Buddhist Beliefs - Fact Test Flashcards
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In which country is Pure Land Buddhism the most commonly practised form of Buddhism?
Japan
What word is used to describe an enlightened person who chooses to remain in samsara?
Bodhisattva
What is dependent arising?
Dependent arising is the idea that everything happens depending on certain conditions
What is Dhamma(Dharma)?
Dhamma (Dharma) is the Buddhist doctrine that includes the teaching of the Buddha about the nature of existence
Give three examples of the five aggregates
Form
Mental formation
Perception
Consciousness
Sensation
What is annica?
Annica means impermanence and encourages Buddhists to accept death and suffering as part of life. The cycle of birth, life death and rebirth is called samsara
Explain what is meant by Buddhahood
Buddha-nature is the idea that everyone can attain Buddhahood. Mahayana Buddhists believe that everyone has the essence of a Buddha within them
Explain what the concept of Dukkha means for Buddhists
Dukkha is the belief that there are three types of suffering, as part of Three Marks of Existence. The three types are ordinary suffering, suffering through change and suffering through dissatisfaction or attachment
What is samsara?
Samsara is the Buddhist belief in the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth
Which type of Buddhists attempt to become Bodhisattvas?
Mahayana Buddhists
Which word describes the Buddhist belief that the soul doesn’t have a physical existence?
Anatta
List three events that happened in the Buddha’s life
He grew up in a life of luxury as the son of a Queen. He was inspired to leave this life by the Four Sights. After this he lived an ascetic life of self-denial and pain but wasn’t able to become enlightened so left it for the Middle Way between pain and luxury
Give three of the four noble truths
- There is suffering
- Suffering has a cause
- Suffering can come to an end
- There is a way to end suffering
List the 3 poisons
These are the three poisons, a pig, a snake and a cockerel, they represent ignorance, hatred and greed. Buddhists see these as the starting point of all human problems
List three aspects of the eightfold path
Right speech
Right action
Right intention
List four of the sights Siddhartha saw on his trip outside the palace
An old man
A sick man
A dead man
A holy man
Explain the three marks of existence
The Three Marks of Existence are the fundamental Buddhist beliefs about the nature of human existence. They present a very different view of the world to Christianity. That suffering is inevitable, that everything is impermanent and that we have no fixed, immortal soul
Name two types of Buddhism
Theravada
Mahayana
Explain what is meant by Arhat
Theravada Buddhists aim to become an Arhat by following the Eightfold Path. An Arhat is a ‘perfected person’ who overcomes the main sources of suffering and reaches nirvana
List the three aspects of threefold way
Ethics (sila)
Meditation (Samadhi)
Wisdom (Panna)
Define Nirvana
A state of complete enlightenment which lies outside the cycle of samsara
What is meant by Asceticism?
A lifestyle of strict self-denial - rejected by Siddhartha for the Middle Way
What was the Buddhas birth name?
Siddhartha Gautama
Define Anatta
The idea of no self. We don’t have a fixed soul - there is no unchanging essence to us
