Buddhist Festivals (OCR GCSE Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Wesak timing
Wesak timing
Full moon in May (month of Wesak)
Three events Wesak commemorates
Three events Wesak commemorates
Birth, enlightenment, passing into paranirvana
Singapore Wesak practice
Singapore Wesak practice
Release caged birds/animals as symbol of liberation
Light symbolism at Wesak
Light symbolism at Wesak
Overcoming darkness, Buddha's enlightenment, hope
Paranirvana Day timing
Paranirvana Day timing
February, Mahayana festival
Paranirvana Day theme
Paranirvana Day theme
Impermanence; more solemn than Wesak
Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Describes Buddha's last days, read on Paranirvana Day
Kushinagar significance
Kushinagar significance
Site of Buddha's death in India; pilgrimage site
Kamma definition
Kamma definition
Ethical impulses behind actions lead to suffering/happiness
Skilful actions result
Skilful actions result
Lead to happiness
Unskilful actions result
Unskilful actions result
Lead to suffering
Six realms of rebirth
Six realms of rebirth
Gods, angry gods, animals, tormented, hungry ghosts, humans
Best realm for enlightenment
Best realm for enlightenment
Human realm
How kamma empowers Buddhists
How kamma empowers Buddhists
Control over future through present actions