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1. Buddha
2. Dharma
3. Sangha
1. I take refuge in Buddha, and I wish all sentient beings, Will awaken to the Great Path, and make the
Supreme Resolution.
2. I take refuge in Dharma, and I wish all sentient beings, Will penetrate the sutras, their wisdom as deep as
the ocean.
3. I take refuge in Sangha, and I wish all sentient beings, Will be brought together in Great Harmony, without
any obstructions at all.
1. Suffering exists.
4. The means by which that cause may be terminated is the Noble Eightfold Path.
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3. Prajna: Wisdom.
(Prajna)
1. Right understanding
2. Right thought
(Sila)
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. Right livelihood
(Dhyâna)
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right concentration
Ultimate Reality. There is no "I" or being in to be found in any phenomena (namely the five aggregates).
The conventional truth. There is no self or being but we speak of truth conforming to the convention.
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1. Greed
2. Hatred
3. Ignorance
1. Sexual desire
2. Ill will
5. Doubt
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1. Suffering (unsatifactoriness)
2. Impermanence
3. Not self
1. Loving - kindness
2. Compassion
3. Appreciation.
4. Equanimity
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1. Generosity
2. M orality
3. Renunciation
4. Wisdom
5. Energy
6. Patience
7. Truthfulness
8. Determination
9. Loving-kindness
10. Equanimity
1. The Aggregate of form (matter). This includes the body, which is analyzed in the terms of four elements
(solidity, fluidity, heat and motion) and their derivatives, which include our five basic sense organs (eye, ear,
nose, tongue, body).
2. The Aggregate of feeling or sensation. Feeling/sensation are of three kinds: pleasant, unpleasant and
neutral, and arise out of contact between a sense organ and a sense object. One extra sense organ comes into
play here: the mind, which apprehends mind-objects (ideas, mental images, etc.)
3.The aggregate of perception. Perception is the faculty that actually recognizes an object by picking up its
distinctive features. Its data comes via the interaction of the five sense organs and the mind with appropriate
objects.
4.The aggregate of mental formations. This encompasses all the willed activities of mind, plus a few
others.
5. The aggregate of consciousness. When a sense organ or the mind makes contact with an appropriate
object, simple awareness but not actual recognition of that object is the function of consciousness, which
arises in dependence on that object.
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DEPENDENT ORIGINATION
Dependent Origination is the doctrine of conditionality of all physical and physical phenomena.
5. The six bases, i.e., the five senses and mind, which in turn give rise to
10. Becoming, (the life- or rebirth process), which in turn gives rise to
12. Old age, death - grief, lamentation, illness, sorrow, and despair.
1. Nirmanakaya: his "Transformation (or Appearance) body." This is the body in which he appears in
the world for the benefit of suffering beings. It is not a real, physical body but more a phantom-like
appearance assumed by
2. Dharmakaya: his "dharma body," wherein he is one with the eternal dharma that lies beyond all
dualities and conceptions. There is also
3. S ambhogakaya: his "Enjoyment (or Bliss) body." This is body that appears to bodhisattvas in the
celestial realm where they commune with the truth of the M ahayana.
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1. Belief in personality
2. Skepticism
4. Sensuous craving
5. Ill will
8. Conceit
9. Restlessness
10. Ignorance
The six sense - organs, (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind) and the six sense objects (sight, sound, smell,
taste, touch and thought).
The realms of the six sense - organs, their sense - objects and their perceptions.
1. Heaven
2. Diva (Asura)
3. Human
4. Animal
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5. Ghost
6. Hell
1. Earth (solid)
2. Water (liquid)
3. Fire (heat)
4. Wind (motion)
The 4 kinds of Clinging are: Sensuous Clings, Clinging to Views, Clinging to mere Rules and Ritual, Clinging to
the Personality - Belief
1. "What now is the Sensuous Clinging? Whatever with regard to sensuous objects there exists of sensuous
lust, sensuous desire, sensuous attachment, sensuous passion, sensuous deludedness, sensuous fetters: this is
called sensuous clinging.
2. "What is the Clinging to Views" 'Alms and offerings are useless... there is no fruit and result for good and
bad deeds...': all such view and wrong conceptions are called the clinging views.
3. "What is the Clinging to mere Rules and Ritual? The holding firmly to the view that through mere rules and
ritual one may reach purification: this is called the clinging to mere rules and ritual.
4. "What is the Clinging to the Personality - Belief? The 20 kinds of Ego-views with regard to the group of
existence these are called the clinging to the Personality - belief."
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Be mindful of impermanence.
Be careful of idleness.
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