Buddhism

Question 0

What was the 1st Passing Sight and what does it symbolize?

Answer 0

an old man and it symbolizes change

Question 1

What were 2 things that Siddhartha rejected from Hinduism?

Answer 1

the caste system and the way they treated women

Question 2

What was the 2nd Passing Sight and what does it symbolize?

Answer 2

a sick man and it symbolizes suffering

Question 3

What was the 3rd Passing Sight and what does it symbolize?

Answer 3

a dead man and impermanence

Question 4

What was the 4th Passing Sight and what does it symbolize?

Answer 4

a spiritual man/sannyasin and it symbolizes hope to escape change, suffering, and impermanence

Question 5

What happened after Gautama saw the 4 Passing sights?

Answer 5

He left the palace to seek a way out of suffering

Question 6

What did Gautama become after he left the palace?

Answer 6

He became an ascetic

Question 7

What is an ascetic?

Answer 7

Someone who barely eats any food in a way of punishing the body to gain spiritual knowledge

Question 8

What did Gautama find after he realized that asceticism is not the best way to live?

Answer 8

He found “the Middle Way”

Question 9

Where was Gautama enlightened?

Answer 9

under the Bodhi Tree

Question 10

What is enlightenment/nirvana?

Answer 10

It is peace with the world; escape from samsara; ultimate salvation

Question 11

What is Samsara?

Answer 11

The wheel of suffering and rebirth

Question 12

What is Dharma?

Answer 12

Dharma is the teachings of Buddha

Question 13

What is Anatta/Anatman?

Answer 13

“no - self”

Question 14

What is Anicca?

Answer 14

“impermanence”

Question 15

What is Dukkha?

Answer 15

“suffering”

Question 16

What are the 3 marks of exsistence?

Answer 16

Anatta/Anatman
Anicca
Dukkha

Question 17

What is Karma?

Answer 17

Karma is the moral law of cause and effect

Question 18

What are the 5 Precepts of Buddhism?

Answer 18

1. Do not take life
2. Do not take what is not given
3. Do not engage in sexual misconduct
4. Do not use false speech
5. Do not drink or use intoxicants

Question 19

What are the 4 Noble Truths?

Answer 19

1. To live is to suffer
2. Suffering is caused by desire
3. Suffering can be brought be cessation
4. The solution to suffering is the Eightfold Path

Question 20

What does living in mindfulness/awareness mean?

Answer 20

Living in the present moment and being aware of your surrounding; not thinking about the past or future but only the present

Question 21

What are Boddhisatvas?

Answer 21

Buddhas in training; they had the ability to achieve nirvana, but because of compassion towards other people, they turned back to teach others

Question 22

What are Arhats?

Answer 22

People who achieve nirvana/enlightenment

Question 23

What are the 3 rafts of Buddhism?

Answer 23

Thervada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

Question 24

Where is Thervada Buddhism mainly practiced?

Answer 24

Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, and Sri Lanka

Question 25

What do thervada Buddhists mainly believe?

Answer 25

the teachings of the Buddha are the most important tool in reaching nirvana

Question 26

In which raft of Buddhism are men sent to monasteries?

Answer 26

Thervada Buddhism

Question 27

Where is Mahayana Buddhism mainly practiced?

Answer 27

China, Korea, and Japan

Question 28

What do Mahayana Buddhists mainly believe?

Answer 28

The focus on Buddha himself as a figure; they also focus on the virtue of compassion

Question 29

What is the ideal type of Mahayana Buddhists?

Answer 29

boddhisatvas

Question 30

Where is Vajrayana Buddhism mainly practiced?

Answer 30

Tibet

Question 31

What 2 factors make Vajrayana Buddhism different from the 2 other rafts of Buddhism?

Answer 31

They believe that nirvana is attainable in this lifetime (rather than at death); also they believe that desire is not necessarily a bad thing

Question 32

What are mandalas?

Answer 32

patterned icons made of sand

Question 33

What are mudras?

Answer 33

choreographed hand motions to draw and control energies from motion

Question 34

What are mantras?

Answer 34

resonating chants

Question 35

How do vajrayana Buddhists believe that they can achieve nirvana?

Answer 35

They believe that they can contain and control the energies of desire and turn it against itself to reach nirvana

Question 36

Who is the Dalai Lama?

Answer 36

The leader of the vajrayana Buddhists

Question 37

What is the conflict going on in Tibet and China?

Answer 37

China has invaded Tibet and tried to uproot the Dalai Lama

Question 38

What major things has the current Dalai Lama done?

Answer 38

He has won a Nobel Peace Prize for pushing for peace during the China vs. Tibet conflict

Question 39

What happened during the 1st Watch?

Answer 39

Gautama was able to perceive all of his previous lives

Question 40

What happened during the 2nd watch?

Answer 40

Gautama received the "divine eye"

Question 41

What is the "divine eye"?

Answer 41

The ability to see all lives, deaths, and rebirths of all people

Question 42

What happened during the 3rd Watch?

Answer 42

Gautama discovered the 4 Noble Truths