three marks of existence

Question 1

what is dhamma?

Answer 1

the truth

Question 2

who is the buddha?

Answer 2

the enlightened one

Question 3

what is enlightenment?

Answer 3

knowing and understanding how to overcome suffering

Question 4

what are the three marks of existence?

Answer 4

anicca, anatta and dukkha

Question 5

how did the buddha discover the marks of existence?

Answer 5

meditating under bodhi tree

Question 6

what did the buddha discover about the marks of existence?

Answer 6

they are the characteristics of life that we need to understand to overcome suffering

Question 7

what does anicca mean?

Answer 7

impermanence

Question 8

how did the buddha discover impermanence?

Answer 8

by witnessing the four sights

Question 9

what are the four sights?

Answer 9

old man, sick man, religious man, dead man

Question 10

what story relates to anicca?

Answer 10

kisa and the mustard seed

Question 11

what is learned through kisa and the mustard seed?

Answer 11

everyone experiences suffering

Question 12

examples of relationship impermanence in buddhism

Answer 12

buddha leaves his wife and child to become enlightened, monks leave their families

Question 13

what does inability to accept impermanence result in?

Answer 13

cravings/tanha and then dukkha/suffering

Question 14

what does anicca teach us we need to stop to prevent suffering?

Answer 14

craving

Question 15

how does anicca help buddhists?

Answer 15

helps them to accept loss easier as aware it will happen, gives hope in difficult times as nothing lasts forever, less likely to crave physical, material possessions

Question 16

what is the second truth discovered?

Answer 16

anatta

Question 17

what does anatta mean?

Answer 17

living beings have no soul

Question 18

what are the five skhandas?

Answer 18

form, sensations, perceptions, mental formations, consciousness

Question 19

how do the 5 skhandas link to anatta?

Answer 19

instead of a soul, a person is made of these five constantly changing parts, no permanent sense of self

Question 20

how does the analogy of the chariot link to anatta?

Answer 20

no one part makes a chariot, they all work together just as there is no one soul in a human it is the 5 constantly changing skhandas

Question 21

how does anatta impact buddhists?

Answer 21

not bothered by appearance as know it wont last forever, able to let go of ego - not above anyone else, do not believe in a self so always put others first, constantly changing parts allow buddhists to change into better people

Question 22

how do buddhist monks demonstrate their acceptance of anattta?

Answer 22

by shaving their heads

Question 23

what does dukkha mean?

Answer 23

suffering, dissatisfaction

Question 24

what causes dukkha?

Answer 24

the three root poisons; greed, hatred and ignorance

Question 25

what does suffering do to buddhists?

Answer 25

keeps them trapped in the cycle of samsara, unable to break this to reach nibbana

Question 26

what are the three types of suffering?

Answer 26

dukkha, viparinama, sankhara

Question 27

what type of suffering is dukkha?

Answer 27

physical pain and unpleasant experiences

Question 28

what type of suffering is viparinama?

Answer 28

suffering due to good things being impermanent

Question 29

what type of suffering is sankhara?

Answer 29

unhappiness from being let down

Question 30

how does dukkha impact buddhists?

Answer 30

allows them to come to terms with suffering and have realistic expectations of life