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| a doctrine of the Buddha that emphasizes the self, or "I," is nothing but a succession of mental states |
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| a doctrine that teaches that life consists of continual change |
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| a Theravada Buddhist who has reached nirvana |
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| a disciple of the Buddha that imitates the Buddha's life and practises |
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| legendary figure who taught that all that was needed for salvation was direct insight achieved by meditation |
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| an individual who through compassion, wisdom, and good merit has earned nirvana but refuses release, instead choosing to be reborn over and over again to help others reach nirvana |
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| a commitment ofter made by Hahayana Buddhists that commits one to saving all beings, overcoming all lists, learining all spiritual truths, and attaining Buddhahood |
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| meaning "the Enlightened One," he is recognized as the founder of Buddhism |
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| form of buddhism that emphasizes the importance of mediation and dimishes that importances of Buddhist teachings |
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| the spiritual leader and head of state in Tibet, he is believed to be the incarnation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara |
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| Buddha's first sermon where he told his followers followers that there were two extremes to avoid: the path of pleasure and lust |
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| a feeling of suffering or sorrow that results from striving for things and worrying about how to get them or fearing the loss of those things |
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| a practice guideline that shows how to understand the noble truths and shows the was to cease craving, to overcome suffering, and to attain nirvana through correct conduct |
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| the four most important principles of Buddhism and the heart of the Buddha's dharma |
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| four things, old age, sickness, death, and religious ascetics, the Buddha's father prevented him from seeing until the Vedic gods intervened. It ultimately led Buddha to leave his priviliged life and devote himself to a life of renunciation |
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| ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India who converted to Buddhism, and hoping to unify his empire, he enjoined his subjects to live by Buddhist ethical principles |
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| a widely held and deeply regarded guide to salvation , it shows the Buddha talking about the nature of Buddhahood and the Bodhisattva ideal |
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| A type of Buddhism that is considered the was of compassion and wisdom: it emphasizes direct, personal religious experiences |
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| relifious pictures containing ornate geometric designs of concentric layers of circles and squares containing circles whose shared center is the focal point |
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| Buddha's idea of a life of moderation; it offers a clue to the solution for overcoming suffering and impermanence |
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| symbolic hand gestures used in ritual or religious art |
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| type of Buddhism that emphasizes the teaching of the Lotus Sutra and can be understood as a socio-political school as well as a religio-philosophical movement |
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| the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhism - exit fro existences |
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| also known as the Tripitaka, it consist of teaching about monastic rules and discipline, sermons, teachings, stories, treatises, and scholarly |
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| type fo Buddhism that focuses entirely on the Amitabha Budda known as the Amida Buddha in East Asia |
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| Buddha's hoping for escaping from impermanence and suffering, he lived a strict and rigorous lifestyle of punishing self-denial |
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| the community of the Buddhist religious monks |
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| a wandering holy man that lived an ascetic life committed to self renunciation |
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| a debate that was held to settle disputes about Vinaya, monastic rules |
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| Siddhartha Gautama Shakya |
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| the original name of the man who was to become known as the Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha |
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shrines made of mounds of dirt where they kept
Buddha's remains |
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| speeches of Buddha that were written on palm leaves and kept in baskets and were compiled over hundreds of years |
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| type of Buddhism that priviledges the Lotus Sutra as the ultimate guide to salvation |
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| the events of Buddha's life when he renounced his life of privilige by leaving his family and home behind in hopes of escaping from impermanence and suffering |
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| type of Buddhism that considers the historical Buddha to be the only Buddha and believes that Buddhism largely consists of imitating the life and practices of the Buddha as originally taught by the elders |
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| Meeting formed by King Ashoka to reform Buddhism in the hope of preserving and maintaining orthodox Buddhism |
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| Three Bodies of the Buddha |
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| doctrine that signifies the mystical presence of the Buddha in three modalities; the Wisdom of the Buddha, the Celestial Body of Bliss, and the body of Transformation |
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| also known as the Pali Canon and the "Three Baskets," it is Theravada literature that consist of teachings about monastic rules and discipline, sermons, teachings, stories, treatises, and scholarly commentary |
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| also known as Tibetan Buddhism, it is a unique synthesis of Mahayana Buddhism and the indegenous Tibetan shamanistic religion called Bon |
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| a form of meditation that focuses on inhaling and exhaling and also focuses on contemplation of Buddha's sutras |
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| type of Buddhism that teaches that the Buddha's dharma can be directly experienced through deep meditation |
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