The Mind and Its Potential Flashcards
Chapter 12 (324 cards)
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.
What fundamental questions arise after recognizing the unsatisfactory nature of samsara and identifying its causes, leading to the topic, ‘The Mind and Its Potential’?
Is liberation possible? If so, how do we attain it?
To answer whether liberation is possible and how to attain it, what does emphasize we must understand first and foremost?
Our mind, because the mind is the basis for both samsara (cyclic existence) and nirvana (liberation).
What is described as the ‘greatest potential’ of sentient beings, who are defined as beings with minds that are still obscured?
The potential to become fully awakened Buddhas—omniscient beings endowed with perfect wisdom, boundless compassion, infinite power, and skillful means to be of the greatest benefit to all.