Buddhism 2

Question 1

How many monks did the Buddha originally have?

Answer 1

5

Question 2

What are the major activities in the sangha?

Answer 2

meditation and study

Question 3

What is the central attempt in the Sangha?

Answer 3

Renunciation

Question 4

What are the 5 precepts that all Buddhists must follow?

Answer 4

no harming living creatures, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no false speech, and no intoxicants

Question 5

What is the monk code of conduct called?

Answer 5

vinaya

Question 6

What is another word for merit?

Answer 6

Punya

Question 7

Which is the oldest school of Buddhism?

Answer 7

Therevada

Question 8

Which school of Buddhism is known as Hinayana the lesser vehicle?

Answer 8

Therevada

Question 9

What is the Dhammapada?

Answer 9

a great text of theravada Buddhism, teaches to control the mind to bring order.

Question 10

What does the Theravada school teach?

Answer 10

To try and reach Nirvana.

Question 11

What is an arhat?

Answer 11

someone who reaches nirvana.

Question 12

What does Mahayana mean?

Answer 12

Greater vehicle

Question 13

What does the Mahayana school teach?

Answer 13

To try to become a bodhisattva and help others reach enlightenment.

Question 14

What does upaya mean?

Answer 14

to teach people only what they can handle.

Question 15

What is the main scripture of the Mahayana school?

Answer 15

Lotus Sutra

Question 16

Which incarnation of the Buddha is the Dali Lama considered?

Answer 16

14th

Question 17

Who was Nagarjuna?

Answer 17

stated that samsara and nirvana are actually the same. And that everyone is a Buddha.

Question 18

What is Cattamatra?

Answer 18

the belief that only the mind exists, not the body and that everyone is a Buddha.

Question 19

What is Vajrayana known as>

Answer 19

The thunderbolt school

Question 20

What is the teaching of Vajrayana?

Answer 20

Anyone can be liberated and there is no need for renunciation. Sudden liberation.