Basic Info

Question 1

Who was the Buddha

Answer 1

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 2

Where and when it Buddhism start

Answer 2

Lumbini, India and 2500years ago

Question 3

How many Buddhists are there

Answer 3

500 million

Question 4

What dose ‘Buddha’ mean

Answer 4

Enlightened one

Question 5

What were the 4 sights

Answer 5

Old age, illness, death, a holy man

Question 6

The Buddhas teachings

Answer 6

Dharma

Question 7

The four noble truths

Answer 7

4 main principles of the Dharma

Question 8

3 poisons

Answer 8

3 main courses of suffering (hatred, greed, delusion)

Question 9

Magga

Answer 9

Follow 8 fold path to end suffering

Question 10

Nirodha

Answer 10

Suffering can end

Question 11

Samudaya

Answer 11

Suffering is caused by the 3 poisons

Question 12

Dukkha

Answer 12

All creatures die, suffer

Question 13

8 fold path

Answer 13

8 instructions the Buddha gave his followers

Question 14

The 8 fold path instructions

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Who was emperor Ashoka

Answer 15

Helped to spread Buddhism

Question 16

Y was Emperor Ashoka a Buddhist

Answer 16

Since his army killed and captured 250,000 people and when he heard he was horrified

Question 17

Pilgrimage

Answer 17

A journey to a place of religious significance

Question 18

Pilgrimage to lumbini

Answer 18

Place where Buddha was born

Question 19

Pilgrimage to Boah Gaya

Answer 19

Place where Buddha reached enlightenment

Question 20

Pilgrimage to Sarnath

Answer 20

Where Buddha gave first sermon

Question 21

Pligramage to Kusinara

Answer 21

Buddha dead hear

Question 22

Meditation

Answer 22

The practice of calming the mind and focusing on a specific parts of the Dharma