Re: The basics of buddhism

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>                            The basics of buddhism
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>   From: "Evelyn Ruut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   Reply to: [1]"Evelyn Ruut"
>   Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:08:08 GMT
>   Organization: Road Runner - NYC
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>          [2]alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan
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>            "...because they conduce to Enlightenment"
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>The Five Precepts:
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>     1.)  to abstain from killing
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>     2.)  to abstain from stealing
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>     3.)  to not commit adultry
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>     4.)  to abstain from lying
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>     5.)  to abstain from intoxicants
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>The Four Sublime States:
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>     Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, Equanimity
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>The Ten Transcendental Virtues:
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>     Generosity, Morality, Renunciation, Wisdom, Energy, Patience,
>Truthfulness, Resolution, Loving-Kindness, Equanimity
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>The Eightfold Path:
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>     Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech,
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>     Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort,
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>     Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration
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>     Right Speech                   Right Effort
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>     Right Action     } SILA        Right Mindfulness   } SAMADHI
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>     Right Livelihood               Right Concentration
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>       Right Understanding
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>                                      } PANNA
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>       Right Thought
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>The Three Signata (The Three Characteristics of Existence):
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>     ANICCA -- impermanence, transitoriness, subject to change
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>     DUKKHA -- suffering, unsatisfactoriness, wearisomeness, unending
>struggle and conflict, incessant commotion, the anguish of feeling
>displaced.
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>     ANATTA -- non-self, unsubstantiality, soullessness.
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>The Seven Factors of Enlightenment:
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>     Mindfulness, Keen Investigation of Dhamma, Energy,
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>     Happiness (or Rapture), Calm, Concentration, Equanimity
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>The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (watch yourself):
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>     Contemplation of the body
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>     Contemplation of feelings
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>     Contemplation of states of mind
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>     Contemplation of mental objects
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>         (not engaging them, but merely watching the arising and
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>          passing away of all)
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>The Ten Fetters:
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>     1.) personality-view  2.) uncertainty  3.) adherence to
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>         rites and rituals  4.) greed for sense desire
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>     5.) resentment  6.) attachment to Realms of Form
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>     7.) attachment to Formless Realms  8.) conceit
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>     9.) agitation  10.) ignorance
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>The Five Hindrances:
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>     sense desire; ill will (hatred); sloth and torpor;
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>     restlessness and worry; doubt
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>Ten evil actions caused by deed, word, and mind which produce bad karma:
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>     3 committed by deed -- killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct
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>     4 committed by word -- lying, slandering, harsh speech, and frivolous
>talk
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>     3 committed by mind -- covetousness, ill-will, and false view (seeing
>things wrongly)
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     let the record show that this listing was published to
     buddhist usenet by bhava, 6 or 7 years ago