key words

Question 1

Abhiseka

Answer 1

‘sprinkling’ purification initaition rite, consecration, empowerment
ordinary water charged with power through interaction with sacred persons, words, symbolic actions, alms bowls and consecrated cord

Question 2

• Amitābha

Answer 2

‘limitless light’ –> widely worshipped buddha in Mahayana traditions

Question 3

Anattā

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no self, no permanent self or essence can be found in any phenomenon
1/3 noble truths

Question 4

Annica

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impermanence

Question 5

Antarābhava

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intermediate state between death and rebirth/ one of sentient beings four modes of existence

Question 6

Bhāvanā

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in sanskirt and pali ‘cultivation’ –>
Causing/ producing beings into existence

sustained development of a particular state of mine/ ‘briniging into being’
can be studying doctrine, chanting verses and memorising sutras (full range of buddhist spiritual culture’

Question 7

Bhikṣu and bhikṣuṇī

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In sanskrit ‘beggar’ or ‘monk’/ female member of monastic community

Question 8

Buddha abhiseka

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In sanskirt ‘buddha consecration’

Question 9

Bodhimanda

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‘position of awakening’ –> seat of enlightenment

Question 10

Bodhisattva

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Someone on the path to englightenment/ Buddhahood

Question 11

Dana

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In Sanskirt/Pali - ‘giving’, ‘charity’

Question 12

Dharma

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Universal truth, common to all individuals at the time, proclaimed by the buddha

Question 13

Dharmakāya

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‘Truth body’ One of three bodies of Buddha

non-material not subject to decay ageing or death

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Dukkha

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suffering

Question 15

Karma

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karma refers to action driven by intention which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the cycle of rebirth

Question 16

Karuṇā

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‘compassion’ or ‘empathy’ wish that others could be free from suffering

Question 17

Kathina

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‘robe cloth ceremony’ - The lively kathina (“cloth”) ceremony, in which groups of laymen present gifts to the monks, takes place during the first month following the conclusion of vassa.

Question 18

Khandhas

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5 aggregates –> form, feeling.perception.mental formations and consciousness

Question 19

Nirmāṇakāya

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Nirmāṇakāya (one of three bodies of the Buddha) is the third aspect of the trikāya and the physical manifestation of a Buddha in time and space. Means to perform actions expected of `buddha for benefit of audience on earth.

Question 20

Pañña

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‘wisdom’ or ‘understanding’

Question 21

Paritta

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recitations and chants of ‘protection’ – reciting verses to ward off danger

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Pasāda

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‘stilling’ feeling settled/content

Question 23

Pāṭimokkha

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basic code of monastic discipline in Theravada Buddhism

Question 24

Samathā

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Calming meditation - concentration/tranquility

aimed to overcome cravings or tahna

Question 25

Saṃbhogakāya

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'enjoyment body' second of three bodies of the Buddha (tripitaka) subtle form only seen by Bodhisattva.

Question 26

Saṃgha

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community/order

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Saṃsāra

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cycle of rebirth, mudane existence and dying again

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Saṃvega

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'shaking' feeling of being shocked/stirred especially by impermanence indicates a sense of shock, dismay and spiritual urgency to reach liberation and escape the suffering of samsara.

Question 29

Śarīra

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common term for body in both literal and metaphorical sense/ often translated as relic

Question 30

Sati

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mindfulness/awareness

Question 31

Stūpa

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A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation

Question 32

Śūnyatā

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emptiness --> all things are empty of intrinsic exsistence

Question 33

Sūtra

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'discourse, sermon, scripture' said to be delivered by the Buddha or delivered with this sanction (oral teachings)

Question 34

Tathāgata garbha

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" thus gone one" "womb" (garbha) of Buddha (Tathagata). This refers to a Mahayana Buddhist doctrine that Buddha Nature is within all beings.

Question 35

Tripiṭaka

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three baskets --> Earliest collection of Budhhist scripture

Question 36

Uposatha

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Uposatha, meaning 'entering to stay', refers to the weekly practice of coming together to reaffirm commitment in Theravada tradition Fast day or holy day - beginning and end of vassa

Question 37

Vassa

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the Buddhist monastic retreat observed primarily in Buddhist communities in Southeast Asia during the three-month monsoon period each year. expected to remain in one place

Question 38

Vinaya

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"discipline" the corpus of monastic religions especially that directed to fully ordained monks “To lead”

Question 39

Vipassanā

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"insight" meditation insight/wisdom aimed at overcoming ignorance aims cultivation of panna (wisdom)