Enlightened Beings
A Bodhisattva vows to postpone their own ________ to help all beings achieve liberation from suffering.
What is final enlightenment?
Right Understanding involves the correct grasp of the __________, setting the foundation for the rest of buddhist practice.
What is Four Noble Truths?
the 4 noble truths
what is:
1) suffering exists... :'(
2) the cause for suffering is desire/craving/attachment.
3) there's a way to end suffering (ending desire/craving/attachment)!
4) the way is the Eightfold Noble Path! XD
The sutra on love, kindness, and compassion!
Metta Sutra
not one, not two.
what is non-dualism?
maintaining a moment-to-moment awareness of the body, feelings, mind, and phenomena
What is right mindfulness?
Buddha, ______, Sangha
What is Dharma?
(Triple Gem)
The sutra that tells you how exactly to practice breathing and meditation.
All things are devoid of a separate sense of self.
What is emptiness?
The clan Shakyamuni Buddha's family came from
What is Shakya Clan?
The five precepts
What are: no lying, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no taking life, and no intoxicants that cloud the mind?
The 3 poisons that are the primary causes for suffering.
What are Greed, Aversion, and Delusion?
The diamond sutra says to let go of the idea of a _____, living being, a person, and a lifespan.
What is self?
The 6 perfections (paramita) of a bodhisattva
What are generosity, morality, patience, effort, meditation, and wisdom?
the meditative absorptions under Right Concentration, which are progressively deeper states of meditation characterized by one-pointed concentration and leading to profound tranquility and insight.
What are Jhanas?
Buddhists do not worship ____________ because they are caught in the cycle of rebirth too.
Written by Shantideva, this influential Mahayana text outlines the conduct and practices of a Bodhisattva.
A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
all things originate from the mind, challenging the notion that there is a reality existing separate from perception.
The medicine buddha holds this in his right hand.
What is the stem of the Aruna/Myrobalan/indian gooseberry plant?
What is preventing unwholesome states from arising, abandoning those already arisen, cultivating wholesome states not yet arisen, and maintaining those already arisen."
Does a dog have buddhanature?
What is a koan?
The sutra that Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen, recommended we all study
Lankavatara Sutra
a deep layer of consciousness that stores karmic seeds, which ripen into experiences.
What is storehouse consciousness (Alaya-vijnana)?