In the Beginning
Noble 8
AHH Duhkha!
Round & Round
Brahman's Sutras
100
The "Enlightened One"
Who is the Buddah?
100
Buddah offers a path to the cessation of suffering.
What is the Eight Fold Path?
100
There is suffering. There is the origination of suffering. There is the cessation of suffering. There is a path to the cessation of suffering.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
100
Idea of "self"
What is atman?
100
After Buddah's death, Indian thinkers developed into philosophical systems: Vaisesika, Nyaya, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa and Vedanta.
What are the Brahmanical Schools?
200
In Indian tradition this deity is accredited with the creation of the universe.
What is Brahman?
200
Having the correct understanding of reality, know the Truth
Free your mind of Evil
What is the Right View?
What is the Right Intention?
200
Fundamental feature of life: duhkha
What is suffering?
200
Cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
What is reincarnation or samsara?
200
Set of aphorisms that lay out the core teachings of a particular school.
What is a Sutra?
300
Indian myths in a ancient set of hymns which are the basis of the Indian religion and Philosophy.
What are the Vedas?
300
Say nothing to hurt others
Work for the good of others
What is Right Speech?
What is Right Actions?
300
On a superficial level, this is the cause of suffering.
What is attachment?
300
Actions in this life affect the circumstances of your next life.
What is Karma?
300
Possibly writing between the 2nd century BC & AD, usually one person is attributed to writing a sutra. They are called ______________.
What is a sutra-maker or sutra-kara?
400
Philosophical reflections of the Vedas, the mental foundation for all of India.
What are the Upanisads?
400
Respect Life
Resist Evil
What is Right Livelihood?
What is Right Effort?
400
Lovingkindness, compassion, joy, equanimity.
What are the Four Divine Abidings?
400
Not just a 90's rock band. There is no desire or aversion to experiences in this life. Liberation from samsara.
What is nirvana?
400
School attributed to sutra-maker Kanada, develops realist metaphysics.
What is the School of Vaisesika?
500
What is the 'life after death' belief that both Buddhists and Hindus hold?
What is Reincarnation?
500
Practice Meditation
Control your Thoughts
What is Right Concentration?
What is Right Mindfulness?
500
By following the Noble 8-Fold Path and developing the Four Divine Abidings
What is the path to the cessation of suffering?
500
Second higher stage of enlightenment after death of the body.
What is nirvana without remainder?
500
School attributed to Aksapada Gautama which focused on logic and epistemology.
What is the School of Nyaya?