Buddhism

Question 1

Where was Buddha born?

Answer 1

He was born in Upanishadic India

Question 2

Who was Buddha born to?

Answer 2

He was born to King Shuddhodana and Queen Mayadevi

Question 3

Describe the life story of the Buddha.

Answer 3

Prior to his birth, mother has a dream that a white elephant enters her right side. Seer told her that she would have a son that would become either a great leader or a great sage. It he stayed in the kingdom, he will be a leader. If he left, he would be a sage.

Question 4

Buddha’s family name

Answer 4

Guatama

Question 5

“He who has achieved his goal”

Answer 5

Sidhhartha

Question 6

Buddha is born into what clan?

Answer 6

Shakya clan (Shakyamuni)- sage of the Shakyas

Question 7

Another name for Buddha

Answer 7

Siddhartha- “He who has achieved his goal”

Question 8

The Buddha leaves the palace four time and each time sees different things. What were they?

Answer 8

1) old man
2) illness
3) Death
4) Aesthetic (monk)

*The fourth time he leaves the palace, he realizes that maybe this could be me.

Question 9

Who is the demon that tempted the Buddha?

Answer 9

Mara. He threw his three daughters and the Buddha.

Question 10

Buddha gave his first sermon in Deer Park on

Answer 10

The Middle Way

Question 11

What are the teachings of Buddha?

Answer 11

1) Impermanance. Things do not inherently exist
2) Emptiness.
3) Suffering- comes from ignorance of the true nature of the self
4) Attachment is a cause of suffering
5) Internal battleground
6) wisdom vs. ignorance
7) Anatman (doctrine of no-souls)

Question 12

What is Anatman? What are the five aggregates?

Answer 12

Doctrine of no-souls. We consist of 5 aggregates, or skandhas.

1) physical body
2) feelings
3) understanding (perception)
4) will
5) consciousness

Question 13

What is the middle way?

Answer 13

the middle between extremes of indulgence and denial. The middle of the extremes of existence and nonexistence.

Question 14

What are the three poisons?

Answer 14

1) Ignorance- pig. Ignorance is the rout of all suffering.
2) Hatred- snake. Arises from ignorance.
3) Craving- rooster. Arises from ignorance.

Question 15

What is the reason we continue in Samsara?

Answer 15

Ignorance

Question 16

What are the four noble truths?

Answer 16

1) Suffering
2) Origins- Cause
3) Cessations- There is a cure!
4) Paths- Eightfold path- cure

Question 17

What are the 8 parts of the Eightfold Path?

Answer 17

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

• The first two are wisdom
• The next three are ethical conduct
• The last three are concentration, developing your spiritual life.

Question 18

Round of rebirth

Answer 18

Samsara

Question 19

virtuous actions have

Answer 19

Pleasant effects

Question 20

Non-virtuous actions have

Answer 20

non-pleasant effects

Question 21

Karma means

Answer 21

Action

Question 22

In Buddhism, Karma is a lot more

Answer 22

Psychological. When you do the action, what are the psychological aspects. What were your intentions? Whether you think what you did was wrong.

Question 23

virtuous, non-virtuous, and neutral actions of body, speech, and mind as well as the pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral effects which may arise from those actions.

Answer 23

Karma in Buddhism

Question 24

What are the six migrations?

Answer 24

“Happy Migrations”

• Gods
• Demi-Gods
• Humans

“Sad Migrations”

• Animals
• Hungry Ghosts
• Hell Beings

Question 25

What is it called if you are reborn as an inanimate object?

Answer 25

Trifling Hell

Question 26

Nirvana means

Answer 26

Cessation

Question 27

Freeing oneself of the cycle of birth or rebirth (in Buddhism)

Answer 27

Nirvana

Question 28

The state of wisdom and understanding of emptiness that leads to Nirvana

Answer 28

Enlightenment

Question 29

Someone who has reached Enlightenment

Answer 29

Arhat *The first five followers of Buddha reached Arhat

Question 30

What are the three jewels?

Answer 30

1) Buddha. Atainment. (The teacher) 2) Dharma (The teaching) 3) Sangha (The community). Monks and laypeople who are practitioners of Buddhism.

Question 31

A ____ is someone who has taken refuge in the three jewels of the buddha, dharma, and sangha

Answer 31

Buddhist

Question 32

What are the ten virtues?

Answer 32

1) avoid killing; protect life 2) avoid stealing; practice giving 3) avoid sexual misconduct; practice good ethics 4) avoid lying; speak the truth 5) avoid divisive talk; speak harmoniously 6) avoid harsh words; speak lovingly 7) avoid senseless speech; speak with meaning 8) avoid covetness; cultivate admiration and delight 9) avoid harmful intend; become helpful 10) avoid wrong views; cultivate correct ones *In each of these things, there is not only a proclamation to avoid each thing, but a declaration to do the opposite.

Question 33

What are the three baskets called?

Answer 33

Tripitaka 1) Vinaya Pitaka- monastic rules 2) Sutra Pitaka- discourses 3) Abhidhamma Pitaka- supplemental works

Question 34

The tradition of the elders

Answer 34

Theraveda *Also known as Hinayana, or "The lesser vehicle"

Question 35

- Focuses on the life of Buddha as a monk - A monk who attains supreme enlightenment as an Arhat - Reaching Enlightenment is a personal journey

Answer 35

Theraveda *Lesser Vehicle. First school of Buddhism, historical buddhism.

Question 36

Historical Buddhism. The first school of Buddhism.

Answer 36

Theraveda

Question 37

Stories of the previous lives of Buddha

Answer 37

Jatakas *Used as teaching mechanisms

Question 38

The greater vehicle

Answer 38

Mahayana

Question 39

Who changed Buddhism around the 3rd century BCE

Answer 39

King Ashoka

Question 40

Someone who can reach enlightenment, but instead they come back in the round of rebirth to help other people reach enlightenment.

Answer 40

Part of the Mahayana *Seen as the vehicle that can get more people across

Question 41

In Buddhism, seen as the vehicle that can get more people across

Answer 41

Mahayana

Question 42

Meant to be a faster way to reach enlightenment . Practiced in Tibet. Utilized llamas (Gurus).

Answer 42

Vajrayana

Question 43

The dali llama is the leader of the

Answer 43

Tibetan Gelupgna Buddhist School

Question 44

The Diamond/Thunderbolt Vehicle

Answer 44

Vajrayana

Question 45

Japanese school of Buddhism

Answer 45

Zen

Question 46

School of Buddhism where meditation is the key to enlightenment. Contemplation and understanding is what is of value.

Answer 46

Zen

Question 47

seated meditation

Answer 47

Zazen

Question 48

problems used to reduce dependency on ordinary ways of thinking

Answer 48

Koans

Question 49

Enlightenment experience in Zen Buddhism

Answer 49

Satori