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Theravada Buddhism?

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Theravada Buddhism: only way to realize nirvana is by leaving society to become a monk.

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Five precepts of lay people in Theraveda Buddhism?

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Laypeople to refrain from stealing, from engaging in sexual improprieties, refrain from taking drugs, harming living things and refrain from engaging in wrong speech

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Sections of the Tipitaka?

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Sutta Pitaka—consists of the Buddha’s discourses and stories about himself.
Vinaya Pitaka: deals with rules of morality and ethics and proper ethical conduct.
Abhidhamma Pitaka: contains philosophical analyses of the Buddha’s teachings

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Mahayana religious texts?

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consists of sutras, or pithy philosophical texts that outline the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism

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Four noble truths?

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life is suffering
cause of suffering is desire
sorrow can be ended by achieving nirvana
nirvana can be achieved by following the Eightfold Path

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Nirvana and Mahayana Buddhism

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Nirvana is a type of state wherein the individual is free to see reality for what truly is: emptiness,’ or sunayta

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What is the Dharma to Buddhists?

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dharma is not a mere law of nature but an eternal truth whose presence is actualized through the workings of creation, the life of the Buddha, and those who follow his teachings.

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Mahayana Buddhism

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Mahayana Buddhism, shifts its attention to that of the bodhisattva: an individual who has achieved nirvana, but voluntarily remains in the world for repeated rebirths to teach others how to achieve nirvana