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Glossary (All Terms) Flashcards

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What does Amitabha Buddha mean?

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The Buddha worshipped by Pure Land Buddhists

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What does Anatta mean?

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The idea that people do not have a permanent, fixed self or soul.

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What does Anicca mean?

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Impermanence; the idea that everything changes.

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What does Arhat mean?

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For Theravada Buddhists, someone who has become enlightened.

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What does Ascetic mean?

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Living a simple and strict lifestyle with few pleasures or possessions; follows ascetic practices.

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What does Bodhisattva mean?

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For Mahayana Buddhists, someone who has become enlightened but chooses to remain in the cycle samsara to help others achieve enlightenment as well.

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What does Buddha mean?

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A title given to someone who has achieved enlightenment; usually used to refer to Siddhartha Gautama.

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What is Buddha Rupa?

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A statue of the Buddha, often sitting cross-legged in a meditation pose.

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What is Buddhahood?

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When someone achieves enlightenment and becomes a Buddha.

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What is Buddha-nature?

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The idea that everyone has the essence of a Buddha inside of them.

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What is Chanting?

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In Buddhism, reciting from the Buddhist scriptures.

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What does Dependent Arising mean?

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The idea that all things arise in dependence upon conditions.

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What is Dhamma/Dharma?

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The Buddha’s teachings. 

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What is Dukkha?

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The first noble truth: there is suffering.

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What is engaged Buddhism?

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A movement in Buddhism that is particularly concerned with applying the Buddha’s teachings to matters of social and environmental injustice.

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What is enlightenment?

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The gaining of true knowledge about God, self or nature of reality, usually through meditation and self discipline in Buddhist/Hindu and Sikh traditions, gaining freedom from the cycle of rebirth.

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What is ethics (sila)?

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A section of the threefold way that emphasises the importance of skilful action as the basis for spiritual progress.

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What is a festival?

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A day or period of celebration for religious reasons.

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What is Gompa?

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A hall or building where Tibetan Buddhists meditate.

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What is greed?

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Selfish desire for something.

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What is Jataka?

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The Jataka tales are popular stories about the lives of the Buddha.

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What is Kamma/karma?

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A persons actions; the idea that skilful actions result in happiness and unskilful ones in suffering.

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What is Karuna?

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Compassion: feeling concerned for the suffering of other people and wanting to relieve their suffering.

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What is Magga?

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The fourth noble truth: the way to stop suffering; the Eightfold Path.

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What is Mahayana Buddhism?

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An umbrella term to describe some later Buddhist traditions, including Pure Land Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism.

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What is Mala?

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Prayer beads that are used to count number of recitations in a mantra.

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What is a Mandala?

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An intricate, circle shaped pattern that is used for meditation.

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What is a Mantra?

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A short sequence of sacred syllables.

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What is Mara?

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A Demon that represents spiritual obstacles, especially temptation.

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What is meditation?

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A practice of calming and focusing the mind, and reflecting deeply on specific teachings to penetrate their true meaning.

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What is meditation (samadhi)?

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A section of the threefold way that emphasises the role of meditation in the process of spiritual development.

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What is Metta?

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Loving – kindness; showing a benevolent, kind, friendly attitude towards other people.

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What is mindfulness of breathing?

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A meditation practice focusing on the experience of breathing.

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What is a monastery (vihara)?

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A place where Buddhist monks and nuns live.

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What is nibbana/nirvana?

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A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace.

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What is nidanas?

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12 factors that illustrate the process of birth, death and rebirth.

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What is nirodha?

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The third noble truth: suffering can be stopped.

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What is pali?

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The language of the earliest Buddhist Scriptures.

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What is Parinirvana Day?

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A Mahayana festival that commemorates the Buddha’s passing away.

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What is puja?

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An act of worship.

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What is Pure Land Buddhism?

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A Mahayana form of Buddhism based on belief in Amitabha Buddha.

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What is a Retreat?

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A period of time spent away from every day life in order to focus on meditation and practice.

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What is Samatha meditation?

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Calming meditation; a type of meditation that involves calming the mind and developing deeper concentration.

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What is samsara?

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Repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.

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What is Samudaya?

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The second noble truth: there are causes of suffering.

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What is Sanskrit?

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The language used in later Indian Buddhist texts.

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What is a Shrine?

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An area with a statue of a Buddha or Bodhisattva which provides Buddhists with a focal point for meditation and devotion.

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What is a Stupa?

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A small building in a monastery that sometimes contains holy relics.

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What does Sukhavati mean?

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The paradise where Amitabha Buddha lives, and where Pure Land Buddhists aim to be reborn.

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What does Sunyata mean?

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Emptiness; the concept that nothing has a separate, independent ‘self’ or ‘soul’. 

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What is Tanha?

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Craving (desiring wanting something).

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What is a Temple?

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A place where Buddhists come together to practise. 

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What is Thangka?

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A detailed painting of a Buddha or Bodhisattva.

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What is The Eightfold Path?

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Eight aspects that Buddhists practice and live by in order to achieve enlightenment.

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What are The Five Aggregates?

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The five aspects that make up a person.

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What are The Five Ascetics?

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The Buddha’s first five students; five monks who followed ascetic practices. 

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What are The Five Moral Precepts?

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The five principles that Buddhists try to follow to live ethically and morally.

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What are The Four Noble Truths?

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The four truths that the Buddha taught about suffering.

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What are the Four Sights?

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Old age, illness, death, and a holy man; these Four sights led the Buddha to leave his life of luxury in the palace.

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What are The Four Sublime States?

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The four qualities of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity which the Buddha taught that Buddhists should develop.

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What are The Six Perfections?

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The six qualities or virtues that Mahayana Buddhist try to develop in order to live as Bodhisattvas.

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What are the three poisons?

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Greed, hatred and ignorance; the main causes of suffering. 

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What are the three watches of the night?

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The three realisations that the Buddha made in order to achieve enlightenment.

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What is the threefold way?

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The Eightfold path grouped into the three sections of ethics, meditation and wisdom.

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What is the Tibetan wheel of life?

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An image that symbolises Samsara, often found in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples.

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What is Theravada Buddhism?

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‘The school of the elders’; an ancient Buddhist tradition found in southern Asia.

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What does unskilful mean?

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Bad, unethical actions or behaviour.

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What is Vipassana Meditation?

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‘Insight meditation’; A type of meditation that involves developing understanding of the nature of reality.

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What is Visualisation?

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Imagining or ‘seeing’ an object in one’s mind. 

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What is Wesak?

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A Theravada festival that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away.

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What is Wisdom (panna)?

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A section of the threefold way that deals with Buddhist approaches to understanding the nature of reality.

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What is Zazen meditation?

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A type of meditation in Zen Buddhism that requires awareness of the present moment. 

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