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| The Bodhisattva of Compassion, of whom the 14 Dalai Lamas are Incarnations. |
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| An individual who has achieved individual enlightenment |
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| An individual who foregoes his own enlightenment out of compassion for all sentient beings |
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| The Teachings of the Buddha |
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| the Buddha of the age who meets Sumedha on the road and predicts his future birth as the Buddha |
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8 tenants for discovering enlightenment.
Sila - right conduct, right speech and right livlihood.
Samadhi - right effort, right mindfulness and concentration.
Prajna - right view and right resolve. |
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| Four foundations of mindfulness |
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| Four foundations of mindfulness |
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of body,
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of mind as it is being mindful,
of being mindful of the concepts of the ming |
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Samatha - tranquility
Vipassana - Realization |
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| right conduct, right speech, right livlihood |
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| right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration |
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| right view and right resolve |
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| four foundations of mindfulness |
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| four foundations of mindfulness (stages) |
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mindfulness of body,
mindfulness of feelings,
mindfulness of mind as it is being mindful,
mindfulness of the concepts of the mind. |
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Duhka - anxiety and suffering,
Samudaya - origin of anxiety (trsnaltanha - thirst and desire)
Nirodha - cessation of samudaya, leading to nirvana. Understanding and abandoning those desires.
Marga - enlightenment, the way to it is the eightfold path. |
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| the cause of suffering, which is desire |
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| renouncing those desires in order to reach nirvana |
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| lesser or lower vehicle, a term used by Mahayanists for Theravadists. |
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| birth stories of the buddha |
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| "middle path," the way Buddha taught to avoid extremes like hedonism and nihilism |
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| greater vehichle - the northern school of buddhism |
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| a circle or geometric pattern used for meditational purposes. The ideal universe, used in Tantra |
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| the Buddhist void, literally extinguished as a candle flame |
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| the "Wisdom that has gone beyond sutra" (mahayana text) |
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| pratityasamupada or paticcasamuppada |
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| the law of dependent co-origination |
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| the lotus of the true law sutra (mahayana text) |
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| holistic term for the eight parts of the path. |
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| the Brahmin in the Jatakas who takes the vow to be reborn as the Buddha |
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| the buddhist monastic community |
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| emptiness, the state of being void |
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| aggregate heap of which there are five: form, sensations, perceptions, consciousnesses, karma |
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| Way of the elders, refers to the southern school of Buddhism |
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| Three bodies of the Buddha |
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Dharmakaya - transcendednt body, unlimited by time, space and human reasoning.
Sambhogakaya - body of enjoyment, makes the Buddha available in many different forms to serve in different ways.
Nirmanakaya - constructed or manifest body |
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| transcendent body of Buddha. unlimited by time space and reasoning |
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| body of enjoyment, makes the buddha available in many different forms to serve in many different ways |
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| constructed or manifest body |
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| Three Baskets - the three bodies of teachings making up the Buddhist scriptural canon: sutra (discourses of the Buddha) vinaya (rules of the monastic order, discipline) and abhidarma (learned discussions of the teachings and disciplines) |
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| rules of the monastic order, discipline. |
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| learned discussions or the teachings and disciplines. |
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"I take refuge in the Buddha, I take refuge in the Dharma, I take refuge in the Sangha."
A Daily vow chanted by Buddhist monks of both schools. |
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| Clever or skillful means, refers to the methods used by the Buddha to teach at different levels of awareness. |
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| the Buddha's diamond throne; refers to the spot where the Buddha sat underneath the bo tree and attained enlightenment |
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| seeing things as they really are |
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