BUDDHAISM

Question 1

Founder

Answer 1

Gautama Budh (Siddarth)
Lumbini (present day Nepal)
563 BC
Sakyan Kingdom - Kshatriya

Question 2

Family

Answer 2

Father - king suddhodana
Mother - Queen Maya
Wife - Yashodhara
Son - Rahula

Question 3

Died

Answer 3

at the age of 80, 483 BC

Question 4

Place

Answer 4

Nirvana - Bodh gaya, Bihar
Mahaparinirvana (died) - Kushinagar, UP

Question 5

Books - pitaka (compilation of buddhist council)

Answer 5

Vinaya
Sutta
Abhidhamma
(combined called Tripitaka)
Pali langauge

Question 6

major sects

Answer 6

Hinayan
Mahayan
Vajrayan
Theravada

Question 7

Hinayan

Answer 7

Orthodox
no idol/image worship
Ashoka
Pali Language

Question 8

Mahayan - Major sect

Answer 8

ideal/image worship
Emperor kanishk - kushan dynasty
sanskrit

Question 9

Theravada

Answer 9

‘थेरवाद’ शब्द का अर्थ है ‘श्रेष्ठ जनों की बात’
school of elder monks
इनके लिए तथागत बुद्ध एक महापुरुष अवश्य हैं लेकिन कोई देवता नहीं

Question 10

Vajrayans

Answer 10

Tantric Buddhism
deity Tara
Brahmical veda + Buddhist ideology

Question 11

Prominent personalities

Answer 11

Nagasena
Nagarjun
Vasubhandu
Dalai lama - spritual leader of yello hat school of tibet

Question 12

Navyan

Answer 12

Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
Original teaching of buddha
rejects all sects