Buddhism - Vocabulary and Ideas

1. Life of Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

2. Teachings of the Buddha

3. Theravada Budddhism

4. Mahayana Buddhism

Early Buddhism:
  impermanence
  anatman
  suffering
  samadhi
  nirvana
  Middle Path

Later Buddhism:
  Buddha-mind / Buddha-nature
  Cosmic Buddha / Tantra
  Pure Land
  Zen
     Koans
     Martial Arts

 

 

 

"Buddha"

 

Siddhartha Gautama

 

Shakya
Shakyamuni
Shakyasimba

 

Jataka tales

 

Maya (Siddhartha's mother)

 

Marks of a Buddha

 

the four sights

 

ascetic / asceticism

 

anatman

 

Mara

 

samadhi

 

Nirvana
Parinirvana


 

 

Tathagata

 

The Middle Path

 

Deer Park

 

The Four Noble Truths

 

The Eightfold Path

Dharma Wheel (Dharmacakra)


The Three Jewels of Buddhism

 

Sangha

 

Dharma / dharma

 

Asoka

 

Theravada

 

Mindfulness

 

Loving-kindness

 

Arhat

Mahayana / Hinayana

 

Three ages of the Buddha Dharma

 

Pure Land

 

Bodhisattva

 

Zen

 

zazen

 

satori

 

koan

 

Bodhidharma

 

Buddha-nature / Buddha-mind

 

skill-in-means

 

The 14th Dalai Lama (1935-present)

 

Esoteric/Tantric Buddhism: Mudra, Mantra, Mandala

 

Nam myoho renge kyo