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Amitabha Buddha

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The Buddha worshiped by pure land buddhists

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Annata

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

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Anicca

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Impermanence;the idea that everything changes

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Arhat

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For Theravada Buddhists someone who has become enlightened

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Ascetic

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

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Bodhisattva

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

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Buddha

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The title given to someone who has achieved enlightenment, usually used Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddha rupa

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

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Buddhahood

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When someone achieves enlightenment and becomes a Buddha

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Buddha-nature

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

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Chanting

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In Buddhism, reciting from the Buddhist scriptures

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Dependent arising

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The idea that all things arise, independence upon conditions

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Dhamma/Dharma

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The Buddha’s teachings

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Dukkha

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The first noble truth: there is suffering

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Engaged Buddhism

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A movement in Buddhism, that is particularly concerned with applying the Buddhist teachings to matters of social and environmental justice

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Enlightenment

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

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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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Festival

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A day or period of celebration for religious reasons

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Gompa

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A hall or building where Tibetan and Buddhists meditate

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Greed

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Selfish desire for something

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Jataka

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

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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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Karuna

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Compassion; feeling concerned for the suffering of other people, and wanting to relieve their suffering

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Magga

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

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Mahayana Buddhism
An umbrella term to describe some later Buddhists traditions, including Pure Land Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism
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Mala
Prayer beads that are used to count the number of recitations in a mantra
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Mandala
An intricate circle shaped pattern that is used for meditation
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Mantra
A short sequence of sacred syllables
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Mara
A Demon that represents spiritual obstacles, especially temptation
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Meditation
A practice of calming and focusing the mind, and reflecting deeply on specific teachings to penetrate their true meaning
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Meditation (samadhi)
A section of the Threefold way that emphasises the role of meditation in the process of spiritual development
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Metta
Loving – kindness: showing a benevolent, kind, friendly attitude towards other people
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Mindfulness of breathing
Meditation practice, focusing on the experience of breathing
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Monastery (vihara)
A place where Buddhist monks and nuns live
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Nibbana/Nirvana
A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace
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Nidanas
12 factors that illustrate the process of birth, death and rebirth
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Nirodha
The third noble truth: suffering can be stopped
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Pali
The language of the earliest Buddhist scriptures
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Parinirvana Day
A Mahayana festival that commemorates the Buddha’s passing away
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Puja
An act of worship
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Pure Land Buddhism
A Mahayana form of Buddhism, based on belief in Amitabha Buddha
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Retreat
A period of time spent away from every day life in order to focus on meditation practice
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Samatha meditation
Calming meditation, a type of meditation that involves calming the mind and developing deeper concentration
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Samsara
The repeating cycle of birth, death, life and rebirth
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Samudaya
The second label truth: there are causes of suffering
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Sanskrit
The language used in later Indian Buddhist texts
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Shrine
An area with a statue of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, which provides Buddhist with a focal point for meditation and devotion
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Stupa
A small building in a monastery that sometimes contains holy relics
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Sukhavati
The paradise where Amita Buddha lives, and where pure land Buddhists aim to be reborn
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Sunyata
Emptiness; the concept that nothing has a separate independent ‘self’ or ‘soul’
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Tanha
Craving (craving or desiring or wanting something)
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Temple
A place where Buddhists come together to practice
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Thangka
A detailed painting of a Buddha or Bodhisattva
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The Eightfold Path
Eight aspects that Buddhist practice and live by in order to achieve enlightenment
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The five aggregates
The five aspects that Buddhists believe make up a person
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The five ascetics
The Buddha’s first five students; five monks who followed ascetic practices
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The five moral precepts
Five principles that Buddhist try to follow to live ethically and morally
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The Four Noble Truths
The four truths that the Buddha taught about suffering
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The four sights
Old age, illness, death, holy man; these four sights led the Buddha to leave his life of luxury in the palace
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The four sublime states
The four qualities of love, compassion, sympathetic
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The six perfections
The six qualities of virtues that Mahayana Buddhists try to develop from lower ones
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The three poisons
The theory that higher forms of life have gradually developed from lower ones
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The three watches of the night
The three realisations that the Buddha made in order to achieve enlightenment
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The threefold way
The Eightfold Path grouped into three sections of ethics, meditation and wisdom
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The Tibetan Wheel of Life
An image that symbolises Samsara often found in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples
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Therevada Buddhism
‘the school of the elders’; an ancient Buddhist tradition found in Southern Asia
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Unskilful
Bad unethical, actions or behaviour
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Vipssana meditation
‘insight meditation’; a type of meditation that involves developing understanding of the nature of reality
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Visualisation
Imagining or ‘seeing’ an object in in one’s mind
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Wesak
A Therevada festival that celebrates the Buddhas birth, enlightenment, and passing away
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Wisdom (panna)
A section of the threefold way that deals with Buddhist approaches to understanding the nature of reality
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Zazen meditation
A type of meditation in Zen Buddhism that requires awareness of the present moment

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