Master Words

Question 1

pain or anguish
Sig: pain is constant, even when happy because it can change at any moment and we can never be at ease

Answer 1

Duhkha

Question 2

1) event of awakening
2) experience
3) what Buddha and arhats are in a state of

Answer 2

Nirvana

Question 3

hindu trinity: destroy “auspicious” (prosperous) one,
leads souls to moksa,
male and female,
outcast, wrathful, superiority- complex god
Himalayan Mountains

Answer 3

Siva

Question 4

hindu trinity: protect preserver god
Was reborn as Rama and banished the demons
Social god

Answer 4

Vishnu

Question 5

After u practice what is written in the Upanisad you will become _______
(It means alone)

Answer 5

Kaivalya

Question 6

Impure, evil that is bonded to you

Answer 6

Pasam

Question 7

Original literature of the Brahmins
means “to know”
4 collections: Rsi (seers) Brahamanas (ritual instructions) , Aranyakas (forrest rituals), Upanishads
Sig: people began to view it as something “heard” in a revelation by divine authorities

Answer 7

Vedas

Question 8

Intermediate god that is a priest

Answer 8

Agni

Question 9

War god leader

Answer 9

Indra

Question 10

Powerful and fractious speech
Sacred utterances

Answer 10

Mantra

Question 11

Plant liquid that allows one to have revelations

Answer 11

Soma

Question 12

Rebirth, inspired by the cycles of the moon
31 realms of existence
wandering
sig: driven by karma ppl are reborn according to their merit (karma)

Answer 12

Samsara

Question 13

Liberation
Transcendent escape from the world cycle

Answer 13

Moska

Question 14

“effort” “work” Physical practice used to tame the mind and achieve a higher sense of concentration
Sig: to escape from physical world/ try to build good karma

Answer 14

Yoga

Question 15

Def: Connection between action and consequence, merit
Sig: merit will determine the next realm you are born in

Answer 15

Karma

Question 16

heard texts

Answer 16

Sruti

Question 17

Remembered texts

Answer 17

Smrti

Question 18

Building/ monument that is supposed to house parts of the Buddha’s body

Answer 18

Stupa

Question 19

“One who strives” renouncer (wandering lifestyle) movement that was more materialist, determinist a
Sig: Jains and Buddhists rejected the Brahmin authority

Answer 19

Sramana

Question 20

Class of rulers
Buddha’s class before he left the palace

Answer 20

Ksatriyas

Question 21

C: 300-200 BCE
D: Maruyan king who made Buddhist monuments, took pilgrimage to Lumbini
S: Major influence on the spread of Buddhism in India ARCHTYPE OF A BUDDHIST KING

Answer 21

Asoka

Question 22

awakening/ deep realization tree

Answer 22

Bohi

Question 23

Reborn as Buddhas but spent many years practicing in past lifetimes

Answer 23

Bodhisattva

Question 24

Duty
Act of doing a ritual
Actions taken to preserve the order of the cosmos

Answer 24

Dharma

Question 25

1) truth of suffering "duhka" 2) origin of suffering: thirst for existence and delight 3) cessation of suffering: abandoning, relinquishing greed and aversion 4) path to cessation of suffering: right conduct, concentration, intention Sig: not a belief system, its a reality that unawakened do not see

Answer 25

4 noble truths

Question 26

god that tempted the bodhisattva with desires and women preventing him from being awoken

Answer 26

Mara

Question 27

originated in south India/ Indus Valley Buddhas original language linked the Indus Valley with pre-Aryan people in India

Answer 27

Dravidian

Question 28

Old Indian civilization with uniform bricks

Answer 28

Harappa

Question 29

"noble ones" Nomads who rode horses and had weapons/bronze came from south Russia Sig: spread language -took over tribal groups in northern India

Answer 29

Indo Aryan / Indo European

Question 30

universal language of ancient India Vedic and classical language Sig: Vedas were written in it, (people didn't write in it to reject the authority of vedas)

Answer 30

Sanskrit

Question 31

Movement that is more spiritual and opposes the brahmans

Answer 31

Sramana

Question 32

extreme practice and self-devotion to pursue spiritual goals, starvation, renouncing normal lifestyle and relying on alms sig: Buddha tried it and decided some sustenance is needed ( have to find middle ground)

Answer 32

asceticism

Question 33

giving your body up to the world to escape it the philosophical way to look at extreme asceticism

Answer 33

internalization of the sacrifice

Question 34

Indus Valley Civilization (2500-1900 BC)

Answer 34

Definition: -Mohenjo Daro/Harappa were the city centers -Uniform bricks and courtyards Significance: spoke a Dravidian language (evidence of being linked to pre-aryan people) -Declined from rivers drying up

Question 35

Harappa (Mohenjo-daro)

Answer 35

Def: Major city center, uniform bricks Sig: NOT military oriented, agrarian and peaceful, pashupati seal (meditative impressed symbol) architecture

Question 36

"mighty lord", Sahampati, came before the Buddha and asked him to teach Sig: still uses his request for Buddha to teach Dharma

Answer 36

Brahma

Question 37

to accept the role of the brahmanical authority as the highest in society, through heredity specific rituals excluding other classes

Answer 37

brahmanism

Question 38

the Vedic hymns themselves, the actual reality, underlying ground of all reality Sig: similar to Buddhism everyone is asleep and not in reality

Answer 38

Brahman

Question 39

ordinary dialect of the people, 5th century, middle indo-aryan dialect Sig: Buddha used this dialect to teach (to oppose the Brahamans use of sanskrit)

Answer 39

prakrit

Question 40

collection added to the Vedas that questions the nature of one's self Sig: introduces individual conscious effort (unlike Vedic ideas of social and superiority), samsara (rebirth), moksa, asceticism,

Answer 40

Upanisads

Question 41

samnyasin, giving up normal roles in society to devote oneself to spiritual life, austerities, altered states of mind Sig: Buddha's teachers were renouncers, this was one of the first steps Siddhartha took to get away from the palace

Answer 41

renunciation

Question 42

Part of the Vedas, if you study these you will be in a state of aloneness, 3 states of consciousness, searching for liberation through prayer and devotion Sig: Outlines the procedure for asking to be released from the wheel of time, searching for the power of Brahman

Answer 42

kaivalya upanisad

Question 43

"awakened one", 2,500yrs ago, born into the ksatriya class, practiced austerities, was awakened and created a mendicant

Answer 43

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 44

Buddha's mother, impregnated by a white elephant with lotus, gave birth standing up Sig: unnatural impregnation, shows he's destined to be a Buddha, Buddha goes back to teach his mom?

Answer 44

Queen Maya

Question 45

"bringer of death" temps Bodhisattva under the tree, evil, gods are afraid of him Sig: only deterring enemy preventing Siddhartha from becoming awakened

Answer 45

Mara

Question 46

the body one sees when meeting the Buddha, looks ordinary monk, 32 marks of a great man

Answer 46

physical body (rupa-kaya)

Question 47

qualities that make up a perfect personality and psychological understanding sig: all of Buddha's 5 senses and conditions of a being are aligning with Dharma

Answer 47

dharma body (dharma kaya)

Question 48

500 arhats (all awakened) communal reciting event in Rajagriha after Buddhas death sig: first written accounts and lists of only what the Buddha's words were

Answer 48

First council

Question 49

Monk who wasn't perfected yet but received advice from Buddha's last words Buddha's main attendant Sig: Shows Buddha was obeying the order of the Cosmos and the order of decay

Answer 49

Ananda

Question 50

"full going out", death of Buddha, elaborate stupa created afterwards Sig: passed on the wheel-turning of teaching dharma

Answer 50

pari-nirvana

Question 51

collections of buddhist writings: discipline, discourses, further dharma sig:

Answer 51

tripitaka (three baskets)

Question 52

"thus I have heard" the words/ sermons of the Buddha Sig: taken at first council

Answer 52

sutra

Question 53

"discipline" outlines the lifestyle of a monk or nun (monastic rules) 1) pratimoksa for the rules of a monk's life 2) the Sangha's ritual duties and violations sig: created at first council

Answer 53

vinaya

Question 54

scholastic treaties "further dharma", making Buddhism become part of a system (systemization) or a collection sig: commentary/ interpretations of buddhas words

Answer 54

abhidharma

Question 55

Impermanence, suffering, non-self sig: this is what a mediator hoping to become an arhat sees in the world while contemplating the dharmas

Answer 55

3 marks of existence

Question 56

Idea that things dont last long, are constantly changing 1st mark of existence

Answer 56

Impermanence

Question 57

Karma is passed from person to person through an inertia, 2nd mark of existence

Answer 57

Non-self

Question 58

perpetual state of uncomfort, must be realized and eventually ceased, 3rd mark of existence

Answer 58

Suffering

Question 59

list of actions one takes to the cessation of suffering; conduct concentration wisdom Sig: shows understanding, actions, and emotions must all be in "right" or noble to transform internally

Answer 59

8 fold path

Question 60

actions, speech, livelihood

Answer 60

right conduct

Question 61

mindfulness, meditation

Answer 61

right concentration

Question 62

views and intentions

Answer 62

right wisdom