Buddhism

• "Do good, get good, Do evil, get evil." - the buddha
• 'This, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is this noble eightfold path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.' - The Buddha
• Buddha taught that suffering arises from craving or attachment to things.
• Dukkha - Suffering exists (First Noble Truth)
• samudaya - There is a cause of suffering: craving (Second Noble Truth)
• Nirodha - Craving can be overcome by following the Eightfold Path (Third Noble Truth)
• Marga - Following the Eightfold Path leads to liberation from suffering (Fourth Noble Truth)
• The Buddha: ''Even death is not to be feared by one who lives wisely''
• The Buddha: 'Even death is not to be feared by one who lives wisely'
• Wesak celebrates the day in year 623 BC that the Buddha was born.
• Parinirvana day celebrates the Buddha's death and passing into parinirvana.
• Wesak is celebrated in May on a full moon in the Gregorian calendar.
• Parinirvana day is celebrated on the 15th of February.
• One of the methods of meditation in Buddhism is "Samatha", which involves focusing on breathing.
• One method Meditation is vipassana, which focuses on self reflection and mind.
• One method of meditation is visualisation which involves thinking of a Buddha, a Bodhisattva or a scene.
• The three scared jewels/refuges are

  •The Buddha

  •The Dhamma

  •The Sangha
• The Dhamma is the whole Pali Cano, containing:

  •rules of disciplin - Vimaya Pitaka

  •teachings from the life of the buddha - Sutta Pitaka

  •later philosophica teachings -Abhidhamma Pitaka
• Three marks of existence are:

  •Annica

  •Anatta

  •Dukkha
• "Is it the wheels, or the framework, or the ropes, or the yoke, or the spokes of the wheels, or the goad, that are the chariot?"
• Buddahood is status of being a Buddha or enlightened
• Siddhartha Gautama was married and to Yasodhara and had a child called Rahula
• Avidya


  The lack of knowledge
• Vijana


  The consciousness
• Samskara


  The construction of karmic formations
• The twelve Nidanas


  • Avidya
  • Vijana
  • Samskara