BUDDHISM

Question 1

It is the world’s ___ largest religion. It has been founded in the___ by ___.

Answer 1

fourth
late 6th Century B.C.E
Siddhartha Gautama

Question 2

Main principles of belief (3)

Answer 2

Karma
Reincarnation
Impermanence

Question 3

Actions and its effect or consequences

Answer 3

Karma

Question 4

The rebirth of a soul in a new body

Answer 4

Reincarnation

Question 5

Nothing lasts forever

Answer 5

Impermanence

Question 6

Main classifications of Buddhism

Answer 6

Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

Question 7

The School of the elders

Answer 7

Theravada

Question 8

The Great Vehicle

Answer 8

Mahayana

Question 9

The Way of the Diamond

Answer 9

Vajrayana

Question 10

Theravada Buddhism places a strong focus on achieving ___by individual effort.

___ and ___ are essential steps on the path to enlightenment.

Answer 10

self-liberation
Concentration
meditation

Question 11

The best path is to dedicate oneself to ___ full-time.

___, the state of having achieved enlightenment, is the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhists.

Answer 11

monastic life
Arahantship

Question 12

According to Buddhist narrative, Siddhartha Gautama was born to wealthy ___ clan members in ___, in what is now Nepal,

Answer 12

Shakya
Lumbini

Question 13

What was Siddhartha Gautama disenchanted by?

Answer 13

The world and the sorrow people endured

Question 14

It is said that Buddha sat under the Bo tree for 49 days while being tempted by demons.

Where did Siddhartha Gautama achieve enlightenment?

Answer 14

At Buddhagaya, under a Bodhi tree

Question 15

“Words of Doctrine”
“Way of Truth”

Answer 15

Dhammapada

Question 16

Dhammapada is the best known and most widely esteemed text in the ___, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.

It is a collection of fundamental Buddhist teachings in a straightforward aphoristic style, mostly ethical teachings.

It is revered as an unending source of wisdom and spiritual inspiration in Theravada Buddhist countries.

Answer 16

Pali Canon (Tiptaka)

Question 17

It is regarded as the literary equivalent of the Buddha, a little manifestation in verse of the Master’s immense wisdom and profound compassion.

Answer 17

Pali Canon (Tiptaka)

423 verses
26 chapters

Question 18

The Pali Canon (Tiptaka) literature outlines two unique objectives for living a spiritual life:

Answer 18

achieving happiness in this life

btaining spiritual liberation, freedom, and total tranquility.

Question 19

T or F: The soul is the source of all that makes us who we are, the architect of our personality, and the determiner of our fate.

Answer 19

False, mind (appamada)

Question 20

Schematism of four levels of instruction set forth in the Dhammapada

Answer 20

1. The Human Good Here And Now
2. The Good in Future Lives
3. The Path to the Final Good
4. The Highest Goal

Question 21

Three primary and perennial spiritual needs of man

Answer 21

1. Achieve welfare and Happiness
2. Attain a favorable future life
3. Need for transcendence

Question 22

The need to establish human welfare and happiness in the immediately visible domain of personal relation

Show us the way to live peace with ourselves and our fellow human beings.

Answer 22

The Human Good Here and Now

Question 23

a concern which arises from a desire to promote human well-being here and now

We feel that there must be some correction to this imbalance, some force that will tilt the scales of justice into the balance that seems right, but our daily experience seems to contradict this intuition totally.

Answer 23

The Good in Future Lives

Question 24

The teaching on karma and rebirth, with its practical corollary that we should perform deeds of merit with the aim of obtaining a higher mode of rebirth.

However, a more searching examination reveals that all states of existence in samsara, even the highest heavens, are lacking in genuine worth; for they are all impermanent, without any lasting substance, incapable of giving complete and final satisfaction.

Answer 24

The Path to the Final Good