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Buddhist Canvas Flashcards

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What is the Buddhist protocol this thing is STRONGLY committed to follow?

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  • Say three times when waking up: I will act today as if it were the last day of my life
  • 10 Prostrations. While prostrating, pray this: I take refuge until I am enlightened In the Buddhas, the Dharma and the Sangha. Through the merit I create by practicing giving and the other perfections. May I attain Buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings.
  • Meditation
  • 10 more prostrations
  • Mantra Budho
  • Everything any event hits you remember that it’s impermanent, uncertain and non-self. Say “So”
  • At 10 AM and 5 PM sharp, read the canvas. Key questions on it
  • Meditation and postrations in the evening
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What is the purpose of life?

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The purpose of life is achieving Buddhahood, Enlightenment.

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What is the state of Enlightenment?

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Acceptance, Perfection, Serenity, Immersion in the Self, no-thoughts.

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What is the first essential step for Buddhahood to be achieved?

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Embracing the Four noble truths

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The Four Noble Truths

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  • The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, old age is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings.
  • The cause of human suffering is undoubtedly found in the thirsts of the physical body and in the illusions of worldly passion.
  • If desire, which lies at the root of all human passion, can be removed, then passion will die out and all human suffering will be ended. This is called the Truth of the Cessation of Suffering.
  • In order to enter into a state where there is no desire and no suffering, one must follow a certain Path. This is the Noble Eightfold Path.
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The Noble Eightfold Path

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The Eightfold Path teaches that by restraining oneself, cultivating discipline, and practicing mindfulness and meditation, house-leavers (monks and nuns) attain nirvana and stop their craving, clinging and karmic accumulations, thereby ending their rebirth and suffering

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  1. Right View
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Our actions have consequences; death is not the end, and our actions and beliefs have also consequences after death

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  1. Right Resolve
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The giving up home and adopting the life of a religious mendicant in order to follow the path. Such an environment aids contemplation of impermanence, suffering, and non-Self.

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  1. Right Speech
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No lying, no rude speech, no telling one person what another says about him, speaking that which leads to salvation.

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  1. Right Conduct
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No killing or injuring, no taking what is not given, no sexual acts

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  1. Right Livelihood
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Beg to feed, only possessing what is essential to sustain life

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  1. Right Effort
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Guard against sensual thoughts; this concept, states Harvey, aims at preventing unwholesome states that disrupt meditation

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  1. Right Mindfulness.
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Never be absent minded, being conscious of what one is doing; this, states Harvey, encourages the mindfulness about impermanence of body, feeling and mind

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  1. Right Concentration
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Practicing four stages of meditation (dhyāna) culminating into unification of the mind.

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How can we really embrace this path?

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Faith / Refuge and Practice, Practice. Practice

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What is the key belief?

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Everything is: Impermanent, Uncertain and Non-self

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  1. Right Concentration
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Practicing four stages of meditation (dhyāna) culminating into unification of the mind.

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How can we really embrace this path?

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Faith / Refuge and Practice, Practice. Practice

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What is the key belief?

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Everything is: Impermanent, Uncertain and Non-self

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Impermanence

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It is the everlasting and unchanging rule of this world that everything is created by a series of causes and conditions and everything disappears by the same rule ;everything changes, nothing remains constant.
It is necessary to practice Dharma because we are subject to impermanence. Born from our mother’s womb, we go through childhood, mature, grow old, get sick, and eventually die. None of us can avoid birth, old age, sickness, and death. We have no control over this. That is why we need to practice the Dharma.

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Mind as a Master

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The mind is the master of every situation. The world ofsuffering is brought about by the deluded mortal mind.
One who is to enjoy the purity of both body andmind walks the path to Buddhahood.
the mind is like the master, and the body and speech are like its servants.
Since we have the ability to choose between virtuous and unvirtuous actions, our future happiness or suffering is in our own hands.

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How to Avoid Worldly Passions

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Every time a worldly passion arises, ask yourself: Would it give me true satisfaction? You do that by strictly controlling themind in the face of the unsatisfactory things of life, andby ever recalling Buddha’s teachings of good-will andkindness. And remember, of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense.

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Five Key Skills to avoid passions

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  1. First, Discernment. From what gives you true satisfaction from what it does not.
  2. Second, careful andpatient mind-control.
  3. Third, have correct ideas with regard tothe proper use of all things. Clothing, food functional JTBD.
  4. Fourth, learn endurance; learn to endure the discomforts of heat and cold, hungerand thirst.
  5. Fifth, learn to see and so avoid alldanger.
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Taming the Mind

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“Oh my mind! Why do you hover so restlessly overthe changing circumstances of life? Why do you make meso confused and restless? Why do you urge me to collectso many things?
“Oh, my dear mind! It was you who first awakenedfaith in us; it was you who suggested our seekingEnlightenment. Why do you give way so easily to greed,love of comfort and pleasant excitement again?”

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Warrior Discipline

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A disturbed mind is forever active, jumping hitherand thither, and is hard to control; but a tranquil mind ispeaceful; therefore, it is wise to keep the mind under control.
discipline adds to the dignity of a warrior;so quiet meditation distinguishes the seeker forEnlightenment.**

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Understanding Non-Duality

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This concept of universal oneness - that things intheir essential nature have no distinguishing marks - iscalled “Sunyata.” Sunyata means non-substantiality, theun-born, having no self-nature, no duality.
People naturally fear misfortune and long for goodfortune; but if the distinction is carefully studied, misfortuneoften turns out to be good fortune and good fortuneto be misfortune. The wise man learns to meet the changingcircumstances of life with an equitable spirit, beingneither elated by success nor depressed by failure. Thusone realizes the truth of non-duality.

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Live in the present

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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate troubles, but to live wisely and earnestly for the present. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future; concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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One step at a time

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Those who seek Enlightenment must be careful of each step. No matter how high one’s aspiration may be, it must be attained step by step. The steps of the path to Enlightenment must be taken in our everyday life.

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What is the essence of Practice?

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  1. Meditation
  2. Sobriety
  3. Right nutrition
  4. Renunciant mind
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Sobriety

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Devotion to sobriety.
Sobriety signifies that clarity and sharpness of mind that is so infinitely superior to confused, dull or altered states of consciousness. Mind-expanding, mind-altering drugs and altered states of consciousness are all still within the sphere of darkness.

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Renunciant Mind

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To be a renunciant he must train himself in manyways:
In the evening he should have a time for quiet sittingand meditation and a short walk before retiring. Forpeaceful sleep he should rest on the right side with hisfeet together and his last thought should be of the timewhen he wishes to rise in the early morning. Early in themorning he should have another time for quiet sittingand meditation and a short walk afterwards. During the whole day he should always maintain analert mind, keeping both body and mind under control.

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Components of Renunciant Mind

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  1. Simplicity: it is a skill to be learned; it does not come easily. We can measure our practice by how simple our life is. Through meditation we acquire the taste for simplicity in every aspect of our lives
  2. Contentment: A fundamental principle underlying our lives as samanas is that of contentment. We are taught to cultivate gratitude and appreciation for the robes, almsfood, lodgings and medicines that we receive, whatever their quality. We go against the worldly desire for the biggest, the finest and best. To be content means that we don’t waste our time scheming about getting things that we don’t have or don’t have a right to.
  3. Honesty: Honesty includes here non-deceit, non-trickiness, non-hypocrisy, not trying to appear in a way that is not a true reflection of how we are. This includes not trying to hide our faults, or to exaggerate our good points. The goal is to develop clarity and straightness.

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