Buddism

anatman

• Ego in Western philosophy.
• Selflessness in Hinduism.
• The concept of anatta in Jainism.
• Non-self in Buddhist philosophy.

arhats

• Enlightened beings; worthy ones

• Monks who have not achieved enlightenment.
• Spiritual leaders in Christianity.
• Philosophers in ancient Greece.

Bodhisattva

• A being who seeks personal enlightenment only.
• A deity worshipped in Buddhist traditions.
• A term for a Buddhist monk who has achieved nirvana.
• A being who seeks enlightenment

the Enlightened One, who learned great truths about the cause and cure for human suffering and taught them to the world.

• Confucius
• Socrates
• Plato
• Buddha

the teachings of the Buddah

• sangha

• Dharma

• trikaya

• lamas

suffering

• samsara

• nirvana

• dukka

• arhats

The Buddha taught that suffering is caused by _ , a Pali word most commonly translated as “desire”

• karma
• nirvana
• samsara
• tanha

what are the four noble truths?

• The truth of eternal life
• The truth of happiness
• The truth of material wealth
• suffering is inherent in life, the cause of suffering is desire, there is a way to end desire,

  the way is the noble eightfold path

the coming-into-existence of all things depends upon other things

• Independence of existence
• Random emergence of things
• Interdependence origination aka dependent origination

• Existence without cause

"action" and the consequences of action in Buddhism

• sutras

• karma

• dharma

• mantras