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The Path to Nirvana (Enlightenment) - Coggle Diagram
The Path to Nirvana (Enlightenment)
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
Magga
The Noble “Path”
4 sublime States (Brahma-viharas)
Metta
Loving-Kindness
Mudita
Sympathetic Joy
Karuna
Compassion
Upekkha
Equanimity
Schools and Figures
Traditions
Theravada
Way of the Elders
Mahayana
The Great Vehicle
Varjayana
The Diamond Vehicle
