Buddhism

Question 1

What are the 3 Main lineages?

Answer 1

Therevada, Mahayana and Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism

Question 2

What is the single sacred text?

Answer 2

Unlike many religions, Buddhism has no single central text that is universally referred to by all traditions.

Question 3

Ascetic

Answer 3

someone who deprives themselves of comforts in the hope of gaining spiritual insight

Question 4

Bodhisattva

Answer 4

one who can reach nirvana but delays it for the sake of others

Question 5

Tripitaka

Answer 5

the three ‘baskets’ or three categories of Buddhist sacred texts
1st rules and regulations for monks and nuns
2nd verbal discourses and teaching of the Buddha
3rd Further Knowledge, Philosophical

Question 6

Principal beliefs of Buddhism

Answer 6

Core to the teachings of the Buddha in the Tripitaka are the three Jewels, The three marks of existence, The four noble truths and the Noble Eightfold path

Question 7

The Dharma

Answer 7

The totality of Buddhist teachings about the world and how to live life

Question 8

The Sangha

Answer 8

The community of monks & nuns

Question 9

The Buddha

Answer 9

Considered as the ideal that every Buddhist should follow, and as existing in a dimension beyond this world