Buddhism Study Guide 4/3/14

Question 0

Became known as the Buddha, rich prince

Answer 0

Siddhattha Gotama

Question 1

When and where a Buddhism developed

Answer 1

In India about 2500 years ago

Question 2

What does the Buddha mean?

Answer 2

The enlightened one

Question 3

How many Buddhist in the world are there

Answer 3

Over 500 million

Question 4

What was the big question for Hindus and eventually Buddhists?

Answer 4

Why people suffer

Question 5

Sick man old man dead man and a monk are….

Answer 5

The four sights

Question 6

Freedom from the cycle of rebirth and suffering

Answer 6

Nirvana

Question 7

Means “thus gone” and describes someone who has achieved nirvana

Answer 7

Tathagata

Question 8

Buddhas main teachings

Answer 8

Dharma

Question 9

States that everything in life is impermanence and is constantly changing, impermanence leads to suffering, and there is not an unchanging personal self

Answer 9

The universal truth

Question 10

Stats that all life involves suffering, cause of suffering is desire and attachment, desire can be overcome, to overcome, follow the eight fold path

Answer 10

Noble truths

Question 11

The middle way followed by the Buddha as a code of living as a Buddhist

Answer 11

Eightfold path

Question 12

Means three baskets, contains Buddhas sayings, comments on the sayings, and rules for monks

Answer 12

Tipitaka

Question 13

The Buddha, dharma and sangha

Answer 13

Three jewels

Question 14

Rules that every Buddhist should obey in everyday life

Answer 14

The five precepts

Question 15

Why is meditation important?

Answer 15

Is essential to achieving nirvana

Question 16

Basis of meditation, where the mind is emptied of thought and there is peacefulness

Answer 16

Samatha

Question 17

Importance of rites of passage in Buddhist religion

Answer 17

Not really important

Question 18

Name given to any community of Buddhist monks and nuns

Answer 18

Sangha

Question 19

Who persuaded Buddha to allow women in the sangha?

Answer 19

His mother in law

Question 20

He many items do monks and nuns own?

Answer 20

8, 3 robes, a razor, and a begging bowl

Question 21

Ceremony at which a boy becomes a novice monk at the age of eight

Answer 21

Pravrajya

Question 22

Where do emperor Asoka spread Buddhism to?

Answer 22

Central Asia and across India

Question 23

Where did Mahinda spread Buddhism?

Answer 23

Southern India and Sri Lanka and into china

Question 24

Means the way or teachings of the elders, they follow the buddha’s original teaching more closely than others

Answer 24

Theravada Buddhism

Question 25

Means the Buddha to be, people who are on the path of enlightenment and or dedicated to helping others toward the same state

Answer 25

Bodhisattvas

Question 26

Flourished mainly in Tibet, leader had political and religious authority

Answer 26

Tibetan Buddhism

Question 27

Leader of the Vajrayuna Buddhism

Answer 27

Dalai lama

Question 28

Began in China and spread to japan means meditation

Answer 28

Zen Buddhism

Question 29

Buddhist enlightenment tree

Answer 29

Bodh Gaya

Question 30

How does a Buddhist demonstrate suffering when on a pilgrimage?

Answer 30

By walking barefoot or crawling

Question 31

Oldest style of Buddhist shrine

Answer 31

Stupa

Question 32

New design of stupas taller and thinner that are in china and Japan

Answer 32

Pagodas

Question 33

Repeating short prayer phrases

Answer 33

Mantras

Question 34

Symbolism of the lotus flower

Answer 34

Roots deep in the mud which symbolizes human life and the petal which symbolizes enlightenment

Question 35

What is the Buddhist religious calendar based on?

Answer 35

Lunar

Question 36

Celebration of Buddhas birth

Answer 36

Wesak

Question 37

Japanese festival, 3 day celebration during which people pay their respect to family ancestors

Answer 37

Obon

Question 38

Meditation retreat that takes place in use rainy season

Answer 38

Vassa