The Human Condition
What The Human Condition means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
The limitations of human existence, which understanding dukkha diagnoses, prompting the search for enlightenment.
Understanding dukkha is a realistic diagnosis of this, rather than pessimism.
Topics that use The Human Condition
- Key Beliefs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Anatta (No-self)
- Arhat
- Arhat and Bodhisattva
- Asceticism
- Bodhisattva
- Buddha-nature
- Buddhahood
- Buddhist Ethics and Practice
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