Buddhism

Question 1

what are the five precepts

Answer 1

1) abstain from killing or harming living beings
2) abstain from stealing
3) abstain from improper sexual conduct
4) abstain from false speech
5) abstain from taking alcohol or harmful drugs

Question 2

define buddha

Answer 2

• teachers who fully understand the nature of mind and reality
  -an enlightened person

Question 3

define nirvana

Answer 3

the end of personal suffering and the experience of unchanging space

Question 4

define bodisattva

Answer 4

-a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others
-worshipped as a deity

Question 5

what is the middle way

Answer 5

buddha’s enlightened view of life

Question 6

define anhimsa

Answer 6

the principle of non-violence

Question 7

what are the three jewels

Answer 7

1)Buddha- enlightened teacher who shows the path to awakening
2) Dharma- the Buddhist teaching, the truth and path to enlightenment
3) Sangha- community of Buddhist practioners (monks, nuns)

Question 8

what are the three characteristics of existence

Answer 8

1) Annica (impermanence)
2) Anatta (not self) no identity
3) Dhakka (suffering) all life involves suffering

Question 9

what is the Noble Eightfold path

Answer 9

the path to enlightenment
1) right view
2) right intention
3) right speech
4) right action
5) right livelihood
6) right effort
7) right mindfulness
8) right connection

Question 10

what are the four sights

Answer 10

a corpse, an old man, a sick man, a meditating ascetic

Question 11

what are the four noble truths

Answer 11

-the symptom - people suffer (dukkha)
- the cause (suffering is caused by desire)
- the prognosis (we must remove desire to remove suffering)
-the cure (follow the noble eightfold path)