Buddhist Beliefs

Question 1

Four Sights

Answer 1

Dukkha
Anicca
Anatta

Question 2

Asceticism

Answer 2

‘Took to complete fasting’
‘The practice of austerities was not the path to Enlightenment’ Jataka

Question 3

Dhamma

Answer 3

‘My teaching is like a raft used to cross a river’ Thich Nhat Hanh
‘To the Dhamma for refuge I go’ recitations

Question 4

Dukkha

Answer 4

‘What I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering’ The Buddha

Question 5

Anicca

Answer 5

Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed

Question 6

Anatta

Answer 6

Nagasena and the Chariot

Question 7

Four Noble Truths

Answer 7

‘The ignorant person says ‘I’m suffering… How do I get out of suffering?… The insight is simply the acknowledgement.’ Sumedho
‘craving which leads to renewed existence’ The Buddha
‘Abandon the unwholesome!’ The Buddha

Question 8

Eightfold Path

Answer 8

‘Abandon the unwholesome!’ The Buddha
‘If one speaks with an evil mind, from that sorrow follows him’ Dhammapada

Question 9

Mahayana vs Theravada

Answer 9

‘I alone am a Fully Enlightened One’ The Buddha
‘However innumerable sentient beings are; I vow to save them’ Bodhisattva vow

Question 10

Pure Land Buddhism

Answer 10

‘Even a bad man will be received in Buddha’s land, how much more a good man?’ Shinran
‘Those who have faith and recite my name will achieve Enlightenment’ Amitabha’s vows