Buddhism: Beliefs and Teachings (AQA)

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  1. 3. Suffering. Belief that all life includes suffering and unsatisfactoriness; one of the Three Marks of Existence.
  2. 4. An important part of the Buddha’s teachings found in the Pali Canon, explaining the truth about existence. These include: suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering, the path to the end of suffering.
  3. 6. Reaching enlightenment
  4. 7. The teachings of the Buddha; these are the ultimate truth. Can also refer to following the Buddhist path (following the dharma).
  5. 9. Literally ‘blowing’ out. The belief that individuals can achieve a state of perfect peace where they experience liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
  6. 12. The fourth Noble Truth. Known as ‘The Middle Way,’ it includes the way to wisdom; mental training and the way of morality. Eight stages to be practised simultaneously.
  7. 13. The school of Buddhism mainly found in Sri Lanka and Thailand; it is an older tradition than Mahayana.
  8. 15. Literally “Greater Vehicle”; this school of Buddhism focuses on achieving enlightenment for the sake of all beings (Bodhisattva). It is the main school of Buddhism in China, Tibet and Japan.
  9. 17. The belief that all life involves/is marked by these three features; sometimes known as the Three Universal Truths. The three are: dukkha, anicca, anatta.
  10. 19. A life free from worldly pleasures, and involves giving up of material possessions. An ascetic life often has the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals.
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  1. 1. This is the dominant form of Buddhism in Japan and focuses on chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha.
  2. 2. The belief that everything exists because other things do; everything is interconnected and everyone affects everyone else
  3. 5. craving
  4. 6. An awakened or enlightened person
  5. 8. Belief that there is no fixed self/no soul; one of the Three Marks of Existence
  6. 10. In Mahayana Buddhism this refers to the fundamental nature of all beings, which means that all beings can become enlightened/reach Buddhahood
  7. 11. A state of wisdom that enables total clarity and understanding of the truths of existence; achieving Enlightenment (Buddhahood) allows a being to be freed from the cycle of rebirth.
  8. 14. One of the Three Poisons; the attachment to material things, and the ongoing selfish desire for more.
  9. 16. Impermanence. Belief that nothing is permanent; one of the Three Marks of Existence.
  10. 17. Causes of dukkha that affect all beings: ignorance, greed and hate.
  11. 18. Teaching from the Jataka Tales about Siddhartha Gautama’s experience of illness, old age, death and a holy man. These sights led him to give up his life of luxury, to follow an ascetic lifestyle, in search of the truth about suffering.