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Bible Test: Buddhism Flashcards

1
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“enlightened one”

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Buddha

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2
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One who resists his own nirvana to teach others how to achieve nirvana

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Bodhisattva

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3
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3 baskets

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Tipitaka

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4
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Discipline Basket

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Vinaya Pitaka

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5
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Teaching Basket

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Sutta Pitaka

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6
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Metaphysical Basket

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Abidhamma Pitaka

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7
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liberation

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Nirvana

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8
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Practical condensation of the teachings of Buddha

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Lotus Sutra

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9
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Emphasize Zazen; seek to achieve sudden flashes of enlightenment through koans

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Zen Buddhism

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10
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Primarily in Japan; emphasizes nationalism; Lotus Sutra is their main scripture

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Nichiren Shoshu

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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

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Tibetian Tantric Buddhism

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12
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Founder of Zen Buddhism

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Bhodidharma

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13
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Nothingness/Emptiness

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Sunyata

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14
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Sitting Meditation

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Zazen

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15
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Riddles and Stories demonstrating the inadequacy of logic

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Koans

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16
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Soul migrates from 1 body to another

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Transmigration of the Soul

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17
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Greek word for “after ensoulment”

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Metempsychosis

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18
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Greek word for “repeated birth”

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Palingenesis

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19
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“no soul”, only desires are reincarnated

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Anatta

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20
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What other religion has pantheistic monism?

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Hinduism

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21
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What is the main focus of Buddhism?

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Suffering and how to overcome it

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22
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Who is the founder of Buddhism?

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Siddhartha Guatama

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23
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What is the Great Renunciation?

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When Guatama left his wealthy life and saw the inevitable suffering

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24
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What 2 aspects of worldview is the middle path between

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aestheticism, mentalism

25
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Buddhism was a response to the rigidity of what Hindu doctrine?

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the caste system

26
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Who is the “Constantine of Buddhism”

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King Asoka of India-he sent missionaries for Eastern Religions out

27
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2 branches of Buddhism?

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Hinayana and Mahayana (Mahayana more popular)

28
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What scripture is emphasized by Hinayana?

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Tipitaka

29
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What scripture is emphasized by Mahayana?

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Lotus Sutra

30
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Which branch of Buddhism sees Buddha as the small vehicle?

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Hinayana

31
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Which branch of Buddhism sees Buddha as the large vehicle?

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Mahayana

32
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What region is associated with Hinayana Buddhism?

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Southeast Asia

33
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What region is associated with Mahayana Buddhism

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Northern Asia

34
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4 noble truths

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  1. There is pain and suffering in the world
  2. The cause of suffering is desires
  3. The end of all suffering is the end of all desires
  4. The end of desires and suffering is by the 8-fold path
35
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8 Fold Path

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  1. Right View-accept the 4 truths
  2. Right Resolve-renounce thoughts/desires
  3. Right Speech-speak only truth
  4. Right Behavior-ethical living
  5. Right Occupation-benefit others, harm nobody
  6. Right Effort-eliminate evil qualities and get good ones
  7. Right Contemplation-observant, free from desires
  8. Right Meditation-transcendental meditation
36
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3 Christian responses to Theravada Buddhism

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  1. Buddha claimed to be a way-shower, Jesus claimed to be The Way
  2. Buddha claims that the end of all desires is suffering, Jesus says that suffering is part of following Him
  3. Buddha is dead, Christ is alive
37
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3 Christian responses to Zen Buddhism

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  1. God is personal
  2. Christians are called to renew our minds, not empty them
  3. Evil and sin are real and suffering is the result of our evil and sin
38
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Pure Land Sect emphasizes what specific worldview worship strategy?

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Sunday School

39
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Tibetian Tantric Buddhism is divided into what 2 parts

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Yellow Hat School and Red Hat School

40
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Which School is headed by the Dalai Lama

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The Yellow Hat School

41
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Which School emphasizes the book of the dead?

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The Red Hat School

42
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What sermon started zen Buddhism?

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The Flower Sermon

43
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Who is the founder of Zen Buddhism

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Bodhidharma

44
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How many Buddhists live in the US? What’s common about them?

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3 million+

White, well-educated, middle class

45
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In Zen Buddhism, how does someone return to having an “original mind?”

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Freeing oneself from the attachment of thoughts

46
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The Kyoto School teaches that Christians must mature until they reach what certain point? How is this problematic?

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The point where they no longer see a need for a personal God; it completely negates the Christian message

47
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Compare Christian Meditation to Zen Meditation

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Christians must renew their minds and set them on things above, Zen Buddhists must completely empty their minds

48
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What do Tribal Cultures believe you can reincarnate into?

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Anything (animals, trees, lakes, mountains, clouds)

49
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What do Westerners believe you can reincarnate into?

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Only humans and only on Earth

50
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What do Jains believe you can reincarnate into?

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living creatures and insects

51
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What do Theosophists believe you can reincarnate into?

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Vegetable to animal to human (never backwards)

52
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Why is karma a popular belief?

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explains the inequities in life

53
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Do Hindus believe reincarnation is good or bad; westerners?

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bad; good

54
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What’s the problem about the belief that Elijah was reincarnated into John the baptist

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Elijah never died so he couldn’t be reincarnated

55
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What’s the weakness in the argument that reincarnation was removed from the Bible?

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No evidence or previous manuscripts with it in there

56
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3 ways Christ proved the resurrection the Saduccees

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  1. Appealing to the Torah
  2. Raising people from the dead
  3. His own resurrection
57
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How does Genesis 1:1 stand in opposition to reincarnation?

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Only God existed in the beginning, no people were there to be reincarnated (people haven’t been around for eternity)

58
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What 2 parts of forgiveness stand against reincarnation?

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Justification and Substitutionary Atonement

59
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ESSAY

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