ASIAN 230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Infinite Space, Mahapajapati Gotami, Devadatta
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Someone who has achieved at least the first of the four stages of the path to nirvana. Can be a stream enterer, once returner, never returner, or an arhat. The four noble truths only apply to these people. A term notoriously difficult to translate, most commonly understood as doctrine or discourses of the buddha. As such, it is one of the three jewels. It is the positive and negative deeds that bear fruit as either happiness or suffering in the future. Karma is believed to be the cause of the creation of the world and determines what life you will be reborn into. This can be determined based on karma from 10 lives before, does not necessary have to be the most recent previous life you lived. It"s significance is that learning the dharma helps one reach enlightenment. They spread the buddha"s teachings during and after his death. Buddha"s teachings so that they can be remembered and passed down.
