Buddhism Rp Test

Question 1

1. In which country is Pure Land Buddhism the most commonly practised form of Buddhism? (1)

Answer 1

Japan

Question 2

2. What word is used to describe an enlightened person who chooses to remain in samsara? (1)

Answer 2

Bodhisattva

Question 3

3. What is dependent arising

Answer 3

Dependent arising is the idea that everything happens depending on certain conditions

Question 4

4. What is Dhamma(Dharma)? (

Answer 4

Dhamma (Dharma) is the Buddhist doctrine that includes the teaching of the Buddha about the nature of existence

Question 5

5. Give three examples of the five aggregates

Answer 5

The Five Aggregates are form, mental formation, perception, consciousness and sensation.

Question 6

6. What is anicca? (

Answer 6

Anicca means impermanence and encourages Buddhists to accept death and suffering as part of life.

Question 7

7. Explain what is meant by Buddhanature (2)

Answer 7

Buddha-nature is the idea that everyone can attain Buddhahood. Mahayana Buddhists believe that everyone has the essence of a Buddha within them.

Question 8

8. Explain what the concept of Dukkha means for Buddhists. (2)

Answer 8

Dukkha is the belief that there are three types of suffering, as part of the Three Marks of Existence. The three types are ordinary suffering, suffering through change and suffering through dissatisfaction or attachment.

Question 9

9. What is samsara? (1)

Answer 9

Samsara is the Buddhist belief in the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.

Question 10

10. Which type of Buddhists attempt to become Bodhisattvas

Answer 10

Mahayana buddhists

Question 11

11. Which word describes the Buddhist belief that the soul doesn’t have a physical existence? (1)

Answer 11

Annata

Question 12

List three events that happen in the Buddhas life (3)

Answer 12

He grew up in a life of luxury as the son of a Queen. He was inspired to leave this life by the Four Sights.
After this he lived an ascetic life of self-denial and pain but wasn’t able to become enlightened so left it for the Middle Way between pain and luxury.

Question 13

13. Give three of the four noble truths (3)

Answer 13

1. There is suffering&raquo_space; 2. Suffering has a cause&raquo_space; 3. Suffering can come to an end&raquo_space; 4. There is a way to end suffering.

Question 14

the 3 poisons (3)

Answer 14

These are the three poisons, a pig, a snake and a cockerel, they represent ignorance, hatred and greed,

Question 15

15. List three aspects of the eightfold path (3)

Answer 15

Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right effort, Right mindfulness, Right concentration, Right understanding, Right intention

Question 16

List four of the sights Siddhartha saw on his trip outside the palace. (4)

Answer 16

An old man – everyone ages
An ill man – everyone becomes ill
A dead man – all things die
A holy man – the only answer to these problems

Question 17

17. Explain the three marks of existence (2)

Answer 17

The Three Marks of Existence are the fundamental Buddhist beliefs about the nature of human existence. They present a very different view of the world to Christianity. That suffering is inevitable, that everything is impermeant and that we have no fixed, immortal soul

Question 18

Name two types of Buddhism (2)

Answer 18

Mahayana and theravada

Question 19

19. Explain what is meant by Arhat? (2)

Answer 19

Theravada Buddhists aim to become an Arhat by following the Eightfold Path. An Arhat is a ‘perfected person’ who overcomes the main sources of suffering and reaches nirvana

Question 20

20. List the three aspects of threefold way (3)

Answer 20

Ethics(sila), Meditation (Samadhi) Wisdom (Panna

Question 21

Define Nirvana (1)

Answer 21

A state of complete enlightenment which lies outside the cycle of samsara

Question 22

What is meant by Asceticism? (1)

Answer 22

A lifestyle with little luxuries

Question 23

23. What was the Buddhas birth name? (1)

Answer 23

Siddhartha gautama

Question 24

24. Define Anatta. (1)

Answer 24

The idea that we don’t have a fixed soul

Question 25

25. What is the term for the immaterial part of you that gets transferred from life to life. (1)

Answer 25

Atman