Buddha's Lists

Question 1

The 4 Noble Truths

Answer 1

1. The truth of suffering in our lives.
2. The cause of suffering in our lives.
3. The truth regarding the end of suffering in our lives.
4. The path that leads to the end of suffering in out lives: The Noble Eightfold Path.

Question 2

The Noble 8-Fold Path

Answer 2

1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration

Question 3

The 3 Marks of Existence

Answer 3

1. There is suffering with existence.
2. Everything is impermanent.
3. There is no separate self.

Question 4

The 4 Brahma Viharas

Answer 4

1. Metta (loving-kindness)
2. Karuna (compassion)
3. Mudita (sympathetic joy)
4. Upekkha (equanimity)

Question 5

The 4 Foundations of Mindfulness

Answer 5

1. Contemplation of the body (kaya).
2. Contemplation of feelings (vedana).
3. Contemplation of the mind (citta).
4. Contemplation of mind objects (Dhamma).

Question 6

The 5 Aggregates

Answer 6

1. Matter (rupa)
2. Consciousness (vinnana)
3. Feeling (vedana)
4. Perception and memory (sanna)
5. Mental formations (sankhara)

Question 7

1. Pleasure & pain.
2. Praise & blame.
3. Fame & disrepute.
4. Gain & loss.

Answer 7

The 8 Worldly Winds

Question 8

The 3 Poisons

Answer 8

1. Greed
2. Hatred
3. Delusion

Question 9

1. Greed
2. Hatred
3. Delusion

Answer 9

The 3 Poisons

Question 10

12 Steps of Dependent Origination

Conditioned Arising

Answer 10

1. Ignorance, then conditional volitional or willful actions
2. Conditioned consciousness
3. Conditioned mental and physical phenomena
4. The six senses
5. Conditioned contact
6. Conditioned sensation
7. Conditioned desire
8. Conditioned attachment
9. The process of becoming
10. Conditioned birth
11. Decay
12. Death, sorrow, pain, and then mental formations start over

Question 11

The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Answer 11

1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energetic Effort (viriya)
4. Joy
5. Tranquility
6. Concentration (samadhi)
7. Equanimity (upekha)

Question 12

1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energetic Effort (viriya)
4. Joy
5. Tranquility
6. Concentration (samadhi)
7. Equanimity (upekha)

Answer 12

The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Question 13

The 6 Paramitas.

Answer 13

1. Generosity.
2. Discipline.
3. Patience.
4. Exertion.
5. Meditation.
6. Wisdom.

Question 14

1. Generosity.
2. Discipline.
3. Patience.
4. Exertion.
5. Meditation.
6. Wisdom.

Answer 14

The 6 Paramitas.