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Buddhist terms and names

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The Four Passing Sights   the Old Man, the Dead Man, the Diseased man, and the Holy man.  
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The Four Noble Truths   To live is to suffer; suffering is caused by desire; the cessation of suffering can be achieved; the solution is the Noble Eigthfold Path.  
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The Noble Eightfold Path   right views, right intentions, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right meditation.  
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The Three Jewels   Buddha, Dharma(the Buddhist teachings), and the Sangha (the Buddhist monastic community)  
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The Three Branches of Buddhism   Mahayana, "the Great Vehicle" prevalent in China Japan and Korea; Theravada- "way of the elders" prevalent in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand; Vajarayyana- "Vehicle of the Diamond" named for Buddha's scepter. prevalent in Tibet.  
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Three Marks of Existence   Anatta- means no ultimate reality within. Anicca- "impermanence." Focuses on idea that existence is constantly changin. Dukkha- "suffering"  
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The Five Precepts   do not take life, do not take what is not given, do not engage in sensuous misconduct, do not use false speech, do not drink intoxicants  
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Doctrine of the Middle Way   A basic buddhist teaching that rejects both pleasures of sensual indulgence and self-denial of asceticism, focusing instead on a practical approach to spiritual attainment.  
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Dali Lama   The Spiritual Leader of the Vajryana Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.  
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Nirvana   The ultimate goal of all Buddhists, the extinction of desire and any sense of individual selfhood, resulting in liberation from samsara and its limiting conditions.  
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