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Dhamma

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teachings of the buddha

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metta

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lovingkindness

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dukkha

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pain / suffering

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anicca

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impermanence

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anatta

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no eternal self / soul

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samsara

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the cycle of life, death and rebirth

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punabbhava

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rebecoming

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karma

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the law of cause and effect / actions have consequences

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bodhisattva

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someone who will become a Buddha

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Paticcasamupada

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dependant origination - chain of causation

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nibbana

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state of enlightenment

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arhat

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someone who becomes enlightened by the teachings of the Buddha

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ahimsa

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non-violence

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tanha

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thirst / craving

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avidya

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ignorance

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viparinama dukkha

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suffering caused by impermanence

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sankhara-dukkha

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disatisfaction with life itself

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samudaya

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2nd noble truth - dukkha caused by craving and ignorance

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kama tanha

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craving for sensual experience

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bhava tanha

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craving for existence

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vibhava tanha

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craving for non existence

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niroda

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3rd noble truth - cessation of suffering

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dasa sila

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10 moral precepts

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pancha sila

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5 moral precpts for both lay and ordained buddhists

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mindfulness
being aware of our mental states and looking at the way the world really is
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uposatha days
'observance' days at least every new moon or full moon in which monks + nuns chant the patimokkha
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upasaka / upasaki
monks / nuns that observe the 5 extra moral precepts
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monastatic precepts
extra 5 precepts in the 10 moral precepts that ordained buddhists follow
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parinibbana
enlightenment after death

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