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| Dukkha (First Noble Truth) |
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| obvious physical or mental pain |
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| losing something that’s valuable to you |
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| the ignorance in thinking that our cravings can be fully satisfied |
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| no-self doctrine, no soul, no permanent self, like a flame |
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| reincarnation; the anatman transmigrates in each renewal of the cycle |
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| Tanha (Second Noble Truth) |
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| Arising of suffering, craving/thirst for permanence |
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| "blowing out the flame of craving" |
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| what is transmigrated in rebirth. The 5 elements that make up our life. Not atman, not soul. Something transmigrates, but it’s impermanent |
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| Eightfold Path, the way to remove suffering |
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morality
1. right speech
2. right action
3. right livelihood |
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mental discipline
1. right effort
2. right mindfulness
3. right concentration |
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| Prajna / Panna (3rd Division) |
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Wisdom of no-self
7. right thoughts
8. right understanding |
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| Buddhist cannon: compled in 250 BC at court of King Asoka in Pali |
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| philisophical discussions |
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| Greater Vehicle, grows from sectarian split, favors larger community of believers |
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| universal principle, god who chooses to descend in avatars like Vishnu |
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pure light, pure life
Buddha who will save if you're devoted to him |
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| Beings that reach enlightenment but choose to wait until everyone is saved before entering Nirvana |
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| bodhisattva of mercy, omnipresent, all seeing/hearing |
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| Most important Mahayana Scripture, doctrines of expedient means, universality of enlightenment |
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Nothing Exists
Everything is empty, even Nirvana |
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| skillful means of reaching enlightenment (swordfighting, calligraphy, tea ceremony) |
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| monk in the Theravada tradition, spent 9 years in silent meditation facing the wall. Developed Chan Buddhism in China. u |
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Word Puzzles to bring people to immediate enlightenment
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?" |
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| lesser vehicle, tradition of the elders |
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| Diamond Vehicle, chanting vehicle |
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| like Darma, the thought, the truths |
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| 480 BCE, roughly 500 monks gathered to discuss the Buddha’s scriptures, no agreement was reached at this first meeting. They decided that each individual Buddhist would decide for themselves as to the Buddha’s scripture. |
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380 BCE, they met again to discuss especially the Vinaya scriptures
- Two groups emerge, Mahasanghikas (the great monastics) and Sthaviras (the elders)
- The Sthaviras were much more rigorous and conservative in their interpretation of the monastic rules
---->once one becomes an arhant they no longer sin, they are perfect
- The Mahasanghikas said that people could still succumb to human frailties even though they sin |
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225 BCE, initiated by emperor asoka
- the Mahasanghikas were asked to leave |
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| Magic spells, names of gods |
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| diagram of buddhas and worlds |
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| sacred sounds to evoke deity |
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| outside event, physical stimulus (doggy exists) |
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| sensations, notice (I pet the doggy) |
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| Perception, evalution (I like/dislike the doggy) |
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| Reaction, feel in the body (I want to pet/kick the doggy |
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| outside event increases, develop volition (doggy likes me/doggy bites me) |
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| Goal of Second noble truth |
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| Change sanna for panna/prajna |
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