Friday, November 11, 2016

The Six Foundations of the Buddha Dharma


1
The Four Truths:
        Stress
        The Cause of Stress
        The Cessation of Stress
        The Path to the Cessation of Stress

2
The Three Marks of Existence:
        Stress
        Impermanence
        Non-Self

3
The Eightfold Path
        Appropriate View
        Appropriate Thought
        Appropriate Speech
        Appropriate Action
        Appropriate Livelihood
        Appropriate Effort
        Appropriate Mindfulness (Awareness)
        Appropriate Concentration (Meditation)

4
The Twelve Steps of Dependent Origination (Interdependent Co-Arising)
        Ignorance
        Volitional Action
        Consciousness
        Name and Form (Mind/Body)
        The Six Sense Organs (Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue, Body, and Mind)
        Contact Between the Sense Organs, Sense Object, and Sense Consciousness
        Feelings
        Craving
        Grasping (attachment)
        Becoming
        Birth
        Old Age and Death

5
The Three Stages of Development
        Ethical Conduct
        One-Pointed Concentration
        Wisdom

6
The Four Abodes
        Loving-Kindness
        Compassion
        Sympathetic Joy
        Equanimity





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