Life of Buddha
Before he was born, it was prophesied that Siddhartha Gautama would either be an important spiritual teacher or this?
what is a powerful leader / king?
birth, aging, sickness, death, not getting what one wants, getting what one doesn't want?
what is dukkha?
the fifth factor of the eightfold path?
what is wise livelihood?
if you're a meditator, you want to herd your cattle into these 4 pastures (name them)?
what are body, feeling, mind states, and dhammas?
famous psychotherapist, Carl Rogers, said that a therapist should treat their clients with "unconditional positive regard". The Buddha might call this what?
what is Metta - lovingkindness?
the four heavenly messengers?
what are aging person, sick person, corpse, & spiritual devotee?
removing a pot from a source of heat?
what is nibanna / nirvana?
last night you hurt someone, stole from someone, lied to someone, were sexually unskillful... you may have broken this precept that leads to heedlessness?
what is abstaining from intoxicants?
in Pali Sanskrit, it is the hedonic tone of like, don't like, don't care?
what is vedana?
the near enemy of equanimity?
what is "indifference"?
how did the Buddha die?
what is dysentery from spoiled food?
if you sneeze and throw out your back, you may be experiencing this type of dukkha?
what is dukkha dukkha?
in an effort to condense one of the hundreds of lists, the eightfold path can be simplified into these three baskets?
what are panna (wisdom), sila (ethics), & samadhi (meditation)?
greed, hatred, confusion, contracted, distracted, surpassable, unliberated... you might find these hanging out in this Foundation of Mindfulness?
what is the third foundation / mindfulness of mind states?
In the Shakespearian play Othello, Iago warns Othello to beware of this type of poisonous mind state? He says, "It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on."
what is jealousy?
the name of the woman who fed Siddhartha when he was starving?
Who is Sujata?
if I can monetize my social media account, quit my job and move to Costa Rica, then I'll be so happy. You may experience this type of tanha?
what is Bhava Tanha?
Two types of wise view?
what are supermundane (4 noble truths) & mundane (karma)?
before sitting in meditation, we might want to find a suitable location: the foot of a tree or this other location described in the Satipatthana Sutta?
what is "an empty hut"?
The eminent Buddhist scholar, Buddhaghosa, laid out detailed instructions for practice in this text (translated to mean "The Path of Purification")?
What is the Visuddhimagga?
Siddhartha was born into the Sakiya clan, meaning this?
what is "people of the sun"?
in short, this is dukkha?
what are the five aggregates subject to clinging?
especially if you're a monk or a nun, don't only abstain from false speech, harsh speech, divisive speech, but please also abstain from this other type of speech?
what is idle chatter?
particularly hard to translate, this is the Pali Sanskrit word for mental fabrications, mental formations, mental inclinations?
what is sankhara?
before we were taught to use phrases or categories, the Buddha would instruct his disciples to cultivate the Brahmaviharas by doing this? kind of like the sun
what is to radiate?