more buddhist beliefs on difficult topics

• what are the three marks of existence

  dukkha, anicca, anatta
• what is the first of the three marks of existence, explain

  dukkha means suffering, it is inevitable part of life

  7 states of suffering and 3 types of suffering
• what are the 7 states of suffering


  support dukkha, 3 marks of existence

  physical:

  death, old age, illness, birth

  mental:

  separation from something loved, contact with something you dislike and not being able to achieve desires
• what are the 3 types of suffering (dukkha) 


  ordinary - physical or mental pain

  attachment - dissatisfaction and craving

  because of change - used by losing something good
• dukkha quote


  "what I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering" buddha
• what is annica 


  one of the the three marks of existence

  impermenance and affects non living things, living things and the mind
• explain the story of kisa gotani


  wouldn't get over her daughters death, buddha told her to collect a mustard seed from every house in the village where someone had not died, she collected none showing suffering is universal and she buried her daughter
• what does the story of kisa gotani show


  suffering is universal due to impermanence and can be overcome
• what is annata 


  means no fixed self or soul

  one of the three marks of existence
• what Theravada teaching supports annata 


  5 aggregates showing no unchanging essence or core to a person, that these are all unchanging
• what are the five aggregates 


  form - body

  sensation - feelings

  perception - our understanding

  mental formations - our thoughts

  consciousness - general awareness
• what supports the 5 aggregates 


  story of nagasena - chariot analogy
• what was the story of nagasena - chariot analogy

  supports 5 aggregates and annata

  a chariot is made from different parts, the term chariot refers to all these parts, there is no chariot independent of its parts. like a person is made from parts and there is no separate self that is independent to these parts
• quote by sumedho


  "there is suffering without making it personal" showing we need to accept it is a part of life
• quote on craving

  "it is craving which leads to the renewed existence" summate nihaya, buddha
• explain the school of Theravada


  buddha seen as guide, not god

  believe good merit can be transferred

  5 aggregates
• explain Mahayana school fo buddhism 


  emphasises teachings of sunyata (emptiness)

  nothing has a separate independent soul and everything has essence of buddha nature
• explain buddha nature - Mahayana


  everyone has essence of it but its hidden by desires, ignorance and negativity. when we understand buddhas teachings we experience buddha nature
• what is an arhat 


  a perfect person that has reached enlightenment by fulfilling the eightfold path
• what is a boddhisatva 


  out of compassion, stays in the cycle of samsara to help others reach enlightenment
• boddhisatva vow


  "I vow to save them"
• how can u become a boddhisatva 


  practicising 6 perfections
• what does Mahayana buddhists teach about being a boddhisatva

  there are different buddhist - earthly and transcenant
• what is the difference between earthly and transcendent boddhisatvas 


  earthly - remains on earth

  transcendant - purely spiritual beyond space and time helping those and appearing in various ways