Buddhism Flashcards
(19 cards)
The Sanga
Buddhist community (monks and nuns)
The Dharma
The teachings of the buddha
The Buddha
Shows us we can follow the Buddha
The four noble truths
- Life is full of suffering
- Suffering is caused by desire
- To stop suffering you have to stop desiring
- To stop desiring you must follow the 8 fold path
Types of suffering (Dukkha)
• Physical
- illness
- old age
• Mental
- grief
- anger
Types of desire
• Greed
- money
- family
• Aversion
- death of loved ones
- ill health
Anicca
impermanence
everything in the world is changing, nothing ever stays the same
Anatta
everyone in the world is changing, they will never stay the same
Dukkha
Change causes suffering, desire causes suffering, in order not to suffer you need to rid desire
Three marks of existence
Anicca
Anatta
Dukkha
Tanha
Desire to want things to change/ not want things to change
8 fold path
summary of the Buddhists practices
right view - know the truth
right livelihood - respect life
right speech - don’t say anything to hurt others
right concentration - practice meditation
4 sights
An old man (aging)
A Sick man (sickness)
A dead man (Death)
A poor man (poverty)
samsara
Life consists of birth, life, death and rebirth. which means suffering is constant as this is an evergoing cycle
3 root poisons
Pig - ignorance - this is because pigs have connotations of being stupid.
Cockerel - greed - this is because cockerels have connotations of eating everything put in front of them
Snake - hatred - this is because snakes have connotations of being evil and violent
the three root poisons tie to the wheel of samsara as they are in the middle of the wheel, they are basically the ‘’fuel’’
Dependant origination
samsara is based on the concept of dependant origination, this is the belief that everything happens for a cause and therefor you are responsible for your own existence and reality as your actions in this life affect the outcomes of your next life
wheel of life
Realm of the Gods - greedy, prideful
Realm of the titans - greedy, always at war
Realm of the greedy ghosts - greed, addiction
Realm of hell - all three extremes, eg serial killers
Animal Realm - ignorant
Realm of humans - little bit of all three root poisons, day to day people living life
rebirth
the belief that were reborn into another life, this does not include a soul, the idea that our karmic energy is just reborn into another life
different from reincarnation as that is about the soul being reincarnated
kamma
