Buddhism/Phenomenology Flashcards
(125 cards)
1
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Defining man expands his potentialities
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False (It limits his potentialities)
2
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Rather than looking at man in his totality, we must fragment him
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False (Look at his totality and not fragments)
3
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We should describe man from within and not from something external or foreign
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True
4
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What is the very essence of Phenomenology?
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Defining man from within and not from an external or foreign
5
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Man behind the principle of phenomenology
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Edmund Husserl (German)
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Edmund Husserl said that Philosophy is a rigorous science
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False (Rene Descartes)
7
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Descartes was overwhelmed by the gifts of sciences while Husserl was dissatisfied
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True
8
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Natural Sciences, even psychology, begin with a lot of presuppositions
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True
9
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Psychology treats mental activity as a causally-conditioned event; stimulus-reaction relationship
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True (during the time of Husserl)
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For Husserl, the physical universe is a clockwork system of bodies in motion accdg. to the laws of physics
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False (Rene Descartes thingking)
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Most predominant attitude during the time of Husserl
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Natural Attitude
12
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Natural attitude in a dogmatic way becomes scientistic
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True
13
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Natural attitude assumes that basic processes of nature are observable and capable of mathematical calculation
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True
14
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Wrecking Ball was written by David Rousseau
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False (David Hume)
15
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Defining man is reducing or cutting him into parts
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True
16
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Buddhism does not impose its beliefs in anyone; it offers a way out of human misery
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True
17
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The Dhammapada
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To do no evil; To cultivate good; To purify one’s mind
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Translation of Dhammapada in Pali
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The path of Dhamma
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Buddhist religious scripture containing 423 verses in 26 categories; answers to questions posed to Siddharta Gautama; most deal with ethics
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The Dhammapada
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The Dhammapada is part of the
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Tipitaka
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One of the most important pieces of the Theravada Literature
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The Dhammapada
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Edition written in Kharosthi
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Gandhari edition
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related text in Sanskrit
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Udanavarga
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When and where was the Buddha born?
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563 BC; Kapilavastu
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Father of Sidharta
Suddhodana, prince of the Sakya Clan
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4 signs Buddha saw
Old man, leper, corpse, beggar-monk
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where was he illuminated
Bodhi Tree
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When did Buddha die?
Age 80
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Meaning of "Buddha"
The Awakened One
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Prophetic Sage of the Sakyas
Sakyamuni
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The Perfect One; He who has fully come true
Tathagata
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Main problem
Transcending illusory existence
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Solution
union w/ Brahman
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Origin and End of all things
Brahman
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Source and Embodiment of Reality, Knowledge, and Bliss
Sat-chit-ananda
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The self or the soul
Atman
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Release or liberation by identity of Atman and Brahman
Moska
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Soul, not identified w/ the Brahman
Jivatman
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Continued transmigration of the soul in the ocean of births and rebirths
Samsara
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Samsara is determined by the
Law of Karma
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Collection of authoritative texts
Vedas
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Sources of Buddhism
Pali Canon: Three Pitakas
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Means baskets
Pitakas
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What are the Three Pitakas
Viraya Pitaka
Dhamma Pitaka
Avhidhamma
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Discipline Basket
Viraya Pitaka
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Discourse Basket
Dhamma Pitaka
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Exposition Basket
Abhidhamma
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Where schism between Theravada (Hinayana) and Mahayana Buddhism began
Abhidhamma
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View Buddha's thoughts only as propositional knowledge
Theravada
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Consider writings as sacred
Mahayana
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First Buddhist Emperor
Asoka
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Small Vehicle
Hinayana Buddhism
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Way of the Elders or Doctrine of the Fathers
Theravada
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Larger Vehicle Buddhism
Mahayana
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Four Noble Truths
1. There is suffering
2. Suffering arises from attachment to worldly desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to worldly desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
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Pain that seeps at the depth of human existence
Misery
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1st noble truth:
Life is a Dukkha
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Joy in life is superficial according to Buddha
True
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Body, Senses, Ideas, Feelings, and Consciousness
Five Skandas
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The Five Skandas are all painful
True
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Life's Dislocation:
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Trauma of Birth
Pathology of Sickness
Morbidity of Decrepitude
Phobia of Death
To be tied to what one abhors
To be separated from what one loves
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Major hazards of existence:
Birth, Decay, death and Uncertainty with regards to the things of the world
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Shackles or impediments
Fetters
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Ten Fetters of Existence:
1. Self-delusion
2. Doubt
3. Clinging to Ritual
4. Sensuous Lust
5. Ill Will
6. Greed for Fine Material Existence
7. Greed for Immaterial Existence
8. Conceit
9. Restlessness
10. Ignorance
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Desire for one's own private fulfillment at the expense of other forms of life
Tanha
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The cycle of becoming is caused by ___ and ___ to material impermanence of things
craving; grasping
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Leads to not only suffering here and now but also to further suffering in the future forms of rebirth
Craving
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Ignorance Encompasses:
1. Forgetting that there is no independent self
2. Forgetting that all phenomenon are impermanent
3. Forgetting that all phenomena are sorrow-filled
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No Soul of No self
Annata
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4 Noble Truths
1. Life is a Dukkha
2. The Cause of Life's Dislocation is Tanha
3. The Cure lies on overcoming our earthly cravings and worldly attachments
4. The Way to eliminate our earthly craving and worldly attachments is by following the 8Fold Path
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First two of the eightfold path deals with:
Wisdom (Panna)
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Second Three of the 8Fold path deals with:
Morality (Sila)
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Last three of the eightfold path deals with:
Meditation(Samadhi)
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What are the Eightfold Path
1. Right Understanding
2. Right Thought
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right Contemplation
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Knowledge, Faith, View, Perspective
Right Understanding
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to understand the true doctrine
Right understanding
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True doctrine
1 . There is suffering
2. There is a cause to suffering
3. There is an end to suffering
4. There is a means to end this suffering
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Aspiration
Right Thought
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Making up our hearts to what we really want; clear perception of the true doctrine and free ourselves from lust, ill will, and cruelty
Right Thought
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Avoiding and abstaining from telling a lie; mindfulness of what we speak; towards truth and charity; avoid tale-bearing, trash talking, or vain talk
Right Speech
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Behavior
Right Action
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What are the right actions
Do not kill
Do not steal
Do not be unchaste
Do not drink intoxicants
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To gain livelihood by right means
Right Living
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Occupations we should not engage in:
Butchers, person-peddler, slave dealer, armament maker, prostitution
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Exertion
Right Effort
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Strive to avoid rising of evil; Will power and timing, maintain meritorious conditions that have already arisen
Right Effort
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Attentiveness
Right Mindfulness
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Alert and gain self-knwoledge; Clearly Conscious and attentive to objects of completion; Separating authentic and abiding from Trivia
Right Mindfulness
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Fixation of mind on a single object
Right Concentration of Thought
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Right view, right thought, right speech
Rational
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Right action, right living, right effort
Volitional
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Right mindfulness, right concentration
Emotional
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Cure to suffering:
Cultivate our wisdom and compassion in order to lead a life unhindered by attachments and achieve freedom from fear of natural laws
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Natural Laws:
Old Age, Death, Impermanence
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The Ethical Middle Path
Eightfold Path
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Two extremes ruled out by the Eightfold Path
1. Life of Pleasure
| 2. Life of Misfortunes
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who wrote the Buddhist Morality
Dr. C. George Boeree
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Five Moral Precepts
Pancha Shila
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What are the Pancha Shila
Avoid killing or harming any living thing
Avoid stealing, that is taking what is not yours
Avoid sexual irresponsibility 'Avoid lying or any hurtful speech
Avoid alcohol and drugs, which diminish clarity consciousness
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Doctrine of Dependent Origination
Patticasamutpada or Pratityasamutpada
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Central teaching of the Buddha; nothing in a world that does not come within realm of casual laws; Casualty explains arising and passing away of things
Pratityasamutpada or Patticasamutpada
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why is there suffering?
Because we are born
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Why are we born?
Because there will to be born
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Why should there be a will to be born?
Because we cling to the objects of this world
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Why do we cling to the objects of this world?
Because we crave to enjoy the objects of this world
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Why do we crave to enjoy the objects of this world?
Because of the sense of experience
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6th sense organ
Mind
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Who do we have sense experience
Bc of the six sense organs
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Why do we have the 6 sense organs
Bc of the psychological organism
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Why do we have the psychological organism?
Bc of the initial consciousness of the embryo
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Why do we have this consciousness?
Bc of the impressions of karma
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Why do we have these impressions?
Bc of ignorance
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Root cause of suffering
Ignorance
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Way to destroy ignorance:
Knowledge of truth that everything is impermanent
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Corollary to Dependent Origination
Annica Doctrine
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The Doctrine of Momentariness
Annica Doctrine
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A thing arises depending upon the cause, so when the cause is removed, the thing ceases to be, thus momentary
Doctrine of Momentariness
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Everything in this world is impermanent, relative, and momentary
Doctrine of Annica
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Behavior of man
Karma
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Three factors that determine Karma:
1. External Stimuli
2. Conscious motives
3. Unconscious motives
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Greed or attachment; hate or aversion, or confusion
Conscious motives
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Desire to perpetuate life; desire to avoid death; result from mistaken understanding of nature of human experience
Unconscious motives
123
Correlation between action and consequence
Karma
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Karma is not deterministic (depending on the nature od karma and the circumstances in which the action is committed, there should be appropriate consequences
True
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When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot
Dalai Lama
