Basic Buddhist Concepts

Founder: Sakyamuni Buddha (6th-5th centuries BCE)

Three Treasures: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha Three Treasures

Three Baskets of Sacred Buddhist Literature: Sutra (words/teaching of the Buddha), Sastra (commentary, treatises), Vinaya (monastic regulations) 

Mahayana Buddhism (Great Vehicle, Begin of CE), Hinayana Buddhism (Lesser Vehicle)

Three Marks of Existence: Impermanence, Suffering (caused by attachment) No-self (Skt. Anatman; Jpn. Muga)

Nirvana: Liberation and Peace

Nagarjuna

Two-fold Truth of Form (language and concepts) and Emptiness (oneness) -> Religion

Concept of Zen

Sanskrit: Dhyana (meditation) -> 禪那 Channa -> 禪 Chan -> Zen