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| The order of monks in Buddhism |
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1. All life is suffering
2. Suffering is caused by desire
3. There can be an end to desire
4. The way out is the Eightfold path |
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| Right understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration or samadhi-the fundamental ideals of Buddhist life practice as taught by the Buddha. |
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| "one who ahs gone thus" or "Come thus"- a title of the Buddha emphasizing his passing from worldly existence in Nivana. |
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| The Buddha's path, undertsood as avoiding attachment to all extremes or conditioned, partial realities; conceived of as coming in pairs of opposites. |
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| Three Refugees (Three Jewels) |
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1. The Buddha as the ideal teacher
2. The Dharma as his teaching or "gospel"
3. The Samgha, or order of monks, as the ideal community
Three ideals that a person affirms on formally becoming a Buddhist or a Buddhist nun or monk. |
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| Ten Prohibitions of Monks |
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1. Taking life
2. Taking what is not given
3. Sexual misconduct
4. Lying
5. Taking intoxicants
6. Eating after noon
7. Watching or participating in dancing, siniging, and shows
8. Adorning oneself with garlands, perfumes, and ointments
9. Sleeping in a soft bed (living luxuriously)
10. Handling money |
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| A fully liberatd being who will suffer no more rebirths. |
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| A statement about reality |
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| Transcending conditioned reality through meditation. |
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| Theravada Buddism (The Path of the Elders) |
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| The "great Vehicle" Buddhism of the northenr tier of Buddhist countries, including CHina, Tibet, Japan; emphasizes the bodhisattva, the Buddha nature in all tings, and the use of many methods and paths to enlightenment. |
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| "Three baskets" Buddhist text written in Pali |
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| A center of Buddhist practice and teaching. |
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| The highest state of concentration |
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| Thereavada method of meditation that aims at analyzing one's experience until one realizes that conditioned reality is impermanent, unsattisfactory, and has no "self". |
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| "Diamond" or "Thunderbolt" vehicle. The estoric or Tantric school of Buddhism emphasizing intitiation, mantras, visualizing, and a special elaborate set of symbols and pictures. |
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| Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead) |
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| Songs of the Female Elders |
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1. form
2. feelings
3. perceptions
4.inherent impulses
5. background consciousness |
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