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SQA National 5 Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies

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Notes for SQA National 5 Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies (course code C864 75), in three parts that follow the course: world religion, morality and belief, and religious and philosophical questions. Each of the six religions and each optional topic has its own folder, with religious and non-religious viewpoints in the moral and philosophical topics. Delete the religions and topics you do not study once the notes are yours.

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  • World religion
    • Buddhism
      • Buddhism: the Three Marks of Existence, Four Noble Truths and Three Poisons6 KB
      • Buddhism: the Buddha, the Three Jewels, kamma, samsara and nibbana6 KB
      • Buddhism: the Eightfold Path, Five Precepts, meditation and puja6 KB
    • Christianity
      • Christianity: the nature of God, humans, free will and sin6 KB
      • Christianity: Jesus, his death and resurrection, judgement, heaven and hell5 KB
      • Christianity: following Jesus' teachings and example, and worship5 KB
    • Hinduism
      • Hinduism: the nature of God, atman, avidya and Krishna7 KB
      • Hinduism: karma, samsara, moksha, dharma, the three margas and worship7 KB
    • Islam
      • Islam: the nature of God, khalifah, free will, sin, Muhammad and the Qur'an7 KB
      • Islam: judgement, al-Jannah and Jahannam, the Five Pillars, living by the Qur'an and worship7 KB
    • Judaism
      • Judaism: the nature of God, human nature, free will, sin, the Exodus and the covenant7 KB
      • Judaism: judgement, the Messiah, Olam Ha-Ba, living according to the Torah and worship7 KB
    • Sikhism
      • Sikhism: the nature of God, atma, maya, haumai and the Five Evils4 KB
      • Sikhism: the Gurus, Guru Granth Sahib, jivan mukti, karma, free will, sewa, simran, the Khalsa and worship8 KB
  • Morality and belief
    • Morality and justice
      • Morality and justice: the purposes of punishment and the causes of crime6 KB
      • Morality and justice: UK responses to crime, capital punishment and life tariffs7 KB
    • Morality and relationships
      • Morality and relationships: gender roles, equality and exploitation6 KB
      • Morality and relationships: sexual relationships and marriage7 KB
    • Morality, environment and global issues
      • Morality, environment and global issues: resource management and environmental crises6 KB
      • Morality, environment and global issues: poverty, trade and aid6 KB
    • Morality, medicine and the human body
      • Morality, medicine and the human body: the value of life and the use of embryos6 KB
      • Morality, medicine and the human body: end-of-life care, euthanasia and assisted dying6 KB
    • Morality and conflict
      • Morality and conflict: causes of war, types of war, the Geneva Conventions and justifications6 KB
      • Morality and conflict: the consequences of war, modern armaments and alternatives to war6 KB
  • Religious and philosophical questions
    • Origins
      • Origins: the role of a creator and the origin of the universe6 KB
      • Origins: the origin of life, evolution and creation stories5 KB
    • The existence of God
      • The existence of God: the nature of God and the cosmological argument5 KB
      • The existence of God: the teleological argument5 KB
    • The problem of suffering and evil
      • The problem of suffering and evil: types of suffering and explanations5 KB
      • The problem of suffering and evil: problems for belief in God, and theodicies6 KB
    • Miracles
      • Miracles: divine intervention, the laws of nature and scriptural miracles6 KB
      • Miracles: non-scriptural miracles and views on them5 KB

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World religion / Buddhism / Buddhism: the Three Marks of Existence, Four Noble Truths and Three Poisons

Buddhists believe that to understand how to live well you first have to understand what the world is actually like. The Buddha taught that everything conditioned has three characteristics, that these lead to a kind of suffering which has a cause and an end, and that the cause lies in three mental states which keep people unhappy and stuck in the cycle of rebirth. The terms below are given in Pali, which is the language of the Theravada scriptures; Sanskrit forms such as dukkha, anatman and nirvana appear in Mahayana writing. ## The Three Marks of Existence The Three Marks of Existence (*tilakkhana*) are anicca, dukkha and anatta. Buddhists hold that they are true of all conditioned things, which means everything that comes about because of causes and conditions. ### Anicca: impermanence **Anicca** means that nothing stays the same. Mountains erode, relationships change, bodies age and thoughts arise and pass within seconds. A person at fifty is not the same as the child they were, and even in a single day the body and mind are constantly changing. Buddhists do not say that change is bad; they say that it is a fact, and that suffering comes from trying to make things last when they cannot. ### Dukkha: suffering and unsatisfactoriness **Dukkha** is usually translated as suffering, but it covers more than pain. Traditional teaching describes three kinds. Ordinary suffering is the pain of illness, injury, grief and death. The suffering of change is the way happy moments end, so…

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