Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama
(founder)

the Buddha

India

Ashoka the Great

Monasteries

Missionaries

Huns invasion

destroyed monasteries

Enlightenment

Inner Peace and Wisdom

Dharma

Five moral precepts

Killing living things

Taking what is not given

Sexual misconduct

Lying

Using drugs/alcohol

Nirvana

way of life/spiritual tradition

avoid self-indulgence/self-denial

Four Noble Truths

karma (law of cause/effect)

reincarnation (continuous cycle of rebirth)

suffering/dukkha

cause of suffering/samudaya

end of suffering/nirhodha

path that frees us from suffering/magga

Worship

temples

home

monks/bhikkhus

Symbols

eight-spoked dharma wheel

Bodhi tree

swastika (well-being, good fortune in Sanskrit)

Lotus Flower

Types

Mahayana Buddhism ("greater vehicle")

China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, Bhutan, Russia, N. India

Theravada Buddhism (traditional teachings)

Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma

Eightfold Path

understanding/Samma ditthi

thought/Samma sankappa

speech/Samma vaca

action/Samma kammanta

livelihood/Samma vayama

effort/Samma vayama

mindfulness/Samma sati

concentration/Samma samadhi

Holy Books

Tipitaka (three baskets)

Sutras

The Book of the Dead (Tibetan)

Dalai Lama
(Leading monk in Tibetan)

Holidays

Vesek

Uposatha

Buddhist New Year