Buddhist Beliefs Flashcards
(72 cards)
What was significant about Buddha’s birth
Queen Maya/ his mother had a dream about a white elephant that blessed her
Siddhartha could walk and with every step he took lotus flowers sprang
What did Siddhartha say at birth
“No further rebirths should I have to endure”
What was Siddhartha’s prophecy
If he never saw suffering he would become a king if he did he will become a holy man
What was his life of luxury
He lived in a place of luxury to ensure he never saw suffering as he always had the best food and never saw anything die
Quote for life of luxury
“I had three mansions”
What were the four sights
Old age (an old man)
Illness (someone lying on the road in agony)
Death ( a body being carried through the streets)
A holy man ( a man in rags carrying an alms bowl)
What impact did the four sights have on Siddhartha
He saw suffering and realised he wanted to become a holy man he wanted to find the problem of suffering by throwing away all his luxuries
What was Buddha’s ascetic life
Buddha lived with no luxuries to try and over come freedom
Why did Buddha turn away from the ascetic life
He became too weak to meditate until he was given a bowl of rice and milk by a girl and he realised two little and two much is bad and invented the middle way
What happened when Buddha became enlightened
Mara tried to prevent it by Sending his daughters to seduce him Armies to attack him Offered control of his kingdom And attacking him himself Buddha acknowledged all his previous lives and overcame suffering by gaining true knowledge about the nature of reality
What are the three watches of the night
1) deep meditation
2) acknowledging previous lives
3) understanding the four noble truths
Quote for Buddha’s enlightenment
“Until I attain the supreme enlightenment will I give up this seat of meditation”
What does dhama mean
The truth
1) all those who are enlightened follow Buddha’s teachings
2) nuns and monks
3) the community of the those who follow Buddha’s teachings
What is dhama
One of the three jewels
What is dependant arising
The concept that nothing is permanent as everything relies on everything else and that everything is a constant process of change
Give quoteS for dependant arising
“Every wave is related to every other wave”
“All events and incidents in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others that a single person on his own cannot even begin to act”
What are the three marks of existence
1) Dukkha
2) Anicca
3) Anatta
What is dukkha
Dukkha is suffering
What are the types of suffering
Emotional or physical suffering
Change
Attachment
How can we reduce suffering
Right actions and intentions (following eight fold path)
What is anicca
Impermanence
How is Annica thought of
It affects living and non living things and our minds
How is anicca related to Dukkha
When things change (anicca) it causes suffering (Dukkha)
What is the story of Lisa Gotami
Her son died
She went to the Buddha asking him to bring him back to life
He asked her to get a mustard seed from any house that has never faced death
She realised everyone had faced death
This showed anicca
