Buddhism Short Answer

Question 1

Theravada Buddhism?

Answer 1

Theravada Buddhism: only way to realize nirvana is by leaving society to become a monk.

Question 2

Five precepts of lay people in Theraveda Buddhism?

Answer 2

Laypeople to refrain from stealing, from engaging in sexual improprieties, refrain from taking drugs, harming living things and refrain from engaging in wrong speech

Question 3

Sections of the Tipitaka?

Answer 3

Sutta Pitaka—consists of the Buddha’s discourses and stories about himself.
Vinaya Pitaka: deals with rules of morality and ethics and proper ethical conduct.
Abhidhamma Pitaka: contains philosophical analyses of the Buddha’s teachings

Question 4

Mahayana religious texts?

Answer 4

consists of sutras, or pithy philosophical texts that outline the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism

Question 5

Four noble truths?

Answer 5

life is suffering
cause of suffering is desire
sorrow can be ended by achieving nirvana
nirvana can be achieved by following the Eightfold Path

Question 6

Nirvana and Mahayana Buddhism

Answer 6

Nirvana is a type of state wherein the individual is free to see reality for what truly is: emptiness,’ or sunayta

Question 7

What is the Dharma to Buddhists?

Answer 7

dharma is not a mere law of nature but an eternal truth whose presence is actualized through the workings of creation, the life of the Buddha, and those who follow his teachings.

Question 8

Mahayana Buddhism

Answer 8

Mahayana Buddhism, shifts its attention to that of the bodhisattva: an individual who has achieved nirvana, but voluntarily remains in the world for repeated rebirths to teach others how to achieve nirvana