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The Four Sights
Old age, illness, death, and a hold man. These made Buddha leave the palace
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Jataka
The Jakata tales are about the lives of the Buddha
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Tanha
Craving
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The Three Poisons
Greed, hatred and ignorance. The main causes of suffering.
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Nibbana
A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace.
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The Eightfold Path
Eight aspects that Buddhists practice and live by in order to achieve enlightenment.
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The Threefold Way
The way the eightfold path is grouped into ethics, meditation and wisdom.
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Ethics
A section of the threefold way that emphasises the important of skilful action as the basis for spiritual progress.
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Meditation
A section of the threefold way that emphasises the role of meditation in the process of spiritual development.
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Wisdom
A section of the threefold way that deals with Buddhist approaches to understanding the nature of reality.
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The Five Aggregates
The five aspects that make up a person
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Sunyata
Emptiness. The consept that nothing has a separate independent 'self' or 'soul'
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Buddha-nature
The idea that everyone has the essence of a Buddha inside them.
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Buddhahood
When someone achieves enlightenment and becomes a Buddha.
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Arhat
For Theravada Buddhists, someone who has become enlightened.
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Bodhisattva
For Mahayana Buddhists. someone who has become enlightened but chooses to remain in the cycle of samsara to help others achieve enlightenment as well.
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Pure Land Buddhism
A Mayhayana form of Buddhism based on belief in Amitabha Buddha.
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Amitabha Buddha
The Buddha worshipped by Pure Land Buddhists.
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Sukhavati
The paradise where Amitabha Buddha lives, and where Pure Land Buddhists aim to be reborn.
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The Jakata tales are about the lives of the Buddha

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Jataka

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Craving

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Greed, hatred and ignorance. The main causes of suffering.

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A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace.

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