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YouTube Terms 2022

This page is a preview of our updated YouTube Terms of Service, including a summary of changes, that takes effect on January 5, 2022. Until then, the existing YouTube Terms of Service continue to apply. We are updating our Terms of Service on 5 January 2022. This summary is designed to help you understand some of the updates we’ve made to our YouTube Terms of Service (Terms). We hope this serves as a useful guide, but please ensure you read the new Terms in full. Develop, Improve and Update the Service This section describes our approach to improving and changing our Service. We renamed the  Changes to the Service  section as  Develop, Improve and Update the Service  to better reflect the content of the section. In addition: We revised and reorganized some of the content in this section to make it easier to understand We explained the reasons we modify and update the Service Finally, we described the advance notice we provide if we make changes that ne...

Windows 11 System Requirements

 Windows 11 System Requirements Note:    This article explains the minimum system requirements for running Windows 11 on a PC. Minimum system requirements are designed to provide a great computing experience across a variety of devices, now and into the future. Specific features plus apps and hardware that you add to your PC may exceed these minimum requirements. Windows provides additional information on some feature-specific requirements on the Windows 11 specifications page. For more details on additional requirements for your apps or hardware, you should check with the specific publisher or manufacturer.   Windows 11 is designed to bring you closer to what you love and is released at a time when the PC is playing an ever more central role in the way we connect, create and play. When we made the decision on where to set the minimum system requirements for ...

Glossary of Buddhist words

  Glossary Buddha The founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, after his enlightenment. It is a title which means the enlightened or awakened one. CE Common Era. chant Repeating religious phrases or quotations from sacred texts. conscience An inner sense (or 'voice') which communicates what is right or wrong in one's behaviour. Dhammapada The most famous of the Buddhist scriptures in the West, with 423 verses in the Pali canon. dharma This word has various meanings which have to be understood from the context in which it is used. It can mean religious duty. In Buddhism it is most widely used to mean the Buddha’s teaching. It can also mean ‘the truth’. enlightenment The realisation of the truth about life. In Buddhism it releases a person from the cycle of rebirth. founder The person who is regarded as founding or starting a religion, eg Jesus was the founder of Christianity; the Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. Jakata Tales (Jakata stories) A large collection of writings...

3 Pitakas

 Sutta Pitaka Vinaya Pitaka Abhidhammapitaka Sutta Pitaka It contains over 10 thousand suttas or sutras related to Buddha and his close companions. This also deals  with the first Buddhist council which was held shortly after Buddha’s death , dated by the majority of recent scholars around  400 BC, under the patronage of king Ajatasatru with the monk Mahakasyapa presiding, at Rajgir. Its sections are: Digha Nikaya:  Comprises the “long” discourses in 34 long sutras. Majjhima Nikaya:  Comprises the “middle-length” discourses in 152 sutras. Samyutta Nikaya : Comprises the “connected” discourses in over 2800 sutras. Anguttara Nikaya : Comprises the “numerical” discourses in over 9600sutras. Khuddaka Nikaya : Comprises the “minor collection” It has 15-17 booklets. (Thai 15. Sinhali 17 & Burmese 18 booklets). Vinaya Pitaka The subject matter of  Vinay Pitaka  is the monastic rules for monks and nuns. It can also be called as Book of Discipline. Suttavib...

Four Noble Truths

  Four Noble Truths The Four Noble Truths, which Buddha taught, are: The truth of suffering (dukkha) The truth of the cause of suffering (samudaya) The truth of the end of suffering (nirhodha) The truth of the path that frees us from suffering (magga) Collectively, these principles explain why humans hurt and how to overcome suffering.

Eightfold Path

  Eightfold Path The Buddha taught his followers that the end of suffering, as described in the fourth Noble Truths, could be achieved by following an Eightfold Path.  In no particular order, the Eightfold Path of Buddhism teaches the following ideals for ethical conduct, mental disciple, and achieving wisdom: Right understanding (Samma ditthi) Right thought (Samma sankappa) Right speech (Samma vaca) Right action (Samma kammanta) Right livelihood (Samma ajiva) Right effort (Samma vayama) Right mindfulness (Samma sati) Right concentration (Samma samadhi)