Fall Midterm #2 Flashcards
(32 cards)
suffering stress and anxiety are to be expected in human life
First Noble Truth
the cause of stress/anxiety is our desire to control our situation
Second Noble Truth
to cure ourselves of stress/anxiety, we must eliminate it’s cause desires that include a hankering of permanence of control
Third Noble Truth
we end trishna desires and therefore stress/anxiety as well through the Noble Eightfold Path which consists of containing our stress and anxiety by contemplating the Buddha’s wisdom and by releasing your stress/anxiety through mediation
Fourth Noble Truth
when you look deeply inside of yourself, all that is found is a bundle of sensations called skandhas
Doctrine of No-Self
center of an infinite butterfly effect that explains that everything that arises does so in response to other factors and all of this will then change other things
Doctrine of Interdependent Origination
divine reality of which is infinite knowledge, bliss, etc
Brahman
the seemingly in-dissolvable selfish core of individual experience that is both your physical body and soul
Atman
fosters ethical action and caring about those with whole we have familial, platonic, or professional relationships
Karma Yoga
give up attachment to things. you will achieve perfect peace if you are disciplined enough while those who aren’t will forever be stuck in the cycle of desire
Krishna’s Solution to the Problem of Karma Yoga
it contains all of the divine knowledge that can be grasped by human beings
Why is “OM” significant
the profane world of waking consciousness
What does the “A” stand for in “AUM”
dream world of dreaming consciousness
What does the “U” stand for in “AUM”
the absence of worlds that opens up in deep, dreamless sleep
What does the “M” stand for in “AUM”
the elision of boundaries between self and world as one “wakes up” into oneness with the divine
What does “AUM” mean?
to teach us that we can achieve liberation from samsara through yoga
Purpose of Yoga in Hinduism
-means “ the all pervading one”
-regularly incarnates himself in avatars that are usually human, but can also be non-human animals
-the representative of Brahman’s dharma, the divine order or moral law
Vishnu
-the benevolent destroyer of the material world
-beloved deity of yogi ascetics
Shiva
-the wife of shiva; more powerful than Vishnu and Shiva combined
-goddess is the supreme cause of the material universe
Devi/Kali
-the elephant headed son of Shiva and the goddess
-patron of arts, sciences, and new endeavors for which his blessing is sought
Ganesha
-monkey headed god who is the model of Rama
-patron of selfless devotion to a cause
Hanuman (Maruti)
-residual karma at the end of life sparks a new life for you
-reincarnation continues until the karma returns to zero at which point Atman is reabsorbed into Brahman
-the cycle of karmic action, death, and reincarnation is called samsara
The connection between reincarnation and karma
that which has been heard
Shruti
that of which has been remembered
Smriti
