Key Terms

Question 1

Dukkha (3 Marks of Existence)

Answer 1

Suffering

Question 2

Anicca (3 Marks of Existence)

Answer 2

Impermanence

Question 3

Anatta (3 Marks of Existence)

Answer 3

No fixed self/ soul

Question 4

Samsara

Answer 4

Cycle to life, death, rebirth

Question 5

Karma

Answer 5

Influences what you are reborn as

Question 6

Samudaya (4 Noble Truths)

Answer 6

Truth of origin of suffering

Question 7

Nirodha (4 Noble Truths)

Answer 7

Cessation of suffering

Question 8

Manga (4 Noble Truths)

Answer 8

Truth of the path that leads to the cessation of suffering

Question 9

Lay community

Answer 9

Those that aren’t monks/ nuns in Buddhism

Question 10

Monastic Community

Answer 10

Those that are monks/nuns in Buddhism

Question 11

Sangha

Answer 11

Buddhist community as a whole

Question 12

Bhikkhu

Answer 12

Male monk

Question 13

Bhikkuni

Answer 13

Female nun

Question 14

Samanera

Answer 14

Trainee monk

Question 15

Sunyata

Answer 15

Goodness that constitutes ultimate reality

Question 16

Sambhogakaya

Answer 16

One of three Trikaya
Heavenly body

Question 17

Nirmanakaya

Answer 17

One of three Trikaya
Physical body

Question 18

Dharmakaya

Answer 18

One of three Trikaya
Truth body

Question 19

Heavenly bodhisattva

Answer 19

Bodhisattva that has gone through Samsara many times after being enlightened and now rests in heavenly realm

Question 20

Kusala

Answer 20

Healthy/moral action

Question 21

Akusala

Answer 21

Unhealthy/ immoral action

Question 22

Rupa

Answer 22

Form
Statue of Buddha/bodhisattva

Question 23

Dukkha-dukkha

Answer 23

Painful experiences

Question 24

Viparinama- dukkha

Answer 24

Changing nature of all things

Question 25

Sankhara-dukkha

Answer 25

Conditional experiences

Question 26

Vinaya Pitaka

Answer 26

Basket of Discipline Rules for conduct & order

Question 27

Sutta Pitaka

Answer 27

Basket of Discourses Written source of Dhamma

Question 28

Abhidhamma- Pitaka

Answer 28

Basket of Higher Teachings Philosophical treatment of Dhamma

Question 29

Nirvana

Answer 29

Liberation from Samsara State if existence

Question 30

Parinirvana

Answer 30

Final nirvana entered at death Neither exists nor not exists

Question 31

Five Skhandhas

Answer 31

Aggregates: Form, Sensations, Perceptions, Mental Formations, Consciousness

Question 32

Meditation

Answer 32

Conscious effort to change how mind works

Question 33

Puma

Answer 33

Merit

Question 34

Mudra

Answer 34

Hand gesture found on rupas

Question 35

Devotion

Answer 35

Act of worship to show love, commitment, loyalty to faith