buddhism

Question 1

what happened in 563 BCE

Answer 1

the birth of Siddhartha

Question 2

what happened in 530 BCE

Answer 2

Siddhartha achieves enlightenment

Question 3

what happened 530-486 BCE

Answer 3

Siddhartha teaching period

Question 4

what happened in 486 BCE

Answer 4

death of Siddhartha

Question 5

what happened in 200 CE

Answer 5

Buddhism enters china

Question 6

what happened in 278 CE

Answer 6

Buddhism enters Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Question 7

what happened in 327 CE

Answer 7

Buddhism enters korea

Question 8

what happened in 538 CE

Answer 8

Buddhism enters japan

Question 9

what happened in 1893 CE

Answer 9

Buddhism enters the west

Question 10

The Meaning of Buddhism

Answer 10

budhi or ‘to be awakened’

Question 11

who founded Buddhism

Answer 11

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 12

what is the original language of Buddhism

Answer 12

pail

Question 13

what is the place of ritual

Answer 13

temple or meditation hall

Question 14

who is the spiritual leader

Answer 14

monk or lama in Tibetan Buddhism

Question 15

ultimate reality

Answer 15

nirvana

Question 16

what is a Theravada

Answer 16

arthat
escapes the cycle of rebirth and attain nirvana

Question 17

what is a Mahayana

Answer 17

boddhisattva
helps others achieve enlightenment

Question 18

what is the afterlife

Answer 18

none nothing is permanent

Question 19

what is equanimity

Answer 19

maintaining inner calmness regardless of extra circumstances

Question 20

what are the three jewels

Answer 20

1. the buddha
2. the sangha
3. the dharma

Question 21

what are the three delusions

Answer 21

1. ignorance
2. desire
3. hatred

Question 22

what are the four noble truths

Answer 22

1. life involves suffering
2. craving attachments creates suffering
3. suffering ends
4. follow the eightfold path

Question 23

what is the eightfold path

Answer 23

1. Right view
2. Right intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right actions
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right concentration
8. Right mindedness

Question 24

what was Siddhartha’s name and place before birth

Answer 24

name: Shakyamuni
place: bodhisattva in tushita

Question 25

what was his reason for coming to earth?

Answer 25

he wanted to relieve people of their suffering and saw how spiritually poor they were

Question 26

who are Siddhartha's parents and what region were they born into

Answer 26

King shudhodhana and queen Mayadevi they were born into the lion (Shakya) and the ruling (Kshatriya) caste

Question 27

what are the 3 symbols in Queens Maya's's dream

Answer 27

Elephants - known for their strength, intelligence and grace (white elephant) Fertility - their gray colour associated with rain clouds (grey elephant) White - purity and immaculacy

Question 28

how was Siddhartha conceived

Answer 28

his mother was touched by an elephant's truck on her left side

Question 29

what was his father's reaction and prediction

Answer 29

he was predicted to have exceptional traits and would grow up to be a great ruler or an enlightened teacher he was warned by the court astrologers that his son may give up his life and follow the path of meditation so his father kept him in the court to protect him

Question 30

what are the four sights

Answer 30

a suffering old man a sick man a corpse a wandering ascetic

Question 31

what was Siddhartha's time as a mendicant

Answer 31

spent 6 years as a mendicant he ate very little food (a grain of rice for a year or a drop of water) he was still plagued by material craving and was more conscious than ever

Question 32

what was Siddhartha's final meditation

Answer 32

our desires create attachments, and these attachments create suffering to end suffering we must cultivate the attitude of equanimity

Question 33

what is the buddhapada

Answer 33

buddhas footprint symbolizes the presence of the Buddha toes all one length

Question 34

what is the Buddha's eyes

Answer 34

looks out in all four directions symbolizes the all-seeing Buddha also known as the wisdom eyes

Question 35

what is the endless knot

Answer 35

no beginning or end symbolizes endless wisdom and passion