Buddhist Beliefs Flashcards
(51 cards)
What word is used to describe an enlightend persn who chooses to remain in samsara?
Bodhisattva
Which type of Buddhists attempt to become Bodhisattvas
Mahayana Buddhists
What is dependant arising?
Dependant arising is the idea that everything happens depending on certain conditions
What is Dhamma?
Dhamma is the buddhists doctrine that includes to the teaching of the buddha about the nature of existence.
What is anicca?
Anicca means impermanence and encourages buddhists to accept death and suffering as part of life. T he cycle of birth, life death and rebirth is called samsara.
Explain what is meant by Buddha nature?
the idea that everyone can attain Buddhahood
What is samara?
Samsara is the buddhist belief in the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.
Which word describes the Buddhist belief that the soul doesn’t have a physical existence?
anatta
List three events that happen in the Buddhas life
He grew up in a life of luxury as the son of a Queen. He was inspired to leave this life by the Four Sights.
After this he lived an ascetic life of self-denial and pain but wasn’t able to become enlightened so left it for the Middle Way between pain and luxury.
Give three of the four noble truths
There is suffering
Suffering has a cause
Suffering can come to an end
There is a path to end suffering.
List the 3 poisons
a pig, a snake and a cockerel, they represent ignorance, hatred and greed
List three aspects of the eightfold path
Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right effort, Right mindfulness, Right concentration, Right understanding, Right intention
List four of the sights Siddartha saw on his trip out the palace?
An old man - everyone ages
An ill man – everyone becomes ill
A dead man – all things die
A holy man – the only answer to these problems
Define Anatta?
The idea of no self. We don’t have a fixed soul.
What is the term for the immaterial part of you that gets transferred from life to life.
Atman
In which country is Pure Land Buddhism the most commonly practised form of Buddhism?
Japan
Give three examples of the five aggregates.
The Five Aggregates are form, mental formation, perception, consciousness and sensation.
What is dependant arising?
Dependent arising is the idea that everything happens depending on certain conditions.
What is dharma?
Dhamma is the buddhist doctrine that includes the teaching of the buddha about the nature of existences.
What text contains the life of the buddha?
Jakarta tales.
Why did the buddha reject his life of wealth? Give two reasons
- He saw the 4 sights
- He wanted to find the path to enlightenment
What is anicca?
impermanence
How does learning about the life of the buddha influence buddhists today?
- He set the path to enlightenment- e.g follow the eightfold path- leads to meditation
- The buddha is not a God - he was also normal - we too can be enlightened - give up 3 poisons
What are teachings about Nirvana?
- Achieved enlightenment - finding end to suffering - the four noble truths
- Out of cycle of Samsara - no longer in the cycle of life death and rebirth
