Evil and Suffering The Three Poisons Flashcards
The three poisons (23 cards)
What does samsara mean?
The cycle of death and rebirth
What does dharma mean?
Buddhist teachings
What does karma mean?
Actions and their consequences
What does dukkha mean?
Suffering
What does meta mean?
Loving kindness
What does Sangha mean?
Community
What does Tanha mean?
Craving
What does Nibana mean?
End of suffering and freedom from the cycle of samsara
What causes people to be reborn?
Desiring things and craving
What causes you to have a lower rebirth?
When in your life you cause people to suffer?
What is enlightenment?
When someone understands spiritual teachings
What does Nibana literally translate to?
To go out or blown out
What are the three animals that symbolise greed, hatred and delusion?
The rooster(greed), the pig (delusion ) and the snake(hatred)
What can the three qualities(greed, hatred and delusion) cause us to do?
They cause us to hurt other people
What does omnipotent mean?
Unlimited power
What does omnibenevolent
Possessing perfect goodness or never ending love
What did Hume believe about the inconsistent triad?
He believed that there could only be 2 points of the triangle could exist at one time, and since evil already existed then he thought that God was either not all loving or not all powerful
What did Hume’s thoughts lead to?
They lead to the idea that God ever didn’t love us enough to get rid of evil or God wasn’t powerful enough to take it away
What is the Islamic God called?
Allah
What are some of the Islamic views on why there is evil?
They believe that suffering is a test, that Allah has a plan, that good can come from evil and that evil is the cause of Shaytan’s teachings
What are the Bahá’i beliefs about evil?
That evil is not force but the absence of good (in the same way darkness is the absence of light), Bahá’ís believe that there are no such things as evil spirits and that Satan is just a symbol that refers to bad parts of human nature, and finally that evil is a imperfection
What are the five moral precepts?
- Don’t kill 2. Don’t take what isn’t given 3. Don’t do any harmful sexual actions 4. Don’t lie or gossip 5. Don’t take substances which could hurt the mind
