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World Religions: Page 3
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Religious Studies
11th Grade
06/08/2011

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Detachment
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let go of your ego and ignorance, but still care about things
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Dukkha
Definition
suffering, frustration
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Dharma
Definition
truth righteousness, what Guatama discovers in enlightenment
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Dharmas
Definition
points or flashes of energy, make up everything but can't be described
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5 Skandhas
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5 dharmas, or heaps/piles of energy that make up the world
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5 Precepts
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1. do not take life 2. do not engage in serious misconduct 3. do not use false speech 4. do not drink intoxicants 5. do not do illicit sex
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3 Acts of Meditation
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1. seperate thinking from being 2. eliminate all assumptions 3. simplify (pull apart)
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3 Marks of Existence
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impermanence, no ego, and ignorance
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3 Jewels
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the 3 focal elements of Buddhism: 1. the Buddha 2. the Dharma 3. the Sangha
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Sangha
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the Budhdist monastic community
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Buddha
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an "awakened one" who has reached enlightenment and shares it with others
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Nirvana
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a state of emotional bliss, enlightenment, "blowing out"
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The Great Mantra
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gone, gone, really gone, all the way gone, enlightenment, oh how wonderful
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Therevada
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a form of buddhism, focuses on concentration, ethics and theology
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