Buddhism

The buddhist teaching of "no-self

The doctorine of impermanence, one of the 3 characteristics of existance

Deciple of Buddha who has attained awakening.

literally mens a Beggar, a fully ordained Buddhist monk

THe practice of giving, of making donations. A principle way of making merit.

A monk, cousin of the Buddha, portrayed as a rival and maligner

The teaching of the Buddha. Anything that is fundamentally true or real

The first of the 4 noble truths; suffering, unsatisfatoriness.

The clan name of historical Buddha Sakyamuni

The highest God of the realm of desire concerned with death & sensuality. He wants to prevent beings from attaining awakening/leaving realm

The mythic mountain thought to be at the center of the Buddhist cosmos, dwelling of the gods.

term used to refer to different scriptural collections of sermons attributed to the Buddha

The goal in Buddhism, characterized by the cessation of desire, ignorance, and hatred. Sometimes means awakenning.

"interdependent origination"; the Buddhist doctrine of causality

A ghost of hunger and thirst.

An abstract entity or "person", that transmigrates and carries the 5 Aggregates from one lifetime to the next.

The most recent Buddha. Name given to the Buddha Gautama. "sage of the Sakya clan"

Shaala Tree. The kind of tree the Buddha attained parinirvana under

The process of death and rebirth, characterized by suffering, in which all beings are caught

The cremated remains of Buddha or any other master, that are kept in a receptical.

The 5 aggregates that pertain to what is thought of as the individual self. They are form, feelings, perceptions, karmic forces, and cnsness

A striver, or quester, who leaves home on a religious quest, not necessarily a buddhist one.

A mound-like monument containing the relics of the Buddha.

A word used by the Buddha when referring to himself. Litterally means the thus-come one.

The 3 baskets, Pertaining to the 3 differnt versions of the Buddhist texts.* maybe add more

Litterally means thirst. Desire or craving at the root of duhka

A lay devotee of the 3 jewels of Buddhism, who follows strict Buddhist practices just short of nuns or monks.

Monostary or larger dwelling of Buddhist monks and nuns that serves as a fairly permanent home

Collection of rules of dicipline attributed to the Buddha to keep monks and nuns' conduct regulated