\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.54287 cm} x{3.43413 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Life of the Buddha}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Birth & -Born in Lumbini \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & -Described as a prince \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & -Lived in a Palace \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & -Shielded from Suffering \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & -Lotus flowers appeared behind him after he took a few steps just after birth \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Family Background & -Born into a ruling family \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & -Most of the place they ruled over was controlled by tribal groups \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Intended career & -Intended to be a king \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & -Told he would be a king or a religious leader (religious leader if he ever saw suffering \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} What he saw age 29 & -He was not satisfied, he thought there must be more. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & -Escaoed the castle during the night \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & -Saw the 4 sights, illness, death, old age, a holy man. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} His response & -Decided to rid himself of luxuries \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} & -Trained in meditation \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & -Joined a group of ascetics and lived as an ascetic for 6 years. \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.44333 cm} x{3.53367 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The 5 Aggregates/Skandhas}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Form & Raw materials like earth, fire, body etc. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Sensation & Emotional response \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Perception & What we become aware of \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Mental Formation & What we decide to do, how we process things \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Consiousness} & Awareness of being alive \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{- The 5 Aggregates/5 Skandhas relate to Anicca and Anatta because your thought processes change and what we are aware of changes. This relates to anatta because of the idea that the 5 aggregates make up a person, so there is no fixed self. \newline \newline -This causes Dukkha because sometimes what we are aware of causes us to suffer. Our emotional responses also cause sadness or dissatisfaction.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The 5 precepts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Harming Living Beings} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Taking things not freely given} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Sensual misconduct} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{False speech} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Intoxicating drinks and drugs} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MONKS AND NUNS / THOSE CONSIDERING JOINING MUST ALSO ABSTAIN FROM} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Taking untimely meals} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Dancing, singing, music and watching grotesque mime} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Use of garlands, perfumes and personal adornment} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Use of high seats} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Accepting gold and silver} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The 5 precepts are recommendations, not commandments. The individual is encouraged to interpret them in the best way they can.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Variations in Buddhism}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{After the Budhha died the first council agreed on the accuracy of the Buddha's teachings.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{100 years later, the second council discussed rules for monks and nuns, with a debate on whether the rules were too rigid or even essential.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Sometime later, the Buddhist community split into Theravada and Mahayana Buddhists. Theravada Buddhists believed the rules should be strictly followed, whereas Mahayana Buddhists adopted a more progressive reading of the rules.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Over the next 300 years, there were more separations and by the end of the 1st century (Year 0) there were 18 or 20 Buddhist sects.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- Vajrayana developed within Mahayana \newline - Theravada Buddhists think they are closest to the original meaning of Buddhist teachings \newline - Pure land Buddhists aim to be reborn into this realm \newline - Zen Buddhism was set by the Buddhist Bodhidharma.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Self}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Identity and the idea of a fixed self is an illusion.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Your body is made up of what it intakes (food, air etc.)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Your body is one with your environment. They can't be separated.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Constant change links to no fixed self because identity is also in a state of impermanence.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{This leads to suffering because we become attatched to things that will change.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Rupa's}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- Rupa: Images of the Buddha \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) - 3 Main forms of Rupas; \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) o Sitting \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1)  Often sat in lotus position or on lotus flower \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2)  May be sat on a throne \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) o Standing \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1)  {[}FIND OUT{]} \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) o Lying Down \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1)  Represents the buddha giving is last sermon, reclining and passing away into nirvana% Row Count 11 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Long earlobes are symbolic of the heavy gold jewelry the Buddha would have worn had he not left the royal lifestyle. It is to remind people what he gave up. \newline \newline The bump on the top of the Buddha's head is a symbol of wisdom. It is also seen as a reminder of his royal lifestyle in terms of headgear. \newline \newline \newline The 3rd eye symbolises the inner eye. 'The Buddha sees with his mind'. \newline \newline The snake represents the fact that a snake protected the Buddha from being tempted.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Enlightenment of the Buddha}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Meditated under a tree} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Visited by a devilish character (Mara)} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Mara attacked the Buddha (Siddhartha) with wind, rain, rocks etc.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Mara sent 3 daughters to tempt the prince. They were called Lust, Thirst and Discontent. They were sent to emotionally attack the prince.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Siddhartha experienced intimidation, greed and doubt.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Mara challenged the prince's right to sit by the tree, claimed it belonged to him.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{When Siddhartha was enlightened, it happened in 4 stages known as the 4 watches.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Watch 1 : He remembered all his past lives} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Watch 2 : He saw the cycle of rebirth (not reincarnation) as a result of karma} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Watch 3 : He understood what kept poeple and creatures trapped and how to overcome those things.} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Watch 4 : He was enlightened.} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Questions of Kind Melinda}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- As a chariot is simply made up of an axel etc, a human is simply made up of body parts and the 5 aggregates} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- The king asks if there is no self to be apprehended, why does it matter if someone does something bad. If 'someone' were to kill, there would be no 'one' to endure the consequence.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- Buddhist teachings suggest that if you light a candle from a lit candle, the new flame is neither new nor the same as the first one. The same concept is true for consciousness in rebirth.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- A name is a conceptual term. The 5 aggregates ARE you.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bodhisattvas}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- The Mahayana image of someone who is unenlightened \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) - Acts entirely out of compassion and selflessness \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2) - Bodhisattva = 'Enlightenment being' one who wants to become enlightened \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 2) - Someone who in order to achieve enlightenment, delays it to help other achieve it. This is so they can achieve it quicker. {[}THIS IS A PARADOX{]} \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 3) - Free from the 3 poisons \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) - Can be a lay person or a monk or nun \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1) - Takes a vow to continue to be born into samsara until all sentient beings find enlightenment \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 2) 1. Intention- \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 1) o Must be sincere in search for enlightenment \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 1) o Intention + sincerity are important because they provide determination \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 2) 2. Vow- \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 1) o 'Fixation' \newline % Row Count 19 (+ 1) o Whatever the mind fixes itself on becomes real \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 1) o 2 Vows: \newline % Row Count 21 (+ 1)  To become a Buddha \newline % Row Count 22 (+ 1)  To lead all beings to enlightenment \newline % Row Count 23 (+ 1) 3. The course of the Bodhisattva- \newline % Row Count 24 (+ 1) o Developing the 6 Perfections; \newline % Row Count 25 (+ 1)  Charity \newline % Row Count 26 (+ 1) • Perfection of giving \newline % Row Count 27 (+ 1)  Morality \newline % Row Count 28 (+ 1) • Perfection of goodness \newline % Row Count 29 (+ 1)  Patience \newline % Row Count 30 (+ 1) } \tn \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bodhisattvas (cont)}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{• Perfection of composure \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1)  Vigour \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) • Perfection of energy \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1)  Meditation \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) • Perfection of concentration \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1)  Wisdom \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) • {[}FIND OUT{]} \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) 4. Buddhahood – \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) o {[}FIND OUT{]}% Row Count 9 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.88666 cm} x{2.09034 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The 8 Fold Path}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} The Way of Wisdom & Right View \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Right Intention \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} The Way of Morality & Right Speech \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Right Action \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Right Livelihood \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} The Way of Mental-Training & Right Mindfulness \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Right Concentration \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & Right Effort \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Places of Worship}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Buddhists can worship at home or at a temple, as long as they have a shrine.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{All Buddhist temples contain a picture or statue of the Buddha} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Temples are designed to represent the elements;} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{o Fire \newline  {[}FIND OUT{]} \newline o Earth \newline  Square Base \newline o Air \newline  {[}FIND OUT{]} \newline o Water \newline  {[}FIND OUT{]} \newline o Wisdom \newline  Pinnacle on top of the temple} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Mudras}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/niamhemily_1540500783_Buddhist Mudras.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Mudras are gestures performed by the hands of Buddha images.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.9954 cm} x{3.9816 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Shrines}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Vegetation} & Normally Flowers. Symbolise impermanence (anicca) and eternity. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Water & Offring water is a symbol of respect and reverence \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Candles & Light up the area around it, symbolise enlightenment. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Insense & Purify the air. Symbolises the Dharma being spread around the world \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Bell & Used to separate sections of ceremonies. Sometimes placed on a lotus shaped cushion as the lotus is a symbol of cause and effect. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.64701 cm} x{4.32999 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{3 Marks of existence}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Anicca} & The idea that things are constantly changing, nothing will stay the same. Everything is in a state of impermanence. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Anatta} & The idea that there is not fixed self. No permanent identity. The idea that all beings are interdependent. When applied to humans it means that as conditions change, people will too. Understanding this is a key to enlightenment. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Dukkha} & Suffering and dissatisfaction. If life is always changing, everything we know an love will eventually cease to exist. People cannot have the permanent suffering they seek. Dissatisfaction with life. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.64701 cm} x{4.32999 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{4 Noble Truths}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Dukkha} & All life involves suffering \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Tanha & The cause of suffering is craving. Craving is the 3 poisons; Greed, Hatred and Ignorance. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Niroda} & To overcome Dukkha you must overcome Tanha \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Magga & The way to overcome Tanha is the middle way. Just as followed by the Buddha, the middle way between luxury and hardship. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Meditation}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- Legends state that the Buddha had a natural inclination to meditation and was highly skilled from a young age. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) - One story says that the buddha and his father attended an agricultural ceremony where they saw worms being killed by small birds, who were then killed by bigger birds. The buddha reflected on this, which turned into a deep meditation. \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 5) - After leaving the palace the buddha was taught more advanced meditation \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 2) - The Buddha's disciples practiced meditation daily. Each 24 hours was split into 6 4 hour slots, starting at sundown; \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 3) o Period 1 – In Seated Meditation \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 1) o Period 2 – Sleeping \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 1) o Period 3 – Seated meditation \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 1) o Period 4 – Washing, Working, meditating and going out to receive food \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 2) o Period 5 – Eating then sitting in meditation to digest \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 2) o Period 6 – Meditation with the buddha% Row Count 21 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Types of Meditation}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Samatha Meditation: \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) - Meditation where you have something to focus on \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1) - One type of Samatha meditation that suits everyone is that where the focus is our own breath \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2) - You can do this meditation while walking \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) Brahma Viharas: \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) - Means 'Sublime State' \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) - By meditating upon the Brahma Viharas, a person develops feelings of love, compassion, joy and peace towards all living things. \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 3) The 4 Sublime States: \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1) - Metta: \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 1) o Loving kindness \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 1) o The person wishes themselves good will first then spreads positive friendly thoughts \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 2) - Karuna: \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 1) o Active compassion \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 1) o Understanding the nature of suffering \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 1) o Sharing others suffering \newline % Row Count 19 (+ 1) - Mudita: \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 1) o Sympathetic Joy \newline % Row Count 21 (+ 1) o Sharing the happiness of all other beings \newline % Row Count 22 (+ 1) - Upekkha: \newline % Row Count 23 (+ 1) o State of peace and serenity% Row Count 24 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Arhats}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{A perfected being who has overcome the 3 poisons and broken out of the cycle of samsara} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{When someone becomes Arhat, they are no longer reborn when they die.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Must be a monk or nun} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{A wise and compassionate being} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}