buddhism wordds

Question 1

Buddha

Answer 1

Siddartha Gautama, the enlightened one

Question 2

Mara

Answer 2

demon, inner temptation

Question 3

Four Sights

Answer 3

Old, sick, dead and holy man

Question 4

Enlightenment

Answer 4

Realising the truth about life

Question 5

Nibbana

Answer 5

Extinguishing, release from cycle of life

Question 6

Dhamma

Answer 6

Eternal law, teaching of Buddha

Question 7

Three Jewels

Answer 7

Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha (the buddha, the teachings of the buddha, and the buddhist community)

Question 8

Dependent Origination

Answer 8

Links of causation, chain of existence

Question 9

Conditionality

Answer 9

Interdependence of all things

Question 10

Samsara

Answer 10

Rebirth, cycle of life

Question 11

Three Marks of Existence

Answer 11

Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta (Suffering, Impermenance and Non-Self)

Question 12

Dukkha

Answer 12

Suffering, disatisfaction

Question 13

Anicca/Anitya

Answer 13

Impermanence, constant change

Question 14

Anatta/Anataman

Answer 14

Non-self, no soul

Question 15

Twelve Nidanas

Answer 15

Links of causation & origination

Question 16

Dukkha Dukkha

Answer 16

Ordinary suffering

Question 17

Viparinama Dukkha

Answer 17

Suffering due to change

Question 18

Sankhara Dukkha

Answer 18

Suffering due to formation (impermanence)

Question 19

Four Noble Truths

Answer 19

Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga (Suffering, The cause of suffering, The end of suffering and the path to the end of suffering)

Question 20

Samudaya

Answer 20

Origins of suffering, attachment

Question 21

Tanha

Answer 21

Craving, desire, greed

Question 22

Three Poisons

Answer 22

Three causes of suffering, fires (greed hate and ignorance)

Question 23

Lobha

Answer 23

Greed

Question 24

Dosa

Answer 24

Hate, aversion

Question 25

Moha

Answer 25

Ignorance, confusion

Question 26

Eightfold Path

Answer 26

Way to live a good & happy life

Question 27

Magga

Answer 27

The Eightfold path

Question 28

Threefold Way

Answer 28

Sila, Samadhi, Panna (morality, mortality and wisdom)

Question 29

Sila

Answer 29

Morality

Question 30

Samadhi

Answer 30

Meditation

Question 31

Panna

Answer 31

Wisdom & knowledge

Question 32

Khandas

Answer 32

Different elements of the person

Question 33

Sunyata

Answer 33

Emptiness

Question 34

Tathagatagarbha

Answer 34

Buddha nature, inside all creatures

Question 35

Arahant/Arhat

Answer 35

One who has attained Nibbana

Question 36

Boddhisattvas

Answer 36

Enlightened one, seeks to guide others

Question 37

arahant

Answer 37

An enlightened being; an individual who has achieved nirvana

Question 38

boddhisattvas

Answer 38

one who is at the state of enlightenment, but helps others to reach that point rather than ascending