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  Pali canon or Tipitaka (3 baskets)
• 3 baskets of Tipitaka

  • Sutta pitaka - contains the conventional teaching delivered by Siddharta or different occasions
  • Vinaya pitaka - contains disciplinary code required of Buddhist monks and nuns
  • Abhidhamma pitaka - is a work on moral psychology/ ultimate doctrine
• Buddhism did not claim to be a savior but guide and teacher as he pointed the way to others to follow and gain spiritual bliss in doing so
• Buddhism does not preach that humans have an eternal and indestructible soul
• Noble Eightfold Path


  • Right view - (to understand the four noble truths)
  • Right effort - avoid evil thoughts (more on optimism)
  • Right concentration - doing meditating
  • Right mindfulness - having vigilant attention while doing meditation
  • Right intention - free oneself from untruthfulness
  • Right speech - abstrain from untruthfulness (avoiding harsh words)
  • Right action - abstain from killing, stealing and misconduct
  • Right livelihood - to earn a living
• Meditation


  Concentrate to reach nirvana
• Nirvana


  Free from the cycle of rebirth
• 4 Noble Truths


  • Dukkha - the truth of suffering
  • Samudaya - the truth of the origin of suffering
  • Nirodha - the truth of the end of suffering
  • Magga - the truth of the path to the end of suffering
• Concept of Buddha

  Follow his doctrines and teachings so that you will be able to get saved
• School of monks


  Theravada Buddhism
• Two forms of meditation

  • Samatha - (calming meditation) the earliest forms of meditation and is not unique to Buddhism
  • Vipassana - (insight meditation) this form of meditation is used to achieved insight into the true nature of things
• If a person reaches liberation, he or she will be a worthy person (arhat)
• Five principles of Buddha


  • Refrain from harming living beings
  • Refrain from taking that which is not freely given
  • Refrain from sexual misconduct
  • Refrain from wrong speech
  • Refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs
• The law of dependent origination (Paticca Samuppada)


  One of the most important teaching of Buddha and it is also very profound