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Buddhism Study Guide
Term | Definition |
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Buddhism | a religion based on the teaching of the Buddha that developed in India in the 500s BC |
Eightfold Path | The buddha believed this path was a middle way between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure. 1) right thought 2) right intent 3) right speech 4) right action 5) right livelihood 6) right effort 7) right mindfulness 8) right concentration |
Fasting | going without food/hunger strike |
Four Noble Truths | at the heart of the buddhist teachings were 4 guiding principles, sorrow, suffering, nirvana and ignorance |
Mahayana Buddhists | believed that other people could interpret the Buddha's teachings to help people reach nirvana |
Missionaries | people who work to spread their religious beliefs |
Nirvana | a state of perfect peace |
Meditation | the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas |
Reincarnation | a hindu/buddhist belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time into a new body |
Karma | in hinduism/buddhism, the effects that good or bad actions have on a persons soul |
Theravada Buddhists | tried to follow the Buddha's teachings exactly as he had stated them |
Siddhartha Gautama | a buddhist prince not satisfied with his life, always felt like something was missing, became known later in left as The Buddha |
The Buddha | the intelligent one, he started meditating and fasting to talk to the spiritual gods |