====== Buddhism ======

===== Dhamma in a nutshell =====
==== Four noble truths: ====
  - **Dukkha**: There is stress, dissatisfaction, suffering in this world
  - **Samudaya**: The cause of //dukkha// is //tanha// (thirst, craving, desire), conditioned by //avijja// (ignorance)
  - **Nirodha**: There is an end to //dukkha// by letting go of //tanha// and overcoming //avijja//
  - **Magga**: The way to the end of //dukkha// is the eightfold noble path 

==== Eightfold noble path: ====
  - Right view
  - Right intention
  - Right speech
  - Right action
  - Right livelihood
  - Right effort
  - Right mindfulness
  - Right concentration 

==== Three marks of reality ====
  * Anicca: All things are impermanent
  * Dukkha: All things are not satisfying 
  * Anatta: All things are lacking an eternal self

==== Three poisons ====
  * Lobha: Desire, lust, jealousy
  * Dosa: Sorrow, hatred, grudges
  * Moha: Confusion, ignorance

==== Three cravings ====
  * Craving for sense-pleasures
  * Craving for becoming
  * Craving for non-becoming 

==== Tiratana: Three gems ====
  * Buddha: self-enlightened teacher
  * Dhamma: teachings of the Buddha 
  * Sangha: enlightened ones, monks and nuns, laypeople

==== Brama-vihara: Four godly dwellings ====
  * Metta: Good-will
  * Karuna: Compassion
  * Mudita: Sympathetic-joy
  * Upekkha: Equanimity, stable-mindedness 

==== Khandha: Five aspects of a person ====
  * Rupa: Body/Form
  * Vedana: Feeling (pleasure, pain, neutral) 
  * Sanna: Sense-perception, recognition
  * Sankhara: Mind-states, mental composition, conditioned experience
  * Vinnana: Awareness, consciousness

===== Useful texts =====
  * **Dhammapada** (Buddha) -- an ancient collection of proverbs, adages, and general reflections on the nature of life and its ills from a Buddhist perspective.
  * **In the Buddha's Words** (Bhikkhu Bodhi) -- an excellent overview of Buddhist scripture by a popular monk, fairly contemporary 
  * **Word of the Buddha** (Brahm/Bodhi/Nyanatiloka) -- a hypercondensed version of the Sutta Pitaka (download [[https://4x13.net/Brahm_word-of-the-buddha-draft.pdf|here]]
  * **What the Buddha Taught** (Walpola Rahula) -- another overview of Buddhist thought by a contemporary monk 
  * **The Buddha's Lists** (David Snyder) -- Theravada scripture boiled into lists. 

  * **Right Mindfulness** (Thanissaro Bhikkhu) -- a good intro to Buddhist meditation 
  * **Right Concentration** (Leigh Brasington) -- another good intro to Buddhist meditation
  * **The Mind Illuminated** (John Yates) -- A course on meditation that's well-suited for modern audiences, less based on traditional practice and scriptures. 

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