General concepts
The Buddha
The awakened one
The Dhamma
The teachings of the Buddha
The Sangha
The community of practitioners
The Three Refuges — Three Jewels or Triple Gem
The Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha are the three jewels
Awareness
Knowing quality of the mind
Compassion
Wishing others to be free from suffering
Wisdom
Wisdom is seeing things as they are
Five Precepts
- I undertake the precept to refrain from killing living beings
- I undertake the precept to refrain from taking what is not given
- I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct
- I undertake the precept to refrain from false speech
- I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs that lead to carelessness
Noble Eight-fold Path
- Right View
- Right Intention
- Right Speech
- Right Action
- Right Livelihood
- Right Effort
- Right Mindfulness
- Right Concentration
Four Noble Truths
- The Suffering
- The beginning of the suffering
- The end of the Suffering
- The path leading to the cessation of the Suffering
Bodhichitta
The awakened mind
Two types of Bodhichitta
- Absolute Bodhichitta
- Relative Bodhichitta
