Eightfold Path of Buddhism (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

📚Flashcards
Eightfold Path of Buddhism
Sign up to keep revising.Create a free account to study more flashcards and track your progress.

Practise the cards

14 cards from this deck

Show

Another name for the Eightfold Path

The Middle Way

Eightfold Path forms which Noble Truth?

The fourth Noble Truth

Sutta where Buddha first taught Eightfold Path

Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Three categories of Eightfold Path

Wisdom (Prajna), Ethical Conduct (Sila), Meditation (Samadhi)

Two aspects under Wisdom

Right Understanding and Right Intention

Three aspects under Ethical Conduct

Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood

Three aspects under Meditation

Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration

What Right Understanding involves

Grasping Four Noble Truths & seeing reality clearly

What Right Speech means

Truthful, kind communication without gossip or lies

What Right Livelihood means

Earning a living without harming others

The Three Poisons in Buddhism

Greed, hatred, and ignorance

What ahimsa means

Non-violence

Emperor who embraced Buddhism after witnessing war

Emperor Ashoka (3rd century BCE)

Monk who developed Engaged Buddhism during Vietnam War

Thich Nhat Hanh

Join 100,000+ Leaving Cert students studying Flashcards with us.

Select your subjects, and get access to A+ resources today.