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1
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what happened in 563 BCE

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the birth of Siddhartha

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what happened in 530 BCE

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Siddhartha achieves enlightenment

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what happened 530-486 BCE

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Siddhartha teaching period

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what happened in 486 BCE

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death of Siddhartha

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5
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what happened in 200 CE

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Buddhism enters china

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what happened in 278 CE

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Buddhism enters Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

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what happened in 327 CE

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Buddhism enters korea

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what happened in 538 CE

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Buddhism enters japan

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what happened in 1893 CE

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Buddhism enters the west

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10
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The Meaning of Buddhism

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budhi or ‘to be awakened’

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who founded Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama

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12
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what is the original language of Buddhism

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pail

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13
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what is the place of ritual

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temple or meditation hall

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14
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who is the spiritual leader

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monk or lama in Tibetan Buddhism

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15
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ultimate reality

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nirvana

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16
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what is a Theravada

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arthat
escapes the cycle of rebirth and attain nirvana

17
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what is a Mahayana

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boddhisattva
helps others achieve enlightenment

18
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what is the afterlife

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none nothing is permanent

19
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what is equanimity

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maintaining inner calmness regardless of extra circumstances

20
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what are the three jewels

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  1. the buddha
  2. the sangha
  3. the dharma
21
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what are the three delusions

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  1. ignorance
  2. desire
  3. hatred
22
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what are the four noble truths

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  1. life involves suffering
  2. craving attachments creates suffering
  3. suffering ends
  4. follow the eightfold path
23
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what is the eightfold path

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  1. Right view
  2. Right intention
  3. Right Speech
  4. Right actions
  5. Right livelihood
  6. Right effort
  7. Right concentration
  8. Right mindedness
24
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what was Siddhartha’s name and place before birth

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name: Shakyamuni
place: bodhisattva in tushita

25
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what was his reason for coming to earth?

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he wanted to relieve people of their suffering and saw how spiritually poor they were

26
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who are Siddhartha’s parents and what region were they born into

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King shudhodhana and queen Mayadevi
they were born into the lion (Shakya) and the ruling (Kshatriya) caste

27
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what are the 3 symbols in Queens Maya’s’s dream

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Elephants - known for their strength, intelligence and grace (white elephant)
Fertility - their gray colour associated with rain clouds (grey elephant)
White - purity and immaculacy

28
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how was Siddhartha conceived

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his mother was touched by an elephant’s truck on her left side

29
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what was his father’s reaction and prediction

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he was predicted to have exceptional traits and would grow up to be a great ruler or an enlightened teacher

he was warned by the court astrologers that his son may give up his life and follow the path of meditation so his father kept him in the court to protect him

30
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what are the four sights

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a suffering old man
a sick man
a corpse
a wandering ascetic

31
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what was Siddhartha’s time as a mendicant

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spent 6 years as a mendicant
he ate very little food (a grain of rice for a year or a drop of water)
he was still plagued by material craving and was more conscious than ever

32
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what was Siddhartha’s final meditation

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our desires create attachments, and these attachments create suffering to end suffering we must cultivate the attitude of equanimity

33
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what is the buddhapada

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buddhas footprint
symbolizes the presence of the Buddha
toes all one length

34
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what is the Buddha’s eyes

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looks out in all four directions
symbolizes the all-seeing Buddha
also known as the wisdom eyes

35
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what is the endless knot

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no beginning or end
symbolizes endless wisdom and passion

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