Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B 1RB0
Catholic Christianity: Catholic BeliefsAny paper
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Catholic Christianity: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Catholic Christianity: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Catholic Christianity: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
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Catholic Christianity: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
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Christianity: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
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Islam: Muslim BeliefsAny paper
Islam: Living the Muslim LifeAny paper
Islam: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
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Islam: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Islam: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
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Buddhism: Buddhist BeliefsAny paper
Buddhism: Living the Buddhist LifeAny paper
Buddhism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Buddhism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Buddhism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Buddhism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Buddhism: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Buddhism: EqualityPaper 3
Hinduism: Hindu BeliefsAny paper
Hinduism: Living the Hindu LifeAny paper
Hinduism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Hinduism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Hinduism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Hinduism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Hinduism: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Hinduism: EqualityPaper 3
Judaism: Jewish BeliefsAny paper
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Judaism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Judaism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Judaism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Judaism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Judaism: Religious ExperiencePaper 3
Judaism: EqualityPaper 3
Sikhism: Sikh BeliefsAny paper
Sikhism: Living the Sikh LifeAny paper
Sikhism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Sikhism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Sikhism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Sikhism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Sikhism: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Sikhism: EqualityPaper 3
Buddhism: Buddhist Beliefs
The Five Khandas, Buddha-nature and the Arahant and Bodhisattva ideals
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Overview
The Khandha Sutta and why the aggregates are taught, sunnata, tathagatagarbha and debates over Buddha-nature, the Arahant and the Bodhisattva, Buddhahood, the Pure Land, and Amitabha's vows.
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What does the Khandha Sutta teach about the aggregates?
Why do Buddhists teach about the Five Khandas?
Questions from this subtopic
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Name the Five Khandas.
Model answer
The Five Khandas are form (rupa), feeling (vedana), perception (sanna), mental formations (sankhara) and consciousness (vinnana).
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What does the Khandha Sutta teach about the aggregates?
Model answer
The Khandha Sutta defines each aggregate, whether past, present or future, inside or outside the person. The sutta separates the aggregates themselves from the aggregates as objects of clinging.
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Why do Buddhists teach about the Five Khandas?
Model answer
The khandas show that a person is made of changing parts with no fixed self behind them. Knowledge of the khandas weakens clinging to "me" and "mine".
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How do Theravada and Mahayana Buddhists differ over the khandas?
Model answer
Theravada Buddhists analyse the khandas to show that a person lacks a self. Mahayana texts such as the Heart Sutra go further, teaching that the khandas themselves are empty.
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What is sunnata?
Model answer
Sunnata means emptiness. All things are empty of any fixed, independent existence because they arise from causes and conditions.
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What is tathagatagarbha?
Model answer
Tathagatagarbha, or Buddha-nature, is the teaching that every being has the potential to become a Buddha. The word means the "womb" or "embryo" of a Buddha.
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