| 3 Marks (Characteristics) of Existence |
- Anicca - Impermanence
- Anatta - Non-self
- Dukkha - Suffering
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| 3 Roots of Dukkha |
- Greed
- Ill-will
- Delusion
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| 3 Kinds of Dukkha |
- Ordinary Dukkha (Old Age, Sickness, Death)
- Dukkha Due to Impermanance (Impermanance is inherently unsatistfactory)
- Dukkha of Conditioned States (All Beings consist of the Five Aggregates, which are experienced by the Six Senses)
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| 4 Noble Truths |
- The Existence of Dukkha (suffering)
- The Origin of Dukkha
- The Cessation of Dukkha
- The Eightfold Path Leading to the Cessation of Dukkha
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| 4 Foundations of Mindfullness |
- Body (breath and posture)
- Sensations (pleasant, unpleasant, neutral)
- Mental States (wholesome, unwholesome - The Fetters, neutral)
- The Dammas:
- Five Khandas
- Four Noble Truths
- Seven Factors of Enlightenment
- Five Hindrances
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| 4 Factors of Clear Comprehension |
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| 5 Aggregates |
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| 5 Kandas |
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| 5 Hindrances |
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| 6 Senses |
The Buddha recognized that a human being will
experience the world via the 6 sense organs. The mind can sense thoughts in the same way that
the eye can sense light and color. The 6 Senses are:
- Eyes / Light / Seeing
- Ears / Sound / Hearing
- Nose / Odors / Smelling
- Tongue / Flavors / Tasting
- Skin / Feelings / Touching
- Mind / Thoughts / Mental Formations
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| 7 Factors of Enlightenment |
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| 8 Fold Path |
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| 8 Training Precepts |
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| 8 Lifetime Precepts |
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| 10 Fetters |
The Ten Fetters are innate tendencies of the mind to hold unwholesome thoughts and doubts
about the nature of reality. Skillful Effort (Step 7 of the Noble Eightfold Path) is needed to supress these fetters until they can be completely destroyed.
- Belief in a permanant self or soul.
- Doubt.
- Belief that rituals and ceremonies actually affect outcomes.
- Greed.
- Hatred.
- Desire for rebirth in material form.
- Conceit.
- Restlessness and worry.
- Ignorance.
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