rps key terms

• the trinity C

  Father, son, holy spirit- concept of one God who is three 'persons' each being fully god yet aren't identical to each other and is separate but one at the same time
• salvation C

  the idea that we are saved from the consequences of our sin and are able to live eternally with God
• atonement C

  making up for our wrong doing
• incarnation C

  God becoming flesh- found in Luke "Mary became pregnant through the holy spirit
• heaven C

  a place for eternal life and ultimate happiness
• hell C

  place of suffering ruled by satan
• dependent arising B

  the belief that everything exists because of other things- Link with 3 marks of existence: dukkah couldn't happen without someone causing the suffering in the first place, anicca couldn't happen without someone or something causing the change and anatta couldn't exist without something happening to cause yourself to change
• 5 skandahs/aggregates B

  perception, mental formation, form, sensation, consciousness
• 4 noble truths B

  Dukkah- suffering

  Samudaya- suffering has a cause

  Nirrodah- suffering can come to an end

  Magga- there is a means to bring suffering to an end
• four sights B

  old man, sick man, dead man, holy man
• ahimsa B

  respect for all living things and avoidance of violence towards others.
• three marks of existence

  anatta, anicca, dukkah
• anatta

  belief that there is no fixed self
• anicca

  impermanence- belife that nothing is permanent
• dukkah

  suffering
• buddahood

  reaching enlightenment
• arhat

  a perfected person- therevada
• tahna

  craving
• sunyata

  emptiness- mahayana
• bodhisattva

  a being destined for enlightenment- mahyana
• ascetic

  a life free from worldly pleasures
• karuna

  compassion
• three posions

  greed, hatred, ignorance
• metta

  pure love which is selfless and not possesive
• mara

  evil coming from within a person
• problems of evil and suffering

  god = ominbenevolent so wouldn't want us to suffer

  Therefore God must have limited power so cannot stop evil and suffering, also means he is not omnipotent

  doesn't make sense as that would mean God is not supreme
• why is grace important

  shows we are understanding of salvation due to our sins

  is Gods gift that we may choose to accept
• why is law important

  keeping all of God's laws means that you have not sinned so are free from the consequences of sin and have been saved
• why is holy spirit important

  in Act 2 it says that it "dwells" within each christian to help them be a better christian and do good works