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“EIGHTFOLD PATH”
LAW OF DEPENDENT
ORIGINATION
Paticca-Samuppada
One of the most insightful teachings of Siddhartha
A short formula for this principle can be read in four lines as:
When this is, that is;
This arising, that arises;
When this is not, that is not;
This ceasing, that ceases.
DEPENDENT ORIGINATION
twelve-linked chain that explicates how all things are inter-connected,
how error and attachment to error occur and how of the chain is untangled.
IMPERMANENCE OF
THINGS
Impermanence- an unavoidable fact of human existence
Five uncontrollable processes of any individual
Old age
Sickness
Dying
Decay
Death
When one is released from Samsara (reincarnation), a being escapes all
these phenomena
When one achieves nirvana, a person’s mind is at perfect peace.
Arhat- one who achieves nirvana or “one who is worthy of honor”
SANGHA
SHARER
-monks who share in the general fund of alms provided by a community
-”association” “assembly”
-Buddhist order and monastic community founded by Siddhartha during
the same year he attained enlightenment.
FIVE ASCETICS
MAHAVIHARO
ABHAYAGIRI DAGABA
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