awakened one" and after that the person will not be reborn. |
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| "Great or Big Vehicle" There are many ways to salvation. Not just through being a monk. |
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| Why does Mahayana break off from Theravada? |
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| Because the discovery of new sutras from Siddhartha. |
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| What is the goal of Mahayana? |
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| To reach the status of bodhisattva, or buddha. (a bodhisattva will not accept moksha until all people end suffering) |
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| In the Theravada school-Madhyamika, what is the 4th mark of reality? |
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| It is shunyata, or "emptiness" or "empty of permanent essence." It is based off of pratitya-samutpada or "dependence arising" entergies are constrantly arising and decaying (in flux) |
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| What is the theory of causation? |
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| Everything has a cause, otherwise it is left up to destiny, divine intervention, or luck. But if these are true, then you have no control over ending your suffering. |
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| What is the basic philosophy of the Theravada school-Yogacara? |
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| "Mind only" and maya means "illusion" Through the mind, we create all of our experiences. We have an equal probablity through the mind to become either enlightened or delusioned. Must have a pure mind to lead to enlightenment. |
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| What is the basic philosophy of the Mahayana school-Pure Land Buddhism? |
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| Celestial world called sukhavati, ruled over by bodhisattvas. Must have faith in Deity. |
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| What is the basic philosophy of the Mahayana school-Zen? |
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| Truth doesn't come through study, but through intuitive insight. You can't trust reason, but you must trick the mind using koans and meditations. |
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| What is the basic philosophy of the Mahayana school-the rationalsit sect? |
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| It is the opposite of Zen, and it requires that you trust reason and study the scripture. |
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