Buddhism Flashcards by Vidhyavarshaa S

Clan of Gautama Buddha

Sakya Kshatriya

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Mahabhinishkramana

Renunciation (Horse)

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Janma

Birth (Lotus)

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Sambodhi

Enlightenment (Bodhi Tree)

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Dharmachakrapravartana

1st sermon (Wheel)

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Dharmachakrapravartana - Location

Sarnath

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Mahaparinirvana

Death (Stupa)

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Suddhodhana

Republic king of Kapilavastu

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Mahamaya

Princess of Kollia republic

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Mahaparinirvana - location

Kushinagar (UP)

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Janma - location

Lumbinivana (Rummidehi, Nepal)

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Life is full of sorrow

Dukha

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There are causes for sorrow

Dukha Samudaya

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Sorrow can be stopped

Dukha NIrodha

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There’s a path leading to end of sorrow

Dukha Nirodha Gamini Pratipada

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Dukha

Sabbam Dukkam

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Dukha Samudaya

Pratitya Samutpada/ Dwadash Nidan

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Dukha NIrodha

Nirvana

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Dukha Nirodha Gamini Pratipada

Ashtangika Marga

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Pratitya Samutpada

Hetuvada - theory of cause effect

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Kshanabhanga Vada

Theory of impermanence

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How many Buddhist Councils?

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1st Buddhist council - location

Saptaparni cave, Rajgriha

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1st Buddhist council - Chairman

Mahakassapa

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1st Buddhist council - Patron

Ajatshatru (Haranyaka dynasty)

Compilation of Sutta Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka

1st Buddhist council

Sutta Pitaka

Upali, Buddha's sayings, Lang- Pali

Vinaya pitaka

Upali, Monastic codes, Lang - Pali

2nd Buddhist Council - location

Chullavanga, Vaishali

2nd Buddhist Council - Chairman

Sabbakami

2nd Buddhist Council - Patron

Kalashoka (Shishunaga dynasty)

Split - Sthaviravadins & Mahasanghikas - Why?

2nd Buddhist Council, Differences over Vinaya

Sthaviravadins

Rigorous rules of conduct

Mahasanghikas

More liberal code of conduct

Ajanta, Ellora and Karla paintings are associated with ?

Caitika sect of Mahasanghikas

Biography of Buddha was written by ?

Lokottarvada sect (Mahasanghikas)

Chronology of early life of Buddha was set by ?

Kukkutika sect (Mahasanghikas)

3rd Buddhist council - location ?

Ashokarama Vihar, Pataliputra

3rd Buddhist council - Chairman ?

Mogaliputta Tissa

3rd Buddhist council - Patron ?

Ashoka (Maurya dynasty)

Abhidhamma Pitaka

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

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

3rd Buddhist council

4th Buddhist council - location ?

Kundala vana, Kashmir

4th Buddhist council - Chairman ?

Vasumitra

4th Buddhist council - Vice Chairman ?

Ashwagosha

4th Buddhist council - Patron ?

Kanishka (Kushana dynasty)

Mahavibhasha shastra

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

Split - Mahayana & Hinayana

4th Buddhist council

Haranyaka ruler contemporary of both Buddha and Mahavira

Bimbisara

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

Teravada

Arhat - meaning ?

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

Teravada emerged from which school of Buddhist thought ?

Vibhajjavada

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

False

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

Teravada

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

Vaibhasika (Sarvastivada of Teravada)

Abhidamma kosa

Vasubandhu, Pali text

Milinda Panho

Discussion between Meander I and Nagasena, Pali text

Kumaralat, Yasomitra and Harivarman are main teachers of ?

Sautrantika (Sarvastivada of Teravada)

The orthodox conservative sect of Buddhism

Teravada school

Bodhisattvas

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

Emperor who patronized Mahayana sect

Harshavardhan

Lotus sutra and Heart sutra

Concepts of Mahayana buddhism

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

Mahayana Buddhism

Madhyamaka

Nagarjuna

Yogacara

Maitreyanath and Asanga

Rituals and tantric techniques are associated with

Vajrayana sect

Navyana

Reformist sect of Buddhism

Future Buddha

Maitreya

Avalokiteswara

Also called Padmapani - Kind hearted

Paramitas

Spiritual perfections

Manjushri

Holds book describing 10 paramitas

Vajrapani

Holds a thunderbolt and foe of sin and evil

Kshitigriha

Guardian of purgatories

Buddha of heaven

Amitabha/ Amitayusha

Vihara

Residence

Chaitya

Prayer Hall

Stupa

Relics

Sect which believed in the supernatural quality of Buddha's teachings

Lokottavadins