| A | B |
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| The Three Jewels/Refuges | Buddha, Dharma, Sangha |
| Dipamkara | a Buddha who reached enlightenment eons prior to Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha. |
| arhat | "worthy one" |
| buddha | "awakened" |
| nirvana | "blowing out" |
| bodhisattva | "awakened being," teaches people about this state, does not accept nirvana |
| Theravada | more conservative form of Buddhism (Southwest Asia) |
| Birth of the Buddha | 6th Century B.C.E. |
| Gautama | "most excellent cow" |
| Sakyamuni | "one who posses power," clan, "sage of Sakyamuni Clan" |
| Siddhartha | "one who has achieved his goal" |
| Tathagata | "thus gone one" |
| Suddhodana | father of the Buddha |
| Maya (Mayadevi) | mother of the Buddha, dies 7 days after birth |
| Yasodhara | wife of the Buddha |
| 4 Chariot Rides | old person, diseased person, corpse, religious man meditiating |
| Rahula | son of the Buddha |
| Middle Way | Buddha searches for his after he goes through fasting and other bodily challenges |
| Bodh Gaya | where Buddha sits/meditates under the Bodhi tree and achieves Awakening |
| Sarnath: Deer Park | first dharma and disciples |
| Duhkha (Dukka) | "suffering" |
| 3 Characteristics | nothing lasts forever, there is suffering, all beings are self-less |
| parinirvana | "complete blowing out" |
| 3 Doctrines | Middle Way, Noble Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths |
| Four Noble Truths | life is suffering, thirst of suffering, cessation of suffering (nirvana) (is attainable), The Eightfold Path |
| Theravada | "way of the elders" |
| Hinayana | "lesser vehicle" |
| Mahayana | "greater vehicle" |
| Pali/Theravada Canon | Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia |
| Chinese Tripitaka | China, Korea, Japan |
| Kanjur & Tenjur | Tibet & Mongolia |
| pali | "text" |
| Tripitaka | "The Three Baskets" |
| Vinaya Pitaka | rules of conduct for the monastic members of the sanga |
| bhikshu | "monk" |
| bhikshuni | "nun" |
| Sutra Pitaka | discourses attributed to the Buddha and handful of his closest diciples |
| nikaya | "collection" |
| Abhidharma Pitaka | systematically arranged abhidharma that analyzes the teachings in the Sutra Pitaka with psychological and philosophical analysis |
| abhidharma | "higher doctrine" |
| First Buddhist Council | Rajagrha, 5th century B.C.E. |
| Second Buddhist Council | Vaishali, 4th century B.C.E. |
| King Asoka | (272-231 B.C.E.) |
| ahimsa | "non-injury" |
| Third Buddhist Council | Pataliputra, 250 B.C.E. |
| 2 fourth Buddhist Councils | Sri Lanka, turn of the century/ Kashmir, 100 C.E. |
| sarvastivada | "proclaim the existence of everything" |
| Buddhaghosa's Path of Purification | shila, samadhi, prajna |
| shila | ethical conduct: speech, action, livelihood |
| samadhi | concentration: mindfulness, effort |
| prajna | wisdom: understanding, thought |
| thila-shin | "a holder of morality" |
| vinya | "conduct" |
| Sutra | "record" |
| Madhyamika | focus on Middle Way |
| Yogacara | focus on yoga and meditation |
| Perfected View | genuine understanding of the Four Noble Truths and the quality of selflessnes |
| Perfected Commitment | non-attachment, non-injury, etc. |
| Perfected Speech | no gossip, lying, hateful remarks, etc. |
| Perfected Action | action always in step with Buddhist precepts |
| Perfected Livelihood | avoiding work that could harm others |
| Perfected Effort | committed to doing things that produce good karma |
| Perfected Mindfulness | essential to realization of nirvana |
| Perfected Concentration | particularly in meditation |
| anatman | "no-self" |
| skandhas | "psychophysical elements" |
| Codependent Arising | causation; all are bound to cycle of samsara |
| Theraveda's Focus | based on arhats |
| Mahayana Focus | based on bodhisattvas |
| ferryman | bring |
| shepherd | guide |
| king | lead |
| Mahayana Sutras | Buddha, Emptiness, Consciousness, Countless Buddha and Bodhisattva Realms |
| Nagarjuna | Madhyamika philosophy |
| shunyata | "emptiness" |
| Asgana | founder of Yogacara |
| Vasubandu | thought of Yogacara |
| vijnama | "consciousness" |
| trikaya | "3 bodies" |
| dharmakaya | "truth body" |
| sambhogakaya | "enjoyment body" |
| nirmanakay | "transformation body" |
| svabhavkakaya | "essence body" |
| abhidharma | "philosophy" |
| dharmas | elements of nature |
| momentaryness | impermanance |
| sarvastivada | "all-exists school" |
| antinomian | "against moral order" |
| tantrikas | followers of Tantra |
| Tantras | oral texts of Tantra |
| enlightenment can be attained by means of things that are of this world | body, mind, speech |
| mantranaya | "Mantra Method" |
| paramitanaya | "Perfection Method" |
| Buddhist Tantra | alternate path within Mahayana |
| The Five Ms | matsya, mamsa, madya, mudra, maithuna |
| matsya | fish |
| mamsa | meat |
| madya | liquor |
| mudra | seal |
| maithuna | sexual emission |
| matsya (right) | absorption of breaths on one's medial channel |
| mamsa (right) | tantrika's tounge (raising up of nectar through yogic practice) |
| madya (right) | nectar internally drunk in the cranial vault |
| mudra (right) | dawning of inner knowledge |
| maithuna (right) | supreme essence from which all knowledge and power arise |
| yantra | diagrams for meditation |
| mandala | "circle" |
| vajrayana | "the thunderbolt vehicle" |
| Nyingmapa school | "old translation" |
| Kagyupa school | study of Madhyamika |
| Sakyapa school | "grey earth" |
| Padmasambhava | brought Buddhism to Tibet |
| Bon | original religion in Tibet |
| Dalai Lama | "ocean of wisdom" |
| tulkus | "buddhist masters" |
| panchen | "great pandit" |
| Kubilai Khan | attempts Mongol rule in China and wants ti import Buddhism |
| Altan Khan | wants to fix things, helps rebuild Tibet and religion |
| Tan | "strech" |
| Gelukpa | yellow hats (internalization) |
| Sakyapa | red hats (externalization) |
| H.H. | His Holiness |
| 33 Edicts of Ashoka | records of life of Buddha and closest desciples |
| 18 schools in South Asia | Mainstream Buddhism |
| Buddhaghosa compiled | The Path of Purification |
| Three Teachings | wisdom, ethics, concentration |
