Religious Studies 270
CHINESE RELIGIONS
Fall 2007
Quiz 3 Study Sheet

Three Jewels

Sakyamuni

Theravada (Hinayana) / Mahayana / Vajrayana

Tripitika

Four Noble Truths

Eightfold Path (3 parts)

Three Ills (evils)

anatman

impermanence

Five Skandhas (in general)

karma

samsara

nirvana

bodhi

dhyana (chan)

dependent origination

bodhisattva

Bodhisattva vow

giving (dana) and wisdom (prajna)

wisdom and compassion

Nagarjuna (2nd c.)

Huineng (7th-8th c.)

Cao-Dong school (lineage)

silent illumination

Linji school (lineage)

gongan

Tiantai school

Huayan school

Pure Land school

Chan school

Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)

Wenshu (Manjusri)

Amitabha

emptiness

Twofold Truth

Threefold Truth

True Suchness (zhenru)

adaptive (expedient) means (upaya)

"Easy Path"

Three Ages of the Law (Dharma)

Namu Amituofo

Lotus Sutra

Platform Sutra

Heart Sutra

Three-body doctrine

interdependence

Tzu Chi (Ciji) Compassion Relief Foundation

Cheng Yen (Zhengyan)

Tang dynasty (618-906)

Song dynasty (960-1279)