beliefs and teachings

• the five moral precepts

  1. do not kill
  2. do not take what is not freely given
  3. do not misuse the senses
  4. do not take intoxicants
  5. refrain from wrong speech
• what is karuna?


  compassion for someone in need, wanting to alleviate their suffering
• what is metta?


  kindness before someone is suffering
• what is puja?


  an act of worship which allows buddhists to express their gratitude and respect for the Buddha and his teachings
• what do buddhists believe happens to our body after death?

  they believe our karmic energy leaves our body and is reborn in another
• a thangka is a detailed painting of the buddha or a bodhisattva
• unskillful actions are caused by immoral actions that leads to bad kamma
• what are the five extra precepts that Mahayana buddhists follow?

  • do not talk of other peoples errors/faults
  • do not praise yourself and speak badly of others
  • do not be stingy (ungenerous)
  • not to be angry
  • not to speak badly of the three refuges
• the four sights:

  1. sickness
  2. old age
  3. death
  4. holy man
• being an ascetic is living a simple and strict lifestyle with few pleasures and possessions
• the middle way is the way of life in between luxury and ascetism
• what are the three refuges?

  the buddha , the dharma, the sangha
• the four noble truths :

  1. dukkha - suffering
  2. samudaya - the cause of suffering
  3. nirodha - the end of suffering
  4. manga - the path leading to suffering
• we are believed to be made up of the five aggregates:

  1. form
  2. sensation
  3. perception
  4. our thoughts
  5. consciousness
• what is pureland buddhism?


  the belief in amitabha buddha and the purblind where it is easier to reach enlightenment as there they will be taught by amitabha
• paticcasamupada is the belief that everything is interdependent and connected
• the three marks of existence:

  1. Annica - impermanence
  2. annata - no fixed self
  3. dukkha - suffering
• what are the six perfections?

  generosity, morality,patience,energy,wisdom,motivation
• the four watches of the night:

  1. learned the truth of samsara and gained knowledge of his previous lives
  2. learned of kamma
  3. why suffering exists and how to escape samsara
  4. achieved enlightenment