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"Three baskets", other name for the Pali Canon;
Vinaya Pitaka - the discipline basket, covers rules and history of the monastic community;
Sutta Pitaka - the discourse basket, covers sermons and teachings of the Buddha;
Adhidhamma Pitaka - The higher teachings basket, analysis of the Buddha's doctrines |
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The four classes of Indian Society;
Brahmins - Hindu priests;
Khattiyas - warriors and leaders;
Vessas - merchants and farmers;
Suddas - laborers |
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| Religious seekers and teachers; detached from household life; lived as beggars |
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| Anicca - impermanent; Dukkha - suffering; Annatta - without a permanent self |
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| Five aggregates the make up Self; Body, feeling, perception, dispositions to action, and consciousness |
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| Advanced meditative states |
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| Sila - moral conduct; Samadhi - mental culture; Panna - wisdom |
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Samatha - calming and serenity, emotions and concentration;
Vipassana - insight, sharpens understanding |
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Highest Virtues;
Karuna - compassion;
Metta - loving kindness;
Mudita - sympathetic joy;
Upekha - equanimity (mental calmness) |
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| contact and consciousness |
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| Consciousness dependent on |
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1. If there is an afterworld, then his good decisions will land him somewhere ideal.
2. If there isn't an after world, then he lived a happy life, free from hatred.
3. He can't be punished for something bad resulting from his actions if he had good intentions.
4. If he acts good, he can see himself as pure in both ways. |
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| Arguments against the idea that permanent self is evidenced by feelings |
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1. "Feeling is my Self, Self is permanent." Argument: Feelings are not permanent;
2. "Feeling is not my Self." Argument: "Where there is no feeling of any kind, would it be possible to say that 'I am'?";
3. "My Self is not feeling, nor is my self insentient." Argument: "If feeling were to cease, would it be possible there to say "I am this"? |
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| The Higher Teachings Basket |
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Karuna;
Metta;
Mudita;
Upekha |
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