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AQA GCSE Religious Studies A

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Notes for AQA GCSE Religious Studies A (8062), in two parts that follow the specification: the study of religions, with a folder for each of Buddhism, Christianity, Catholic Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism, and the thematic studies, with a folder for each of Themes A to H, including the two St Mark's Gospel themes. Delete the religions and themes your course does not cover once the notes are yours.

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  • The study of religions
    • Buddhism
      • Buddhism: the Dhamma and human nature7 KB
      • Buddhism: the life of the Buddha and the Four Noble Truths6 KB
      • Buddhism: worship, meditation, death rituals and festivals6 KB
      • Buddhism: ethics, kamma and the perfections5 KB
    • Christianity
      • Christianity: God, creation and the afterlife7 KB
      • Christianity: Jesus Christ and salvation6 KB
      • Christianity: worship, prayer, sacraments, pilgrimage and celebrations9 KB
      • Christianity: the Church in the local and worldwide community6 KB
    • Catholic Christianity
      • Catholic Christianity: the Trinity, creation and the incarnation5 KB
      • Catholic Christianity: redemption, life after death and sources of authority6 KB
      • Catholic Christianity: the seven sacraments6 KB
      • Catholic Christianity: prayer, popular piety, pilgrimage and the funeral rite7 KB
      • Catholic Christianity: love of neighbour, social teaching, agencies and mission6 KB
    • Hinduism
      • Hinduism: Brahman, the deities and the nature of the universe6 KB
      • Hinduism: atman, samsara, karma and moksha6 KB
      • Hinduism: sources of authority, Shaivism and Vaishnavism3 KB
      • Hinduism: places of worship, forms of worship and representations of the divine6 KB
      • Hinduism: festivals, the four paths of yoga, pilgrimage and service6 KB
    • Islam
      • Islam: the articles of faith, tawhid, angels, predestination and the afterlife6 KB
      • Islam: prophethood, holy books, Sunni and Shi'a Islam, and the imamate5 KB
      • Islam: the Five Pillars, the Ten Obligatory Acts, shahadah and salah5 KB
      • Islam: sawm, zakah, hajj, jihad and festivals8 KB
    • Judaism
      • Judaism: the nature of God, the Shekhinah, life after death and the Messiah5 KB
      • Judaism: the covenant, the Ten Commandments and the mitzvot6 KB
      • Judaism: the synagogue, worship, Shabbat and the sacred texts7 KB
      • Judaism: birth, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, marriage, mourning, kosher food and festivals7 KB
    • Sikhism
      • Sikhism: the nature of God and the Mool Mantra4 KB
      • Sikhism: human life, karma, mukti and the five khands5 KB
      • Sikhism: equality, sewa, the sangat and sources of authority6 KB
      • Sikhism: the gurdwara, prayer, the akhand path, langar and nam japna5 KB
      • Sikhism: festivals, the Golden Temple, birth and initiation, the five Ks and names7 KB
  • Thematic studies
    • Theme A Relationships and families
      • Relationships and families: sex, marriage, divorce and religious teachings12 KB
      • Relationships and families: families, gender roles and equality7 KB
    • Theme B Religion and life
      • Religion and life: the universe, the environment and animals9 KB
      • Religion and life: the origins and value of human life, and life after death5 KB
      • Religion and life: abortion and euthanasia8 KB
    • Theme C The existence of God and revelation
      • The existence of God: the design argument, the first cause argument and miracles6 KB
      • The existence of God: evil, suffering and science as arguments against belief6 KB
      • Revelation and the divine: visions, enlightenment, nature and scripture7 KB
    • Theme D Religion, peace and conflict
      • Peace and conflict: peace, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation10 KB
      • Peace and conflict: religion in modern conflict, weapons of mass destruction and peace-making6 KB
    • Theme E Religion, crime and punishment
      • Crime and punishment: good and evil, the causes of crime and types of crime7 KB
      • Crime and punishment: the aims of punishment, prison and corporal punishment5 KB
      • Crime and punishment: forgiveness and the death penalty7 KB
    • Theme F Religion, human rights and social justice
      • Human rights: prejudice, freedom of religion and belief, and responsibilities6 KB
      • Human rights: social justice, racial prejudice and discrimination6 KB
      • Wealth and poverty: attitudes to wealth, exploitation and charity7 KB
    • Theme G St Mark's Gospel, the life of Jesus
      • St Mark's Gospel: the early ministry of Jesus8 KB
      • St Mark's Gospel: the later ministry of Jesus7 KB
      • St Mark's Gospel: the final days in Jerusalem11 KB
      • St Mark's Gospel: the titles of Jesus, teacher and miracle worker, and authority6 KB
    • Theme H St Mark's Gospel, religious, moral and spiritual truths
      • St Mark's Gospel: the Kingdom of God8 KB
      • St Mark's Gospel: Jesus' relationships with those disregarded by society9 KB
      • St Mark's Gospel: faith and discipleship8 KB
      • St Mark's Gospel: why its teaching matters for Jesus, his followers and Christians today7 KB

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The study of religions / Buddhism / Buddhism: the Dhamma and human nature

## The Dhamma The **Dhamma** (Sanskrit *dharma*) is the Buddha's teaching and, more widely, the truth about the way things are. It is one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, with the Buddha and the Sangha (the community), and Buddhists treat it as a practical teaching to be tested in experience, a raft for crossing to the far shore and not something to cling to for its own sake. The Dhamma rests on the observation that life is marked by change and suffering, and that suffering has causes which can be ended. ## Dependent arising **Dependent arising** (*paticcasamuppada*, also called dependent origination) is the teaching that nothing exists on its own: every thing and every experience comes into being because of conditions, and ends when those conditions end. A chain of conditions, often set out as twelve links, explains how ignorance leads to craving, craving to clinging, clinging to becoming, and becoming to birth, ageing and death. Rebirth and suffering are therefore not caused by a creator or a soul but by a chain of causes that can be interrupted. If ignorance is removed, the chain loses its first link and the whole sequence stops. ## The three marks of existence All conditioned things, in Buddhist teaching, share three characteristics. | Mark | Pali | Meaning | |---|---|---| | Impermanence | anicca | Everything changes: bodies, feelings, thoughts, mountains, relationships. Nothing stays as it is for long. | | No fixed self | anatta | There is no permanent, unchanging soul…

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