Theravada key words

Cards (6)

  • Arhat - Theravada Buddhist - enlightened person
  • The Ten Perfections - how you become an Arhat
  • Wesak - celebrate the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and death
  • Vipassana - “insight meditation”. developing an understanding of the nature of reality
  • Samatha - meditation. calm the mind, to focus/develop deeper concentration
  • Transfer of merit - upon death, others will donate to charities in order to gain kamma + good rebirth