RS - Buddhism Key Words: (2) Practices

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Temple
A place where Buddhists come together to practise
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Gompa
A hall or building where Tibetan Buddhists meditate
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Stupa
A small building in a monastery that sometimes contains holy relics
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Shrine
An area with a statue of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, which provides Buddhists with a focal point for meditation and devotion
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Buddha rupa
A statue of the Buddha, often sitting cross-legged in a meditation pose
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Monastery (vihara)
A place where Buddhist monks and nuns live
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Puja
An act of worship
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Chanting
In Buddhism, reciting from the Buddhist scriptures
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Mantra
A short sequence of sacred syllables
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Mala
Prayer beads that are used to count the number of recitations in a mantra
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Meditation
A practice of calming and focusing the mind, and reflecting deeply on specific teachings to penetrate their true meaning
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Samatha meditation
‘Calming meditation’; a type of meditation that involves calming the mind and developing deeper concentration
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Mindfulness of breathing
A meditation practice focusing on the experience of breathing
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Vipassana meditation
‘Insight meditation’; a type of meditation that involves developing understanding of the nature of reality
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Zazen meditation
A type of meditation in Zen Buddhism that requires awareness of the present moment
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Visualisation
Imagining or ‘seeing’ an object in one’s mind
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Thangka
A detailed painting of a Buddha or Bodhisattva
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Mandala
An intricate, circle-shaped pattern that is used for meditation
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Festival
A day or period of celebration for religious reasons
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Retreat
A period of time spent away from everyday life in order to focus on meditation practice
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Wesak
A Theravada festival that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away
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Parinirvana Day
A Mahayana festival that commemorates the Buddha’s passing away
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Kamma (karma)
A person’s actions; the idea that skilful actions result in happiness and unskilful ones in suffering
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Skilful
Good, ethical actions or behaviour
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Unskilful
Bad, unethical actions or behaviour
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Karuna
Compassion; feeling concerned for the suffering of other people and wanting to relieve their suffering
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The four sublime states
The four qualities of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity which the Buddha taught that Buddhists should develop
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Metta
Loving-kindness; showing a benevolent, kind, friendly attitude towards other people
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The five moral precepts
Five principles that Buddhists try to follow to live ethically and morally
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The six perfections
The six qualities or virtues that Mahayana Buddhists try to develop in order to live as Bodhisattvas
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A hall or building where Tibetan Buddhists meditate

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A small building in a monastery that sometimes contains holy relics

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An area with a statue of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, which provides Buddhists with a focal point for meditation and devotion

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A statue of the Buddha, often sitting cross-legged in a meditation pose

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