Buddhism and Jainism Key Terms

🔆 Key Terms in Buddhism

✅ Chaityas :Prayer halls for monks.
✅ Viharas : Monasteries.
✅ Pravrajya : Ceremony marking renunciation and becoming a novice monk, involving shaving the head and wearing ochre robes.
✅ Upasampada : Ordination ceremony where a novice becomes a full-fledged member of the monastic community.
✅ Uposatha : Ceremonies held on full moon and new moon days.
✅ Parajika : Refers to defeat; includes four serious offenses leading to expulsion from the Sangha (sexual misconduct, theft, killing, false spiritual claims).
✅ Pavarana : Buddhist holy day marking the end of the rainy season, celebrated on the full moon of Ashvin. Monks confess offenses from the retreat period.
✅ Upasakas : Male lay followers of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha who haven’t taken monastic vows.
✅ Upasikas : Female lay followers of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha who haven’t taken monastic vows.
✅ Bodhisattva : Enlightened beings who postpone nirvana to help others. Represented with jewels, elegant garments, and compassionate demeanor.

📍Other Key Terms

✅ Bhikkhu Sangha : Monastic order of monks.
✅ Bhikkhuni Sangha : Monastic order of nuns.
✅ Theragatha : Verses by elder monks.
✅ Therigatha : Verses by elder nuns.
✅ Shramana/Samana : One who seeks truth or self-realization.
✅ Paribbajaka/Parivrajaka : Wanderer or itinerant ascetic.
✅ Shakra : Another name for God Indra in Buddhism.
✅ Sarvastivadin : Theravada school believing in the existence of all phenomena across time (past, present, future).
✅ Sautrantika : A school that accepts only the Sutras as valid, rejecting commercial literature, emphasizing the Suttapitaka and Vinayapitaka.
✅ Sammitiya : One of the early Buddhist schools.

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Buddhism and Jainism Key Terms

🔆 Key Terms in Buddhism

✅ Chaityas :Prayer halls for monks.
✅ Viharas : Monasteries.
✅ Pravrajya : Ceremony marking renunciation and becoming a novice monk, involving shaving the head and wearing ochre robes.
✅ Upasampada : Ordination ceremony where a novice becomes a full-fledged member of the monastic community.
✅ Uposatha : Ceremonies held on full moon and new moon days.
✅ Parajika : Refers to defeat; includes four serious offenses leading to expulsion from the Sangha (sexual misconduct, theft, killing, false spiritual claims).
✅ Pavarana : Buddhist holy day marking the end of the rainy season, celebrated on the full moon of Ashvin. Monks confess offenses from the retreat period.
✅ Upasakas : Male lay followers of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha who haven’t taken monastic vows.
✅ Upasikas : Female lay followers of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha who haven’t taken monastic vows.
✅ Bodhisattva : Enlightened beings who postpone nirvana to help others. Represented with jewels, elegant garments, and compassionate demeanor.

📍Other Key Terms

✅ Bhikkhu Sangha : Monastic order of monks.
✅ Bhikkhuni Sangha : Monastic order of nuns.
✅ Theragatha : Verses by elder monks.
✅ Therigatha : Verses by elder nuns.
✅ Shramana/Samana : One who seeks truth or self-realization.
✅ Paribbajaka/Parivrajaka : Wanderer or itinerant ascetic.
✅ Shakra : Another name for God Indra in Buddhism.
✅ Sarvastivadin : Theravada school believing in the existence of all phenomena across time (past, present, future).
✅ Sautrantika : A school that accepts only the Sutras as valid, rejecting commercial literature, emphasizing the Suttapitaka and Vinayapitaka.
✅ Sammitiya : One of the early Buddhist schools.

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