15232643267 | Founder/Founding Date/Cultural Hearth | Founded by Siddhartha Gautama in India, 6th century BCE. | 0 | |
15232663901 | Siddhartha Gautama | Raised a Kshatriya prince in a small kingdom near present day Nepal. Founded Buddhism. Known as "The Buddha." | 1 | |
15232675500 | Buddha | The Enlightened One | 2 | |
15232678485 | Enlightenment | Understanding the universal truth of mortality to achieve peace. | 3 | |
15232687702 | Four Noble Truths | 1) Dukkha, all life is suffering. 2) Suffering is caused by desire. 3) There is a way to end suffering. 4) To end suffering you must end desire. | 4 | |
15232700048 | Eightfold Path | A path to end desire. | 5 | |
15232705951 | Nirvana | The ultimate goal in life is to end suffering and achieve union with the universe. To be "awake." | 6 | |
15232714320 | Theravada | Closer to the teachings of original Buddhism. In a sense, atheistic. | 7 | |
15232724435 | Mahayana | Spiritual, more religious form of Buddhism. | 8 | |
15249870958 | How were the Buddha's ideas revolutionary? | The Buddha's teachings allowed free thinking and thoughts that were based on morality. | 9 | |
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Buddhism: AP WORLD HISTORY Flashcards
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