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The Path to Enlightenment (Nirvanna/Nibbana) - Coggle Diagram
The Path to Enlightenment (Nirvanna/Nibbana)
The Human Experience
5 Aggregates (Skandhas)
Blend together to create the illusion of a permanent self or ego
Form
Body is constantly changing, it is not a fixed identity
Sensation
They are reactions, not who you are
Perception
Perception is heavily biased
Mental Formation
Your habits are conditioned reflexes, not a permanent soul
Conciousness
Not a single continuous witness, it arises and vanishes second by second
The Cause of Suffering
3 Poisons
The root causes of the cycle of rebirth
Greed (Dosa/Dvesda)
Hatred (Libra/Raga)
Delusion (Moha)
Tanha
Thirst or desire that leads to suffering
Core Reality (The Three Marks of Existence)
Dukkah
Suffering
Annica
Idea that nothing in reality stays the same
Annata
The core Buddhist doctrine of “no-soul”
The Way Forward
The 4 Noble Truths
Dukkah
Tanha
Magga
4 sublime States (Brahma-viharas)
Metta
Loving-Kindness
Mudita
Sympathetic Joy
Karuna
Compassion
Upekkha
Equanimity
Schools and Figures
Traditions
Theravada
Way of the Elders
Conservative
Mahayana
The Great Vehicle
Liberal
Varjayana
The Diamond Vehicle
Esoteric
Buddhanature
The potential for all beings to become enlightened
Ideal Beings
Arhant
Perfected one
Bodhaisattva
One who seeks enlightenment
Cosmology/Practices
Yama
Lord of Death
Bardo
Intermediate State
Koan
Zen Riddle
Shunyata
Emptiness
Deities/Figures
Avalokiteshvara
Compassion
Manjushri
Wisdom
