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Buddhism Flashcards

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Clan of Gautama Buddha

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Sakya Kshatriya

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Mahabhinishkramana

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Renunciation (Horse)

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Janma

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Birth (Lotus)

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Sambodhi

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Enlightenment (Bodhi Tree)

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Dharmachakrapravartana

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1st sermon (Wheel)

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Dharmachakrapravartana - Location

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Sarnath

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7
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Mahaparinirvana

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Death (Stupa)

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Suddhodhana

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Republic king of Kapilavastu

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Mahamaya

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Princess of Kollia republic

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Mahaparinirvana - location

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Kushinagar (UP)

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Janma - location

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Lumbinivana (Rummidehi, Nepal)

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Life is full of sorrow

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Dukha

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There are causes for sorrow

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Dukha Samudaya

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14
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Sorrow can be stopped

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Dukha NIrodha

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There’s a path leading to end of sorrow

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Dukha Nirodha Gamini Pratipada

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16
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Dukha

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Sabbam Dukkam

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17
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Dukha Samudaya

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Pratitya Samutpada/ Dwadash Nidan

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18
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Dukha NIrodha

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Nirvana

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19
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Dukha Nirodha Gamini Pratipada

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Ashtangika Marga

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20
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Pratitya Samutpada

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Hetuvada - theory of cause effect

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21
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Kshanabhanga Vada

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Theory of impermanence

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22
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How many Buddhist Councils?

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4

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1st Buddhist council - location

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Saptaparni cave, Rajgriha

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1st Buddhist council - Chairman

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Mahakassapa

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25
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1st Buddhist council - Patron

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Ajatshatru (Haranyaka dynasty)

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26
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Compilation of Sutta Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka

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1st Buddhist council

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27
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Sutta Pitaka

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Upali, Buddha’s sayings, Lang- Pali

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28
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Vinaya pitaka

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Upali, Monastic codes, Lang - Pali

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29
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2nd Buddhist Council - location

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Chullavanga, Vaishali

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2nd Buddhist Council - Chairman

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Sabbakami

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31
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2nd Buddhist Council - Patron

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Kalashoka (Shishunaga dynasty)

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32
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Split - Sthaviravadins & Mahasanghikas - Why?

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2nd Buddhist Council, Differences over Vinaya

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Sthaviravadins

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Rigorous rules of conduct

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Mahasanghikas

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More liberal code of conduct

35
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Ajanta, Ellora and Karla paintings are associated with ?

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Caitika sect of Mahasanghikas

36
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Biography of Buddha was written by ?

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Lokottarvada sect (Mahasanghikas)

37
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Chronology of early life of Buddha was set by ?

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Kukkutika sect (Mahasanghikas)

38
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3rd Buddhist council - location ?

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Ashokarama Vihar, Pataliputra

39
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3rd Buddhist council - Chairman ?

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Mogaliputta Tissa

40
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3rd Buddhist council - Patron ?

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Ashoka (Maurya dynasty)

41
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Abhidhamma Pitaka

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3rd Buddhist council, Religious discourses of Buddha’ Lang - Pali

42
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Decision to send missionaries to all parts of the world was taken in ?

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3rd Buddhist council

43
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4th Buddhist council - location ?

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Kundala vana, Kashmir

44
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4th Buddhist council - Chairman ?

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Vasumitra

45
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4th Buddhist council - Vice Chairman ?

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Ashwagosha

46
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4th Buddhist council - Patron ?

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Kanishka (Kushana dynasty)

47
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Mahavibhasha shastra

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Vasumitra, 4th Buddhist council, Lang - Sanskrit (comment on Tripataka)

48
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Split - Mahayana & Hinayana

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4th Buddhist council

49
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Haranyaka ruler contemporary of both Buddha and Mahavira

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Bimbisara

50
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Emperor Ashoka helped in the spread of which sect of Buddhism in India?

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Teravada

51
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Arhat - meaning ?

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A person who achieves nirvana through rigorous spiritual striving (Teravada/ Hinayana sect)

52
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Teravada emerged from which school of Buddhist thought ?

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Vibhajjavada

53
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Hinayana sect believed in idol worship of Buddha. True or False.

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False

54
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Sarvastivada, Sthaviravada Vibhajjavada and Sammitiya are subsects of which sect of Buddhism ?

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Teravada

55
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Abhidamma kosa and Milinda Panho are classical texts of which sect ?

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Vaibhasika (Sarvastivada of Teravada)

56
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Abhidamma kosa

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Vasubandhu, Pali text

57
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Milinda Panho

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Discussion between Meander I and Nagasena, Pali text

58
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Kumaralat, Yasomitra and Harivarman are main teachers of ?

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Sautrantika (Sarvastivada of Teravada)

59
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The orthodox conservative sect of Buddhism

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Teravada school

60
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Bodhisattvas

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Enlightened people who delay nirvana to help others attain niravana (A Mahayana concept)

61
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Emperor who patronized Mahayana sect

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Harshavardhan

62
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Lotus sutra and Heart sutra

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Concepts of Mahayana buddhism

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Madhyamaka/Sunyavada, Yogacara/Vijnanavada and Zen are sub sects of ?

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Mahayana Buddhism

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Madhyamaka

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Nagarjuna

65
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Yogacara

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Maitreyanath and Asanga

66
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Rituals and tantric techniques are associated with

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Vajrayana sect

67
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Navyana

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Reformist sect of Buddhism

68
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Future Buddha

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Maitreya

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Avalokiteswara

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Also called Padmapani - Kind hearted

70
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Paramitas

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Spiritual perfections

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Manjushri

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Holds book describing 10 paramitas

72
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Vajrapani

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Holds a thunderbolt and foe of sin and evil

73
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Kshitigriha

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Guardian of purgatories

74
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Buddha of heaven

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Amitabha/ Amitayusha

75
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Vihara

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Residence

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Chaitya

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Prayer Hall

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Stupa

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Relics

78
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Sect which believed in the supernatural quality of Buddha’s teachings

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Lokottavadins

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