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Buddhism Flashcards

1
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Buddhism is the ___ largest religion

A

4th

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2
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What is the Buddhism the first for?

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Missionary purpose

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3
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Who founded Buddhism?

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Sidartha Gautama

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4
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What are the 2 primary paths of Buddhism?

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Mahayana and Theravada

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5
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Where did Buddhism start?

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India

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6
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Great vehicle

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Mayahana

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7
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Teaching of the elders

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Theravada

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8
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What is the problem in Buddhism?

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Suffering

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9
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Suffering

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Dukkha

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10
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What is the goal of Buddhism?

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Nirvana

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11
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Extinguish suffering and escape Samsara

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Nirvana

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12
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When was Siddhartha Gautama born? Born as a ____

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Lumbini 563 BCE, prince

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13
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At what age did Siddhartha leave the palace?

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29

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14
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What did Siddhartha find outside of the palace?

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Sickness, death, old age, ascetic

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15
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What did Siddhartha learn when he was with the 5 ascetics?

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Breath control fasting, unmoving meditation

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16
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When and how did Siddhartha reach enlightenment?

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age 35, meditated under the ficus tree

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17
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What did Siddhartha teach the 5 ascetics for the first time when he was enlightened?

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4 Noble truths

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18
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Enlightened beings, shared Buddhism

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Arhat

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19
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When and how did Siddhartha die?

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483 BCE, suspected food poisoning

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20
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Buddha’s teachings, the truth, one of the 3 jewels

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Dharma

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21
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What are the 4 noble truths?

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  1. All life entails suffering
  2. Suffering is caused by desire
  3. to eliminate suffering, eliminate desire
  4. to eliminate desire, follow 8 fold path
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22
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What is in the 8 fold path?

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Right speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration, understanding, thought

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23
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ethical conduct/morality

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1-3

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24
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mental disposition, meditation

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4-6

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25
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wisdom/ prajna

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7-8

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26
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What are the 3 marks of existence?

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impermanence, suffering, anatman/anatta

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27
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Everything is always changing

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impermanence

28
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Dukkha is inescapable

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Dukkha

29
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No soul

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Anatta/Anatman

30
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Physical body, senses, feelings, perceptions of good/neutral sensory outputs, consciousness, mental dispositions

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Skandhas

31
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After death nirvana for enlightened beings

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Parinirvana

32
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Buddha’s sermons

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Sutras

33
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Commentaries on Buddha’s teachings

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Shastras

34
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What are the texts for Theravada school?

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Pali Canon

35
Q

Early manuscripts were written on palm leaves and kept in 3 baskets based on the subject matter?

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Tipitaka

36
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Monastic discipline

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Vanaya-pitaka

37
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discourses

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Sutta-pitaka

38
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Further teachings

A

Abhidhamma-pitaka

39
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What are the main texts for the Mahayana school?

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None; recognize poli canon and sutras

40
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Can lead to enlightenment and opportunity to achieve the 8 fold path; can also lead to right views and intentions

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Meditation

41
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Who is meditation essential for?

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Sangha and Laity

42
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Common people

A

Laity

43
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element that is necessary for enlightenment

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Prajna

44
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Most common meditation in Theravada school; purpose is to encourage detachment from desire, increase insight, eliminates ignorance

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Mindfullness meditation (Vipassana)

45
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Sitting motionless, not thinking; purpose is to clear the mind

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Soto zen

46
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Master asks students a question, students respond genuinely, spontaneously, unrehearsed; purpose is to create an opportunity for awakening unrealized knowlege

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Rin Zai zen

47
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Eureka moments

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Satori

48
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What places are considered pilgrimages?

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Lumbini Nepal, Bodh Gaya India, Sarnath India, Susingara India

49
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Where Buddha was born

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Lumbini, Nepal

50
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Site of Buddha’s enlightenment

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Bodh Gaya, India

51
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Buddha’s 1st sermon

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Sarnath, India

52
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Buddha reaches parinirvana

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Kusingara, India

53
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School that believes the only way to get nirvana is to follow the middle path; emphasizes personal self

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Theravada

54
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School that believes when you reach enlightenment you can stay in paramitas and help others achieve nirvana; ; emphasizes global enlightenment

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Mahayana

55
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What are the 2 sub-schools of Mahayana?

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Pureland, Ch’an and zen

56
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Who founded pureland buddhism?

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Amita Buddha

57
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Focused on laity, believes in pureland paradise in wester parmitas by showing great devotion to Amita Buddha

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Pureland Buddhism

58
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Believe in individual enlightenment, rejects Mahayana belief in Boddhisattavas, Theravada view of the cosmos

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Ch’an and Zen

59
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where did Ch’an and Zen Buddhism originate?

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China

60
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Thunderbolt vehicle, no unified texts, students work closely with teacher and Boddhisattava; emphasize to reach nirvana now

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Vajrayana

61
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Sounds

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Mantra

62
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Vision

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Mandala

63
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Movement

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Mudras

64
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Not taught or shared with the public

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Esoteric

65
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Serves as the occasion to review, correct, and certify the proper standards of monastery discipline in Theravada Schools

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Uposatha

66
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What are the 3 jewels?

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Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

67
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the Buddhist community of monks, nuns, novices, and laity.

A

Sangha

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