Three Characteristics of
Existence
Four Noble Truths
Suffering exists
Suffering arises from attachment to desires
Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
Noble Eightfold Path
Three Qualities |
Eightfold Path |
|---|---|
Wisdom (panna) |
Right View |
| . | Right Thought |
Morality (sila) |
Right Speech |
| . | Right Action |
| . | Right Livelihood |
Meditation (samadhi) |
Right Effort |
| . | Right Mindfulness |
| . | Right Contemplation |
Three Characteristics of Existence
Transiency (anicca)
Sorrow (dukkha)
Selflessness (anatta)
Four Boundless
States
The boundless states or brahmaviharas are considered friends on the way to Nirvana. They help in dissolving the idea of a separate self.
Loving kindness
Compassion
Sympathetic Joy
Equanimity
Near enemy is a quality that can masquerade as the
original, but is not the original. Far enemy is the clearly opposite quality.
The boundless state serves as an antidote for the quality mentioned as the far
enemy.
Pali |
English |
Description |
Near Enemy |
Far Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
metta |
loving kindness |
good-will, friendship, unconditional love for all beings |
selfish love |
hatred |
karuna |
compassion |
empathy, to feel with someone instead of for someone |
pity |
cruelty |
mudita |
sympathetic joy |
spontaneous joy in response to others success |
hypocrisy |
envy |
upekkha |
equanimity |
even-mindedness based on insight into the nature of things |
indifference |
anxiety |
Seven
Factors of Enlightment
Mindfulness
Investigation
Energy
Rapture
Tranquillity
Concentration
Equanimity
Five Hindrances
Sensuous lust
Aversion and ill will
Sloth and torpor
Restlessness and worry
Sceptical doubt
Ten Perfections (paramis)
Generosity (dana)
Morality (sila)
Renunciation (nekkhamma)
Wisdom (panna)
Energy (viriya)
Patience (khanti)
Truthfulness (sacca)
Resolution (adhitthana)
Loving-Kindness (metta)
Equanimity (upekkha)
Five Aggregates (skandhas)
Form (rupa) is made up of
earth
water
fire
wind
Feeling (vedana) is one of
pleasant,
unpleasant
neutral
Feelings arise when there is contact between the six internal organs and the six external objects.
Internal Organs
External Objects
Eye
Sight
Ear
Sound
Nose
Odor
Tongue
Taste
Body
Touch
Mind
Mental Object
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
Visual consciousness
Auditory consciousness
Olfactory consciousness
Gustatory consciousness
Tactile consciousness
Mental consciousness
Ten Fetters of Existence
Self-delusion
Doubt
Clinging to Ritual
Sensuous Lust
Ill Will
Greed for Fine Material Existence
Greed for Immaterial Existence
Conceit
Restlessness
Ignorance
Links
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Comments |
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Dhammapada (part of the Theravada Pali Canon) |
John Richard's translation |
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Stillpoint, Dharma Rain Zen Center (DRZC) |
Newsletter of the DRZC, and other resources |
Buddhist Quarterly magazine | |
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