Dhamma: The Human Personality (Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B): Flashcards
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Theravada Buddhism meaning
Theravada Buddhism meaning
School of the Elders
Ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhism
Ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhism
Nibbana (cessation of suffering)
Mahayana Buddhism meaning
Mahayana Buddhism meaning
Great Vehicle
Human personality components in Theravada
Human personality components in Theravada
Five Aggregates (skandhas)
Sensation (vedana)
Sensation (vedana)
Emotions/pain from body interactions with objects
Perception (samjna)
Perception (samjna)
Recognising things from past experiences & memories
Mental Formation (samskara)
Mental Formation (samskara)
Thoughts/activities leading to good or bad deeds
Consciousness (vijnana)
Consciousness (vijnana)
General awareness of self and wider world
Form (rupa)
Form (rupa)
Physical aspects, sense organs, material interactions
What Five Aggregates reveal
What Five Aggregates reveal
Self is collection of changing phenomena
Sunyata (emptiness)
Sunyata (emptiness)
Everything interdependent & lacks intrinsic nature
Buddha-nature
Buddha-nature
All beings have potential to become Buddhas
Why Mahayana postpones Nibbana
Why Mahayana postpones Nibbana
To help others attain enlightenment
How to attain Buddhahood
How to attain Buddhahood
Through meditation & Buddhist practices