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“The worthy one” who has overcome attachment and desire and, once earthly life is ended, will no longer be reborn.
arhant/arhat
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One who has "woken up"
Buddha
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Pali language for dharma. A new way of ordering life.
Dhamma
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Sayings on Morality from the Pali Canon
Dhammapada
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Life is Suffering, Suffering is caused by Craving,
The Extinction of Craving, Release is found in the Eightfold Path.
Four Noble Truths
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the small vehicle
Hinayana
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He renounced the violence that had made him a
successful conqueror, and accepted the truth of the Buddha’s teachings.
King Ashoka
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the large vehicle, method, or raft
Mahayana
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A new Buddha that will usher in a new age of cosmic harmony.
Maitreya
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Literally means “blowing out”. Existence is ablaze
with craving; that is the cause of suffering. When the flame of passion is “blown out,” suffering ends.
Nirvana
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Literally means “community” or “assembly”. It’s the
Buddhist order of Monks and nuns.
Sangha
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founder of buddhism
Siddartha
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“Buddha in the making”; “A being [intended] for enlightenment”.
Bodhisattva
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“Ocean of wisdom”. Symbolizes the infinite wisdom of the bodhisattva he incarnated.
Dalai Lama
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Word puzzles designed to confound rational thought.
Koan
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“The superior ones” at the center of
Tibetan Buddhism. Monks (or lay people) who possess special magical powers, revealing that they are incarnations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Lamas
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The meditation school. It teaches skepticism about ordinary language and mocks attempts to explain truth rationally.
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