Buddhism

Question 1

The Five Precepts

Answer 1

• practical guidelines
• identifies actions that are to be avoided as they impede progress towards nirvana

1. refrain from destroying life
2. refrain from stealing
3. refrain form sexual misconduct
4. refrain from false speech
5. refrain from intoxicants which lead to carelessness

Question 2

Reincarnation

Answer 2

rebirth into another life

Question 3

Karma

Answer 3

actions consequentially determine rebirth

Question 4

Dharma

Answer 4

universal truth common to all people at all times, proclaimed by the Buddha

Question 5

Nirvana

Answer 5

the extinction of desire, hatred, and ignorance, and ultimately of suffering and rebirth

Question 6

Three Marks of Existence

Answer 6

1. impermanence - instability
2. dissatisfaction - everything leads to suffering
3. no soul - people can and do change in life

Question 7

Four Noble Truths

Answer 7

1. truth of suffering
2. truth of cause of suffering
3. truth of cessation of suffering
4. truth of path to cessation of suffering

Question 8

Eightfold Path

Answer 8

Ethics:
- right ACTION
- right SPEECH
- right LIVELIHOOD

Meditation:
- right MINDFULNESS
- right EFFORT
- right CONCENTRATION

Wisdom:
- right VIEW
- right INTENTION/RESOLVE

Question 9

Tripitaka

Answer 9

collection of Buddha’s sayings, thoughts, and rules for Buddhist Monks

Question 10

Human rights

Answer 10

The Five Precepts support concept of human rights

Belief in Karmic consequences promote fair treatment and respect for all lives as equal

Question 11

World view

Answer 11

CYCLICAL

1. reincarnated into another body after death
2. what a person becomes is a result of their actions and deeds - Karma
3. ultimate goal: transcend desire, cease suffering and escape samsara to nirvana, the state of non-being
4. human life precious as it is an advantageous existence, unlike other forms of life