Buddhism

Question 1

Which branch of Buddhism emphasizes teaching the same Buddhist principles that the Buddha originally taught?

Answer 1

Theravada Buddhism

Question 2

What was Buddha’s given name?

Answer 2

Siddartha

Question 3

In which country did Buddism originate?

Answer 3

India

Question 4

Which of these was not one of the four passing sights that changed the buddha’s perspective on the world?

Answer 4

An injured man

Question 5

Which branch of Buddhism places a strong emphasis on bodhisattvas?

Answer 5

Mahayana Buddhism

Question 6

Which branch of Buddhism believes that its essence cannot be expressed in words?

Answer 6

Zen Buddhism

Question 7

Which branch of Buddhism believes a person can reach nirvana in a single lifetime by utilizing all a person’s bodily energy in service of spiritual goals?

Answer 7

Vajrayana Buddhism

Question 8

Mahayana Buddhists trust what group of sacred texts that they believed are the original teachings of Buddha?

Answer 8

Sutras

Question 9

The title Buddha means what?

Answer 9

Enlightened one

Question 10

Buddha teaches how many noble truths?

Answer 10

4-life is suffering, suffering is caused by desire, removal of desire removes suffering, 8-fold path removes desire.

Question 11

Buddhism developed as a response to which religion?

Answer 11

Hinduism

Question 12

The major branches of Buddhism are known as the two what?

Answer 12

The two rafts

Question 13

What is a bodhisvatta?

Answer 13

Someone who reaches the brink of Nirvana but renounces it to return and help someone else reach nirvana

Question 14

In Theravada Buddhism, monks are known as what?

Answer 14

Sanghas

Question 15

Zen Buddhism is based on the Buddha’s teaching in his what sermon?

Answer 15

His flower sermon

Question 16

What is The goal of Zen Buddhism is for the trainee?

Answer 16

To reach buddha mind

Question 17

What is the Buddhist belief that humans have no souls?

Answer 17

Anatta

Question 18

The Buddhist concept that people are subject to a continued cycle of death and rebirth is

Answer 18

Reincarnation

Question 19

Buddhists believe that this cycle will continue until a person reaches what?

Answer 19

Nirvana/enlightenment

Question 20

Buddhism’s teaching that a person’s actions cause future events to occur in a person’s life is called?

Answer 20

Karma

Question 21

Countries with large Buddhist populations

Answer 21

China, Japan, Sri Lanka, India, Cambodia,

Question 22

Siddartha Gautama was tempted by who?

Answer 22

Mara

Question 23

How was he tempted?

Answer 23

Beautiful women and flaming rocks

Question 24

Two most prominent branches of Buddhism

Answer 24

Mahayana and Theravada

Question 25

How can the name of the Buddhist sacred texts know as the Pali Tipitaka be translated?

Answer 25

The three baskets

Question 26

What is the name of the list of steps that a person should follow to eliminate desire?

Answer 26

8-fold path

Question 27

What is the 8-fold path?

Answer 27

Righteous views, right intent, right concentration, right effort, right mindfulness, and a couple more

Question 28

2 predictions about Buddha's life

Answer 28

Earthly, and spiritual

Question 29

Earthly prediction

Answer 29

He would be a great ruler and rule over the whole land

Question 30

Spiritual prediction

Answer 30

He would be a great redeemer and lead many souls to redemption

Question 31

Who is Tathagata

Answer 31

The name Buddha calls himself when he talks in the 3rd person

Question 32

Buddhists should live life according to what?

Answer 32

The middle path between pleasure and self affliction

Question 33

Two minor branches of Buddhism

Answer 33

Pureland and Zen

Question 34

Problematic riddle-like questions used in Zen Buddhism called what?

Answer 34

Koan

Question 35

Vajrayana Buddhism prominent in which country?

Answer 35

Tibet or China

Question 36

What do Buddhists believe causes suffering?

Answer 36

Desire

Question 37

What does Buddhism teach is the purpose of life?

Answer 37

To reach nirvana

Question 38

Major differences between Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism

Answer 38

Mahayana-there can be a god, can sway from sacred texts. | Theravada-there is no God, sticks to sacred texts, bodhisvattas