BUDDHISM Flashcards
(24 cards)
It is the world’s ___ largest religion. It has been founded in the___ by ___.
fourth
late 6th Century B.C.E
Siddhartha Gautama
Main principles of belief (3)
Karma
Reincarnation
Impermanence
Actions and its effect or consequences
Karma
The rebirth of a soul in a new body
Reincarnation
Nothing lasts forever
Impermanence
Main classifications of Buddhism
Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana
The School of the elders
Theravada
The Great Vehicle
Mahayana
The Way of the Diamond
Vajrayana
Theravada Buddhism places a strong focus on achieving ___by individual effort.
___ and ___ are essential steps on the path to enlightenment.
self-liberation
Concentration
meditation
The best path is to dedicate oneself to ___ full-time.
___, the state of having achieved enlightenment, is the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhists.
monastic life
Arahantship
According to Buddhist narrative, Siddhartha Gautama was born to wealthy ___ clan members in ___, in what is now Nepal,
Shakya
Lumbini
What was Siddhartha Gautama disenchanted by?
The world and the sorrow people endured
It is said that Buddha sat under the Bo tree for 49 days while being tempted by demons.
Where did Siddhartha Gautama achieve enlightenment?
At Buddhagaya, under a Bodhi tree
“Words of Doctrine”
“Way of Truth”
Dhammapada
Dhammapada is the best known and most widely esteemed text in the ___, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.
It is a collection of fundamental Buddhist teachings in a straightforward aphoristic style, mostly ethical teachings.
It is revered as an unending source of wisdom and spiritual inspiration in Theravada Buddhist countries.
Pali Canon (Tiptaka)
It is regarded as the literary equivalent of the Buddha, a little manifestation in verse of the Master’s immense wisdom and profound compassion.
Pali Canon (Tiptaka)
423 verses
26 chapters
The Pali Canon (Tiptaka) literature outlines two unique objectives for living a spiritual life:
achieving happiness in this life
btaining spiritual liberation, freedom, and total tranquility.
T or F: The soul is the source of all that makes us who we are, the architect of our personality, and the determiner of our fate.
False, mind (appamada)
Schematism of four levels of instruction set forth in the Dhammapada
- The Human Good Here And Now
- The Good in Future Lives
- The Path to the Final Good
- The Highest Goal
Three primary and perennial spiritual needs of man
- Achieve welfare and Happiness
- Attain a favorable future life
- Need for transcendence
The need to establish human welfare and happiness in the immediately visible domain of personal relation
Show us the way to live peace with ourselves and our fellow human beings.
The Human Good Here and Now
a concern which arises from a desire to promote human well-being here and now
We feel that there must be some correction to this imbalance, some force that will tilt the scales of justice into the balance that seems right, but our daily experience seems to contradict this intuition totally.
The Good in Future Lives
The teaching on karma and rebirth, with its practical corollary that we should perform deeds of merit with the aim of obtaining a higher mode of rebirth.
However, a more searching examination reveals that all states of existence in samsara, even the highest heavens, are lacking in genuine worth; for they are all impermanent, without any lasting substance, incapable of giving complete and final satisfaction.
The Path to the Final Good
