Buddhism key words

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Anatta
'No-self', means no permanent self.
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Anicca
Everything is changing/impermanent
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Arhat goal
Theravada enlightenment goal
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Bhumi
Stage on the bodhisattva path
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Bodhi tree
Tree under which Siddhartha became enlightened
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Bodhisattva
'Enlightenment Being' (Mahayana)
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Buddha
'Enlightened or Awakened one'
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Dana
'Giving'
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Dasa sila
Ten precepts observed by monks and nuns
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Dharma
Teaching
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Dukkha
'Suffering' 'unsatisfactoriness'.
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Dukkha-dukkha
Physical,emotional and mental pain
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Enlightenment
Goal of buddhists
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Karma
Relationships between intentions/actions and consequences
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Skandha
The five impermanent bundles that make up a human being
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Lakshanas
Marks of existence (dukkha,anicca,anatta)
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Lay
Not ordained
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Magga
'The way'. Eightfold path
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Mahayana
Type of buddhism
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Meditation
The practice of training the mind to become calm and to experience reality as it really is.
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Punya
'Merit'
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Metta bhavana
Loving kindness meditation
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Middle way
Rejection of two extremes luxury and asceticism.
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Mudra
Hand gestures with parti
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Mudra
Hand gestures with particular meanings.
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Myth
Looks for the meaning rather than the truth
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Nirvana
The goal of enlightenment
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Nirodha
Cessation=the third of the four noble truths
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Parajikas
Four rules that if broken result in expulsion from the sangha.
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Paramita
'Perfections' - characteristics of bodhisattva
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Patimokkha
Rules governing the conduct of monks and nuns
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Pratityasamutpada
Interconnectedness
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Samsara
Cycle of rebirth
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Samatha
Form of meditation. Fouceses on the breath
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Sangha
Buddhist community
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Tanha
'Craving'
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Therevada
Oldest form of buddhism
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Uposatha days
Days of renewed commitment to the dharma
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Vihara
Monastery (Theravada)
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Viparinama-dukkha
Dukkah produced by change
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Vipassana
Insight meditation
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Zazen
'Sitting' form of meditation.
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Everything is changing/impermanent

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Anicca

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Theravada enlightenment goal

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Stage on the bodhisattva path

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Card 5

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Tree under which Siddhartha became enlightened

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