Buddhism Through Its Scriptures

Question 1

Abhidhamma (Sanskrit Abhidharma)

Question 2

Buddhavacana

Answer 2

word of the Buddha

Question 3

closed canon

Answer 3

scriptures are fixed; nothing new can be added

Question 4

Dharma

Answer 4

Reality or Truth; nature of reality as taught by Buddha

Question 5

Dharma to be learned

Question 6

Dharma to be practiced

Question 7

Dharma to be realized

Question 8

dual canon

Answer 8

a body of scripture is accepted, but also interpreted in the light of a second, more valued scripture

Question 9

Evam me sutam

Answer 9

“thus i have heard”; start of a discourse that comes directly from Buddha itself

Question 10

First Council

Answer 10

After Buddha’s death, the he disciples Ananda and Upali recited the Buddha’s sermons and rules for the monastic order

Question 11

First Sermon

Answer 11

The first sermon given by Buddha is the teaching that, among others, set the “wheel of truth” in motion and the four noble truths

Question 12

Gandhari

Answer 12

oldest language used to transmit buddhist teachings orally

Question 13

Mahayana

Answer 13

one of the three main existing brands of buddhism

Question 14

open canon

Answer 14

scriptures are not fixed; new texts can be added

Question 15

Pali

Answer 15

main language of Theravada Buddhism/Tripitaka

Question 16

Pali canon

Question 17

Sanskrit

Question 18

Sutta (Sanskrit

Answer 18

Sutra)

Question 19

Theravada

Question 20

Tipitaka (Sanskrit Tripitaka)

Question 21

Vinaya