Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A · 1RA0

Human Life and Ideals

What you need to know

Analyse different Buddhist understandings of what the Five Khandas (aggregates) are and why they matter, referencing the Khandha Sutta.
Explain divergent perspectives on the nature and importance of sunnata (emptiness) and tathagatagarbha (Buddha-nature).
Evaluate divergent Buddhist understandings of the Arahant and Bodhisattva Ideals.
Describe divergent views on the nature and history of Buddhahood and the Pure Land.