| A | B |
|---|
| Suffering Exists | First Noble Truth |
| Suffering arises from our attachment to our desires. | Second Noble Truth |
| Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases. | Third Noble Truth |
| Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path. | Fourth Noble Truth |
| Transciency,Sorrow, and Selflessness | 3 Characteristics of Existence. |
| Wisdom, Morality, and Meditation | 3 Qualities/Eightfold Path |
| Right View, Right Thought | Make up Wisdom Quality in the Eightfold Path. |
| Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood | Make up Morality Quality in the Eightfold Path. |
| Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Contemplation | Make up Meditation Quality in the Eightfold Path. |
| Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, and Consciousness | The Aggregates or Skandhas. |
| Form (rupa) | Our body is made up of earth, wind, fire, and water. |
| Feeling (vedana) | Is one of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral. |
| 6 Internal Organs and 6 External Objects | Feelings arise when there is contact between these. |
| Perception (samjna) | Is related to the six external objects. |
| Volition (samskara) | Is the response of the will to the six external objects. |
| Consciousness (vijnana) | Grasps the characteristics of the six external objects. |
| The 5 Aggregates/Skandhas | Make up life as we know it. |
| Maya | Illusion |
| Characteristics of Existence | Transciency, Sorrow, Selflessness |
| Four Boundless States | Help in dissolving the idea of a seperate self. |
| Qualities of the Four Boundless States | Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, Equanimity |
| Near Enemy of Loving Kindness (metta) | Selfish Love |
| Near Enemy of Compassion (karuna) | Pity |
| Near Enemy of Sympathetic Joy (mudita) | Hypocrisy |
| Near Enemy of Equanimity (upekkha) | Indifference |
| Far Enemy of Equanimity (upekkha) | Anxiety/Stress |
| Far Enemy of Sympathetic Joy (mudita) | Envy/Jealousy |
| Far Enemy of Compassion (karuna) | Cruelty |
| Far Enemy of Loving Kindness (metta) | Hatred |
| Tahna | Selfish Desire |
| Arhat | Liberation or release |
| Dukkha | Suffering/Sorrow/Frustration |
| Hinayana | Buddhist school of thought, also known as the "Lesser Vehicle" |
| Theravada | Only surviving school of Hinayana. |
| Mahayana | Buddhist school of thought, also called the "Great Vehicle." |
| Hinayana Ideal | Arhat: Fully liberated being. |
| Mahayana Ideal | Bodhisattva: enlightened person who has made the vow to reach enlightenment for the sake of others. |
| Yana | Vehicle |
| Often used as a metaphor for Buddhism. | A raft. |
| Esoteric | For a select few. |
| Vajrayana | Esoteric school of Mahayana, also called the "Diamond Vehicle." |
