Four Noble Truths

The truth of suffering or unsatisfactoriness The truth of the cause of suffering which is craving The truth of the cessation of suffering ~ Nirvana The truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering which is the Noble Eightfold Path

The Noble Eightfold Path

Perfect Perfect Perfect Perfect Perfect Perfect Perfect Perfect vision emotion speech action livelihood effort mindfulness samadhi

Three characteristics of Conditioned existence

(The three lakshanas) duhkha anitya anatman The unsatisfactory, painful or suffering The impermanent The emptiness of self or essential being

The Five Skanhas

Rupa Vedana Samjna Samskaras Vijnana Form feeling or emotion perception volitional activities consciousness

The Seven Factors (limbs) of Enlightenment (bodhyangas)

Smriti Awareness Bodily movement Speech Feelings Awareness of the Dharma Distinguishing or sorting out mental states Energy Joy or enthusiasm Calming down One pointedness Equanimity

Dharma-vichaya Virya Priti Prashrabdhi Samadhi Upeksha

Vissuddhimagga The Path of Purity

The Seven Visuddhis
Sila Visuddhi Purity of ethical conduct Chitta visuddhi Purity of mind Divest anger, jeolosy, fear & ignorance Cultivate positve, friendly, clear states Ditthi visuddhi Purity of views Some base wrong views Everything is made by God Everything is the result of fate or destiny Everything happens by chance Need to cultivate right views Khankhavitarana visuddhi Crossing over by overcoming doubt Magga-magga-nana-dassana Knowledge & insight into what is the path & what is not the path Patipada-nana-dassana Knowledge & vision of the path Nana-dassana Knowledge & insight

Six Perfections
Perfection Perfection Perfection Perfection Perfection Perfection of of of of of of Giving Morality Patience Energy Meditation Wisdom

Twelve Mundane Nidanas

Avidya Samskaras Vijnana Nama-rupa Shadayatanas Ignorance Karma formations Consciousness Name & form, the mind body complex The six sense organs Sight Sound Smell Taste Touch Mind Contact Feeling => Dukkha Dissatisfaction Craving Grasping Becoming Birth Death

Sparsha Vedana Trishna Upadana Bhava Jati Jaramarana

Twelve Spiral Nidanas

Dukkha Feeling Saddha Pamojja Piti Passaddhi Sukha Samadhi Yathabhutananadassana really are Nibbida Viraga Vimutti Asavakkhayanana Dissatisfaction <= Vedana Faith Joy Rapture Calm Bliss Concentration, one pointedness Knowledge & vision of things as they Withdrawal Disentanglement Freedom Knowledge of the destruction of biases

Five Hindrances
Sense desire Ill will Restlessness and anxiety Sloth and Torpor Doubt and indecision

Three Jewels
The Buddha The Dharma The Sangha

The Threefold Path

Ethics, morality Meditation Wisdom

Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Body Feelings Thought Dharma

Five Niyanas Five orders of conditionality

Physical inorganic Physical organic (biological) Psychological Karmic Transcendental

The Five Precepts

Abstain Abstain Abstain Abstain Abstain from from from from from doing harm taking the not given sexual misconduct false speech intoxication

Eight Worldly Winds

Happiness and sorrow Praise and blame Loss and gain Fame and infamy