buddhism

Question 1

four noble truths

Answer 1

Life is suffering, suffering has an origin, suffering can be overcome, Noble Eightfold Path does this

Question 2

dukka

Answer 2

suffering/unsatisfactoriness

Question 3

eightfold path values

Answer 3

wisdom, morality, concentration

Question 4

wisdom

Answer 4

right view and intention

Question 5

morality

Answer 5

right speech, conduct, and livelihood

Question 6

concentration

Answer 6

right effort, mindfulness, concentration

Question 7

nirvana

Answer 7

liberation from suffering

Question 8

parinirvana

Answer 8

final nirvana; death

Question 9

anatta/anatman

Answer 9

no soul/no self

Question 10

shunyata

Answer 10

emptiness

Question 11

three jewels

Answer 11

buddha, dharma, sangha

Question 12

budda

Answer 12

person, pathfinder, teacher; not divine

Question 13

siddhartha guatama

Answer 13

prince, founder of buddhism

Question 14

dharma

Answer 14

teaching; distinction from hinudism meaning duty

Question 15

sangha

Answer 15

community, previously monastic, now similar to ‘congregation’

Question 16

four sacred places

Answer 16

lumbini, bodhgaya, sarnath, kushinagar

Question 17

lumbini

Answer 17

where he was born

Question 18

bodhgaya

Answer 18

where we was enlightened

Question 19

sarnath

Answer 19

where he gave his first sermon

Question 20

kushinagar

Answer 20

where he died

Question 21

tripitaka

Answer 21

three baskets of buddhist scriptures, sacred text

Question 22

mahayana buddhism

Answer 22

great vehicle

Question 23

bodhisattva

Answer 23

enlightened leader

Question 24

karuna

Answer 24

compassion

Question 25

theravada buddhism

Answer 25

way of the elders

Question 26

arhat

Answer 26

enlightened disciple, learned from bodhisattva

Question 27

vajrayana buddhism

Answer 27

diamond/lightning vehicle

Question 28

tibetan buddhism

Answer 28

tantric buddhism (mystical)

Question 29

dalai lama

Answer 29

spiritual leader of tibetan buddhism

Question 30

practices in tibetan buddhism

Answer 30

chants, mantras, reverence for ‘lama’

Question 31

secret transmission

Answer 31

transmission of teachings from lama to student

Question 32

5 forbidden things

Answer 32

partaking in meat, fish, alcohol, sex, mudras (mystical gestures) to break through nondualism

Question 33

tibetan book of the dead

Answer 33

text on death and rebirth in tibetan buddhism

Question 34

zen buddhism

Answer 34

meditation school

Question 35

koan

Answer 35

puzzle given by zen master

Question 36

avalokiteshvara

Answer 36

most popular bodhisattva

Question 37

tibet’s Avalokiteshvara

Answer 37

chenrezig

Question 38

china’s Avalokiteshvara

Answer 38

guanyin

Question 39

japan’s Avalokiteshvara

Answer 39

kannon

Question 40

honen

Answer 40

founder of jodo shu school

Question 41

jodo shu school

Answer 41

pure land school

Question 42

buddha of infinite light

Answer 42

amitabha (sanskrit)/amida

Question 43

“namu amida butsu”

Answer 43

demonstrate devotion through chanting

Question 44

shinran

Answer 44

founder of jodo shinshu school

Question 45

jodo shinshu school

Answer 45

true pure land school; not necessary to chant incessantly; buddhist churches of america

Question 46

nichiren

Answer 46

lotus sutra; founder of soka gakkai international

Question 47

“namu myoho renge kyo”

Answer 47

hail to the marvelous teachings of the great lotus

Question 48

lotus sutra

Answer 48

buddhist scripture

Question 49

thich nhat hanh

Answer 49

Prominent Buddhist monk and peace activist; applied compassion to social and economic problems

Question 50

engaged buddhism

Answer 50

applying compassion to social and economic problems

Question 51

interbeing

Answer 51

understanding emptiness and interconnectedness