Eastern Philosophy Test
Terms
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4 Noble Truths
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1. All is suffering (duhkha)
Avidya
· Buddha
· Dharma
· Duhkha
- Suffering (in general) - could be physical, emotional, psychological
- Eightfold Path
· Liberation
- (Moksha)
· Nirvana
· Samsara
Opposite of nirvana, burdened by things attached to.
Soteriology
- The study of the liberation of salvation from suffering
- The historical Buddha
- Siddartha Gautama (563-486 BCE) - from Nepal / Northern Inda
- Three Refuges
- The Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha