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LTWL 135 STUDY SHEET

* Note: When there are two terms, the first is in the Sanskrit language, the second is in the Pāli language.

PEOPLE & GODS Yaśodharā

Ānanda PLACES Anopamā Ārāḍa Kālāma Bodh Gaya Aśoka Desire Realm Avalokiteśvara Form Realm Bhīmā Mahādevi Formless Realm Brahmā Heaven of the Thirty Three Devadatta Kapilavastu Gotama Lumbini Indra Sarnath Kṣāntivādin Tuṣita Heaven Mahādeva Mahākāśyapa CONCEPTS & PRACTICES Mahāmāyā Maitreya abhidharma Maluṅkyaputta ahiṃsā Mañjuśrī anātman Māra anitya nāga apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa Rāhula arhat Rājagṛha ārya Sahā world ārya saṅgha Śakra asaṃkhya kalpa Śākya ātman Śākyamuni Buddha avaivartika bodhisattva Śāṅkhinī bali Śāriputra bhavakoṭi Siddhārtha bhāvanā Siddhārtha Gautama bhikṣu Śuddhodāna bhikṣuṇī Udraka Rāmaputra bodhi Upāli bodhicitta Vaiśālī bodhicittotpāda Vajrapāṇi bodhisattva Vimalakīrti bodhisattva path Viśvantara bodhisattva vow Yaśas buddha 2

buddha-anubhāva once returner (sakṛdāgāmin) buddha-field Pāli buddha-kṣetra paramārtha-satya caitya pāramitā cetana prajñā collective karma pratītyasamutpāda countless aeon preta dāna pudgalanairātmya devayoga pūjā dhāraṇī puṇya dharma relics dharma-bhāṇaka samādhi dharma-dhātu śamatha dharma-kāya saṃbhoga-kāya dharma-nairātmya saṃsāra dhyāna / jhāna samudaya duḥkha saṃvṛti-satya eighteen nikāyas saṅgha field of merit saṅgha-bheda First Council Sanskrit five points of Mahādeva śarīra gati Second Council guru siddha Great Compassion siddhis Great Renunciation śīla Hīnayāna smṛti jātaka sopadiśeṣa-nirvāṇa kalpa Śrāvakayāna karma Sthaviravāda nikāya lion’s roar of Vimalakīrti stream-enterer (sotāpanna) mahākalpa stūpa mahākaruṇā śūnyatā mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra Mahāsāṅghika nikāya svabhāva maṇḍala svārtha + parārtha mantra tantra Mantrayāna Tantrayāna merit tathāgata middle path / middle way Theravāda nikāya never-returner (anāgāmin) Third Council nikāya tripiṭaka nirmāṇa-kaya tṛṣṇā nirodha upāsaka nirupadiśeṣa-nirvāṇa upāsikā nirvāṇa upāya 3

upāya-kauśalya Vajrayāna vinaya vipaśyanā / vipassana vajra

NUMERICAL LISTS

2 truths or perspectives paramārtha-satya; saṃvṛti-satya

3 baskets (tripiṭaka) sūtra; vinaya; abhidharma

3 bodies of a buddha dharma-kāya; saṃbhoga-kāya; nirmāṇa-kaya

3 characteristics of saṃsāra: duḥkha; anitya; anātman

3 jewels buddha; dharma; saṅgha

3 poisons: desire; hatred; ignorance

3 realms: desire realm; form realm; formless realm

4 Noble Truths: duḥkha; samudaya; nirodha; marga suffering; cause of suffering cessation of suffering; path leading to cessation

4 parts of a mahākalpa: kalpa of dissolution; kalpa of nothingness; kalpa of creation; kalpa of the duration of created world

4 sights: old man; sick man; dead man; monk

5 ānantarya actions killing one’s mother killing one’s father; killing an arhat; harming a buddha; causing a schism in the saṅgha

5 gatis: gods, humans; animals; hungry ghosts (preta); hells 3

5 precepts: not to take life; not to take what is not given; not to engage in sexual misconduct; not to speak falsely; to abstain from intoxicants

5 skandhas: rūpa, vedanā, saṃjñā, saṃskāra, vijñāna form; sensation; perception; karmic constituents; consciousness

6 pāramitās: dāna, śīla, kṣānti, vīrya, samādhi, prajñā generosity, morality, patience, concentration, wisdom

8-fold path: right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, right understanding, right thought

TEXTS READ (These are the sources you will be responsible for knowing on the final exam. They are listed in order of assignment.)

. A Life of the Buddha . The Story of a Wretched Pig . Agañña Sutta . Elephant jātaka . Kṣāntivādin jātaka . Viśvantara jātaka . The All Sutta . The Hawk Sutta . Present-Moment Awareness of Breathing Sutta . The Fruits of the Homeless Life Sutta . Attaining Perfect and Complete Enlightenment . Turning the Wheel of the Teaching Sutta . Like a Ball of Foam Sutta . Evidence of Selflessness Sutta . The Burden Sutta . Gotama's Discourse Sutta . Destination Sutta . Quenched Sutta . Signs of the Fabricated Sutta . Signs of the Unfabricated Sutta . A Brief Talk to Mālukya Sutta . The Story of a Woman Dependent on a City of Alms . The Miracle Sūtra . Kamalaśīla On The Necessity of Compassion 4

. The Vows of Compassion . The Vimalakīrti Sūtra . The Splendid Vision Sūtra . Deity Yoga . The Story of Tanti . The Meditator Becomes the God