Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- buddhism [2022-11-11 05:30] – root
+++ buddhism [2023-06-02 06:23] (current) – root
@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 ===== Dhamma in a nutshell =====
-Four noble truths:
+==== Four noble truths: ====
-  - Dukkha: There is stress in this world
+  - **Dukkha**: There is stress, dissatisfaction, suffering in this world
-  - Samudaya: The cause of stress is desire
+  - **Samudaya**: The cause of //dukkha// is //tanha// (thirst, craving, desire), conditioned by //avijja// (ignorance)
-  - Nirodha: There is an end to stress
+  - **Nirodha**: There is an end to //dukkha// by letting go of //tanha// and overcoming //avijja//
-  - Magga: The way to the end of stress is the eightfold noble path
+  - **Magga**: The way to the end of //dukkha// is the eightfold noble path
-Eightfold noble path:
+==== Eightfold noble path: ====
   - Right view
   - Right intention
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
   - Right concentration
-Three wrong motivations:
+==== 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
-Brahma-vihara: Four godly dwellings:
+==== Three cravings ====
-  * Meta: Good-will
+  * 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
-Three marks of reality:
+==== Khandha: Five aspects of a person ====
-  * Anicca: All things are impermanent
+  * Rupa: Body/Form
-  * Dukkha: All things are not satisfying
+  * Vedana: Feeling (pleasure, pain, neutral)
-  * Anatta: All things are lacking an eternal self
+  * Sanna: Sense-perception, recognition
+  * Sankhara: Mind-states, mental composition, conditioned experience
-Khandha: Five aspects of a person:
+  * Vinnana: Awareness, consciousness
-  * Rupa: Body
-  * Vedana: Feeling
-  * Sanna: Sense-perception
-  * Sankhara: Mind-states
-  * Vinnana: Awareness
 ===== 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.