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Knowledge Base: Religious Studies How do the Abrahamic and Dharmic Year 8 | Term 3 Traditions differ when dealing with suffering?
1. What are the differences between the Abrahamic and Dharmic Traditions?
Abrahamic religions
A group of religions centred around the worshipping of the God of Abraham (Judaism, Christianity and Islam)
Dharmic traditions
Spiritual philosophies from the India, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. They share a commitment to dharma and various forms of spiritual liberation.
dharma
Universal truths- in Buddhism, this includes the teachings of the Buddha.
3. Buddhist beliefs - samsara
2.1 samsara
3.2 karma
nirvana
1.8 liberation
3.3 Three Poisons
Sanskrit
anitya
The continual process of life, death and rebirth.
The moral law of cause and effect and the nature of the universe. Being free from the cycle of samsara.
Being free.
• greed • hatred • ignorance
The ancient Indian language used by Mahayana Buddhists.
One of the three marks of existence meaning impermanence.
3.6 Sangha
The community of Buddhist monks and nuns."
3.1 samsara
The continual process of life, death and rebirth.
3.2
karma
The law of cause and effect. What happens to a person, happens because they caused it with their actions.
3.3
Three Poisons
• greed (the rooster) • hatred (the snake) • ignorance (the pig)
3.4
Five Precepts
Five rules that all Buddhists are supposed to follow: • not to take the life of any living being
• not to take what is not given
• not to take part in sexual misconduct
• not to speak falsely
• not to take drugs that cloud the mind
3.5
Three Jewels
"The three “refuges” of Buddhism, central beliefs: Buddha, the dharma and the Sangha.
1.4
awakening
(Sometimes called enlightenment) Understanding the truth about life which can lead to liberation and nirvana.
2. What do Buddhists believe about life?
The Tibetan Wheel of Life
A representation of the cycle of existence. Can be viewed literally, but more commonly viewed symbolically.
4. Buddhism in the modern world
4.1
Mahayana
"Great vehicle" – school of Buddhism believing in Bodhisattvas and the Buddhist world community as all sangha.
4.2
Theravada
"Way of the Elders" – school of Buddhism viewing the Sangha as separate but important.
4.3
Bodhisattvas
A person who has found enlightenment but is reborn to help others
4.4
Pali Canon/Tipitaka
Collection of writings with rules for the sangha, teachings and sayings of Buddha and interpretations/explanations.
4.5
Wesak
Festival to commemorate the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death.
duhkha
One of the three marks of existence meaning suffering, pain or unsatisfactoriness.
3.2
Mahayana Buddhism
The largest of the two major traditions of Buddhism, now practiced in China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea.
1.4
Theravada Buddhism
The second-largest branch of Buddhism, practiced in Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Laos and Cambodia.
1.8
anatman
One of the three marks of existence meaning 'non-self'. There is no permanent unchanging substance that could be called a soul.
The Middle Way
Taking a path of moderation, taking a middle way between extremes. Taking neither the easy or hard way.
4.6 Dalai Lama
4.7 Maha Ghosananda
4.8 Thich Nhat Hanh
Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism
Cambodian monk who opposed the Khmer Rouge.
Vietnamese monk who opposed the Vietnam War.
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