Buddhism

• Anicca 


  The impermanent nature of all things
• Anatta 


  no independent soul or self
• Skandhas


  the five elements that make up a human being- form, sensation, perceptions, mental formations, consciousness
• Samatha


  calmness or breathing meditation
• Pratitya Samputpada

  dependent origination, everything exists because of the existence of other phenomena in an incredibly complex web of cause and effect covering the past, present and future
• Mettabhavana


  the development of loving kindness, usually through meditation
• Vipassana


  insight meditation enabling the individual to see the true nature of things
• “He who seeks refuge in the Buddha, teachings and his order penetrates with transcendental wisdom of the four noble truths


  DP chapter 4
• “Do not what is evil, do what is good. keep your mind pure. this is the teaching of the Buddha 


  DP 183
• “when one sees this, he is above sorrow. this is the clear path


  DP 278
• “He whose mind is in calm self control is free from the lusts of desires”


  DP 39
• “He who has wisdom and contemplation, he is very near nirvana


  DP 372
• “wisdom springs from meditation

  DP 282
• ”suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox


  DP 1
• “all that is subject to arising is subject to ceasing
• Four sublime states


  Metta, karuna, mudita, upekha
• “Worship is an attempt to enter into the qualities expressed by the Buddha image
• “nor anywhere can a man be free from the evil he has done
• “The truth of the origin is like the cause of the disease. the truth of the path is like the medicine

  Buddhaghosa
• “everything is connected to the fate of others that a single on his or her own can’t even begin to act

  Pratitya samputpada quote
• “The wise find their delight in the dharma, in the noble ones revealed by the great


  DP 79
• “if a man watches not for nirvana, his cravings grow like a creeper


  DP 334
• “a man is not a great man because he is a warrior, but because he hurts not any living being


  DP 270