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Quick questions on Principal beliefs and sacred texts of Buddhism: HSC Studies of Religion
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What are the Three Jewels?Show answer
Buddhist life is framed by taking refuge in the Three Jewels: the Buddha (the awakened teacher), the Dharma (his teaching) and the Sangha (the community of practitioners). These express the source, the content and the carriers of the tradition.
What is the Noble Eightfold Path?Show answer
The path to the cessation of suffering, often grouped as wisdom, ethical conduct and mental discipline: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration.
What is the three marks of existence?Show answer
All conditioned things share three characteristics: anicca (impermanence), dukkha (suffering or unsatisfactoriness) and anatta (no fixed, permanent self). Insight into these marks is central to liberation.
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