RS Key Words

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The Four Sublime States
Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity
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Wesak
A Theravada festival that celebrates Buddha's birthday.
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Metta
Loving Kindness. Being kind to others no matter what they've done.
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Sky Burial
A Tibetan funeral practice where the corpse is left on the mountain for the vultures to eat.
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Mahayana
An umbrella term to describe old Buddhist traditions,including Pure Land, Tibetan and Zen Buddhism
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Thangka
A Tibetan painting on cotton of Buddha.
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Karuna
Compassion.
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Parinirvana Day
A Mahayana festival for the day that Buddha died.
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Sympathetic Joy
When you feel happy for someone else's achievements.
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Theravada
'The school of elders'
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Mantra
A short sequence of sacred syllables
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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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Rupa
'form' Used to express matter or material phenomena.
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Vihara
A Buddhist temple or monastery.
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Card 2

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Wesak

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A Theravada festival that celebrates Buddha's birthday.

Card 3

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Metta

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Card 4

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Sky Burial

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Card 5

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Mahayana

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