Final

Question 1

Which religious practice has no founder, multiple scriptures, no central institution, entails a reality of multiple gods/goddesses, and has a caste system?

Answer 1

Hinduism

Question 2

In Hindu tradition, what is considered a law, moral code or teaching, a duty, or an order of things in the universe?

Answer 2

Dharma

Question 3

Which are the highest, most sacred knowledge in Hindu tradition, classified as shruti (heard) literature, in which only the orally transmitted texts are regarded as authoritative

Answer 3

The Vedas

Question 4

What is the idea of the universe as a projection of a primordially sacrificed body of a cosmic being?

Answer 4

Purusha

Question 5

What are the last section of the Vedas, and are the most cherished texts of Hindu tradition that turn attention from rituals of sacrifice to the inner search for the ultimate?

Answer 5

The Upanishads

Question 6

What is the ultimate reality

Answer 6

Brahman

Question 7

What is an individual soul?

Answer 7

Atman

Question 8

What is the cycle of birth, death and rebirth?

Answer 8

Samsara

Question 9

What is considered a deed or action?

Answer 9

Karma

Question 10

What is liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth in the eyes of Hindu tradition?

Answer 10

Moksha

Question 11

What is the hierarchy found in Hindu tradition (caste) that divides people by who can and cannot study the Vedas

Answer 11

Varnas

Question 12

What are the Four Noble Truths?

Answer 12

Suffering, the cause of suffering (craving), end of suffering is the end of craving, there is a path away from suffering and craving

Question 13

What are the four Varnas?

Answer 13

Brahmin (priests), Kshatriya (nobles/warriors), Vaishya (merchants), Shudra (servants)

Question 14

Who are the untouchables in Hindu tradition?

Answer 14

Dalits

Question 15

Who is the supreme being within Vaishnavism that’s seen as the preserver, and is manifested through 9 avatars associated with a lotus, chakra, or shell?

Answer 15

Vishnu

Question 16

Who is the supreme being within Shaivite tradition that’s seen as the destroyer (creating, protecting and transforming the universe), often associated with a serpent on his neck, river flowing from his hair, a 3rd eye, trident, or a rock?

Answer 16

Shiva

Question 17

Who is the consort to Vishnu or Shiva (or represented independently), with all goddesses being represented under her and is seen as the supreme being under Shaktism?

Answer 17

Devi

Question 18

The Hindu concept of time is?

Answer 18

Cyclical

Question 19

What is the current aeon, which is believed that the world will be destroyed to be recreated as time begins again, called?

Answer 19

Kali Yuga

Question 20

Which religious tradition was associated with identity and socialization?

Answer 20

Judaism

Question 21

Which religious tradition was associated with signs and symbols?

Answer 21

Christianity

Question 22

Which religious tradition was associated with rituals and actions?

Answer 22

Islam

Question 23

Which religious tradition was associated with materiality and ecology?

Answer 23

Hinduism

Question 24

Which religious tradition was associated with modernization?

Answer 24

Buddhism

Question 25

Which religious practice doesn't have a belief in a creator god or define itself by a central creed, but rather sees activities as legitimate, useful and essential parts of practice that lead to the cessation of suffering?

Answer 25

Buddhism

Question 26

What is an honorific title meaning 'an awakened one'?

Answer 26

Buddha

Question 27

What were the 4 sights?

Answer 27

An old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a holy man (ascetic)

Question 28

Where did the Buddha attain his spiritual awakening?

Answer 28

A Bodhi tree

Question 29

What was the Buddha's first sermon containing the essential teachings of Buddhism, known as the 4 noble truths?

Answer 29

Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma

Question 30

In Buddhist tradition, what is considered cosmic law and order, expressed in the teachings of the Buddha?

Answer 30

Dharma

Question 31

What is impermanence and one of the Buddha's 3 marks of existence?

Answer 31

Anicca

Question 32

What is unsatisfactoriness and one of the Buddha's 3 marks of existence?

Answer 32

Dukkha

Question 33

What is the concept of non-self (which alludes to the Buddhist ideal that humans don't have an ever-presiding soul) and one of the Buddha's 3 marks of existence?

Answer 33

Anatta

Question 34

What are the 3 Jewels of Buddhism?

Answer 34

Buddha, dharma, sangha

Question 35

What is the conservative interpretation of Buddhist doctrine and monasticism?

Answer 35

Theravada Buddhism

Question 36

What is the interpretation of Buddhism that teaches that all beings inherently possess the seed of awakening and the universal way to salvation?

Answer 36

Mahayana Buddhism

Question 37

Who is a person who has attained enlightenment but has postponed nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment?

Answer 37

Bodhisattva

Question 38

What is the shift from external authority structures to an internal sense of authority and personhood?

Answer 38

Detraditionalization

Question 39

What is the reconstruction of ancient worldviews that become viable within the context of modern worldviews?

Answer 39

Demythologization

Question 40

What is the interpretation of Buddhism as psychology and the development of modern modes of Buddhist influenced psychotherapy?

Answer 40

Psychologization

Question 41

What were the dharma presentations that arose from the monastic community in Burma as a response to colonial invasion, in the attempt to preserve Buddhist teaching?

Answer 41

Fan-down talks

Question 42

What is the practicing community of Buddhism?

Answer 42

Sangha

Question 43

What is an example of Hindu-inspired environmentalism in India?

Answer 43

Scriptures encourage the planting of trees, festival of trees, a tree is equal to 10 sons

Question 44

What helped the distribution of Buddhist texts to the laypeople of Burma among the British colonial invasion?

Answer 44

The Printing Press

Question 45

What is a critique of Westernized Mindfulness practices?

Answer 45

The commodification of mindfulness and meditative practices in the corporate setting

Question 46

What are two examples of the cyclical time frames of Hinduism and Buddhism?

Answer 46

Samsara and Purusha

Question 47

What word relating to Hindu practice means sight, vision or appearance?

Answer 47

Darshan

Question 48

What word relating to Hindu practice means worship?

Answer 48

Puja

Question 49

What is the relationship between Puja and Darshan?

Answer 49

A worshipper and a deity connect through vision and sight, which is often why images of deities are created with larger eyes

Question 50

What is liberation from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth in the eyes of Buddhist tradition?

Answer 50

Nirvana