Bible Test: Buddhism Flashcards
“enlightened one”
Buddha
One who resists his own nirvana to teach others how to achieve nirvana
Bodhisattva
3 baskets
Tipitaka
Discipline Basket
Vinaya Pitaka
Teaching Basket
Sutta Pitaka
Metaphysical Basket
Abidhamma Pitaka
liberation
Nirvana
Practical condensation of the teachings of Buddha
Lotus Sutra
Emphasize Zazen; seek to achieve sudden flashes of enlightenment through koans
Zen Buddhism
Primarily in Japan; emphasizes nationalism; Lotus Sutra is their main scripture
Nichiren Shoshu
Rejects Meditation as the only way and stresses the rational study of the scriptures; also emphasizes the sexual union between those 2 people who i can’t remember
Tibetian Tantric Buddhism
Founder of Zen Buddhism
Bhodidharma
Nothingness/Emptiness
Sunyata
Sitting Meditation
Zazen
Riddles and Stories demonstrating the inadequacy of logic
Koans
Soul migrates from 1 body to another
Transmigration of the Soul
Greek word for “after ensoulment”
Metempsychosis
Greek word for “repeated birth”
Palingenesis
“no soul”, only desires are reincarnated
Anatta
What other religion has pantheistic monism?
Hinduism
What is the main focus of Buddhism?
Suffering and how to overcome it
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Guatama
What is the Great Renunciation?
When Guatama left his wealthy life and saw the inevitable suffering
What 2 aspects of worldview is the middle path between
aestheticism, mentalism
Buddhism was a response to the rigidity of what Hindu doctrine?
the caste system
Who is the “Constantine of Buddhism”
King Asoka of India-he sent missionaries for Eastern Religions out
2 branches of Buddhism?
Hinayana and Mahayana (Mahayana more popular)
What scripture is emphasized by Hinayana?
Tipitaka
What scripture is emphasized by Mahayana?
Lotus Sutra
Which branch of Buddhism sees Buddha as the small vehicle?
Hinayana
Which branch of Buddhism sees Buddha as the large vehicle?
Mahayana
What region is associated with Hinayana Buddhism?
Southeast Asia
What region is associated with Mahayana Buddhism
Northern Asia
4 noble truths
- There is pain and suffering in the world
- The cause of suffering is desires
- The end of all suffering is the end of all desires
- The end of desires and suffering is by the 8-fold path
8 Fold Path
- Right View-accept the 4 truths
- Right Resolve-renounce thoughts/desires
- Right Speech-speak only truth
- Right Behavior-ethical living
- Right Occupation-benefit others, harm nobody
- Right Effort-eliminate evil qualities and get good ones
- Right Contemplation-observant, free from desires
- Right Meditation-transcendental meditation
3 Christian responses to Theravada Buddhism
- Buddha claimed to be a way-shower, Jesus claimed to be The Way
- Buddha claims that the end of all desires is suffering, Jesus says that suffering is part of following Him
- Buddha is dead, Christ is alive
3 Christian responses to Zen Buddhism
- God is personal
- Christians are called to renew our minds, not empty them
- Evil and sin are real and suffering is the result of our evil and sin
Pure Land Sect emphasizes what specific worldview worship strategy?
Sunday School
Tibetian Tantric Buddhism is divided into what 2 parts
Yellow Hat School and Red Hat School
Which School is headed by the Dalai Lama
The Yellow Hat School
Which School emphasizes the book of the dead?
The Red Hat School
What sermon started zen Buddhism?
The Flower Sermon
Who is the founder of Zen Buddhism
Bodhidharma
How many Buddhists live in the US? What’s common about them?
3 million+
White, well-educated, middle class
In Zen Buddhism, how does someone return to having an “original mind?”
Freeing oneself from the attachment of thoughts
The Kyoto School teaches that Christians must mature until they reach what certain point? How is this problematic?
The point where they no longer see a need for a personal God; it completely negates the Christian message
Compare Christian Meditation to Zen Meditation
Christians must renew their minds and set them on things above, Zen Buddhists must completely empty their minds
What do Tribal Cultures believe you can reincarnate into?
Anything (animals, trees, lakes, mountains, clouds)
What do Westerners believe you can reincarnate into?
Only humans and only on Earth
What do Jains believe you can reincarnate into?
living creatures and insects
What do Theosophists believe you can reincarnate into?
Vegetable to animal to human (never backwards)
Why is karma a popular belief?
explains the inequities in life
Do Hindus believe reincarnation is good or bad; westerners?
bad; good
What’s the problem about the belief that Elijah was reincarnated into John the baptist
Elijah never died so he couldn’t be reincarnated
What’s the weakness in the argument that reincarnation was removed from the Bible?
No evidence or previous manuscripts with it in there
3 ways Christ proved the resurrection the Saduccees
- Appealing to the Torah
- Raising people from the dead
- His own resurrection
How does Genesis 1:1 stand in opposition to reincarnation?
Only God existed in the beginning, no people were there to be reincarnated (people haven’t been around for eternity)
What 2 parts of forgiveness stand against reincarnation?
Justification and Substitutionary Atonement
ESSAY
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