Buddhist Worldview Flashcards

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What are the four noble truths? From the first Sermon

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  1. Dukkha
  2. Samudaya
  3. To eliminate suffer you mist eliminate desire
  4. To achieve this you must follow the eightfold path
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What is Dukkha

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To be is to suffer

  • change
  • Impermanence
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What is Samudaya?

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Cause of suffering is desire

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What does it mean to eliminate suffering you must eliminate desire?

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Transcend to the middle where change ceases.

Like the center of a spinning wheel

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What does it mean to achieve this you most follow the eightfold path?

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  • Achieve Nirvana ( awakening under the Bodhi Tree
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What is the eightfold path?

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Is a wheel symbol that shows you , what you have to have to achieve Nirvana.
Views, inclination, sayings , conduct, livelihood, endeavor, mindfulness, meditation.

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