Buddhist : Beliefs And Teachings

Question 1

When was Buddhism created ?

Answer 1

2500 years ago in Nepal

Question 2

What’s the real name of Buddha ?

Answer 2

Sidartha Gautama

Question 3

What are Theravadan Buddhists beliefs ?

Answer 3

Strong monastic community

Main focus is on three refuges

Embrace the five aggregates

Only men can be enlightened

Question 4

What’s the name for an enlightened Theravadan buddhist ?

Answer 4

Arhat

Question 5

What’s an arhat ?

Answer 5

An arhat has overcome suffering

An arhat escapes the cycle of samsara

Question 6

What are the beliefs of an Mahayana buddhist ?

Answer 6

Believe that the Buddha remains an active influence on the world

They believe everyone has the ability to become enlightened

Question 7

What is the name for an enlightened Mahayana buddhist ?

Answer 7

Bodhisattva

Question 8

What are a bodhisattvan beliefs ?

Answer 8

They stay in the cycle of samsara out of compassion (good heart)

They overcome six perfections

Question 9

What do the six perfections teach ?

Answer 9

The six attributes a mahayanan will perfect to become a bodhisattva

Question 10

Name the six perfections ?

Answer 10

Generosity

Morality

Patience

Energy

Meditation

Wisdom

Question 11

What does the sunyata translate to ?

Answer 11

Emptiness

Question 12

What is the meaning of sunyata ?

Answer 12

Everything is empty of independent existence

Question 13

What tradition of Buddhism understand the concept of sunyata ?

Answer 13

Mahayana

Question 14

What is pure land Buddhism ?

Answer 14

A part of Mahayana Buddhism based on the Buddha

Question 15

What is the overall concept of pure land ?

Answer 15

The pure land contains no suffering

If you enter pure land you are enlightened

Question 16

What are the four noble truths ?

Answer 16

The buddhist teachings about suffering

Question 17

What are the three types of suffering ?

Answer 17

Dukkha - ordinary suffering

Viparinhama - suffering because of change

Samskara- unsatisfaction

Question 18

What is the second noble truth ?

Answer 18

Explains why we suffer due to craving

Question 19

What is sensory craving ?

Answer 19

Craving things that please senses

Question 20

What are the three poisons ?

Answer 20

Greed, ignorance, hatred

They cause all suffering

Question 21

What is the third noble truth ?

Answer 21

Nirohda- the end of suffering

Question 22

What is metta ?

Answer 22

Loving kindness

Question 23

What does the third noble truth teach ?

Answer 23

By giving up craving suffering can be defeated (nirohda)

Question 24

What’s the fourth noble truth ?

Answer 24

The eightfold path (magga) which leads to the end of the cycle of samsara

Question 25

What is the eightfold path ?

Answer 25

The king of right action the end samsara Right - conduct, speech, action, livelihood, discipline, effort, mindfulness

Question 26

What does the Dharma wheel represent ?

Answer 26

The eightfold path and cycle of life and rebirth and how to escape it through action (samsara)

Question 27

What does the lotus flower represent ?

Answer 27

The journey to enlightenment / buddhist end goal

Question 28

What do Buddhists use meditation (worship) for ?

Answer 28

To focus their mind of the teachings of Buddha

Question 29

Difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhists ?

Answer 29

Theravada Buddhists strive to become Arhats and gain freedom from the cycle of samsara, Mahayana Buddhists may choose to stay in the cycle of samsara out of compassion for others.

Question 30

What are the four sights ?

Answer 30

Old age, holy man, illness, death And part of Jataka

Question 31

What is the jataka ?

Answer 31

As series of tales

Question 32

What does annica mean ?

Answer 32

Impermanence

Question 33

What does Anatta mean ?

Answer 33

No fixed self Buddhists believe in the soul

Question 34

Explain the concept of dependant arising ?

Answer 34

This means that everything mental or physical exists due to the dependence of other things

Question 35

What is nibbana ?

Answer 35

The realisation for Buddhists when they have broken away from the cycle of samsara

Question 36

What are the five aggregates/ skandas ?

Answer 36

The human personality : Form Consciousness Sensation Mental formations Perception

Question 37

What do the 5 aggregates teach ?

Answer 37

The way we interpret things due the 5 parts of our body

Question 38

What did Buddhas ascetic life teach him ?

Answer 38

The middle way is the path the enlightenment and that temptation can be overcome

Question 39

What is the Dhammapada ?

Answer 39

Verses of wisdom said to be spoken from the Buddha himself

Question 40

What three things do you overcome in Buddhahood ?

Answer 40

The three marks of existence (anicca), (dukkha), (anatta).

Question 41

What are the three marks of existence and explain them

Answer 41

Dukkha - suffering is everywhere Anicca - constantly changing Anatta - no fixed self