Buddhist beliefs - fact test.

Question 1

In which country is Pure land Buddhism the most commonly practised form of Buddhism?

Answer 1

Japan

Question 2

What word is used to describe an enlightened person who has chosen to remain in samsara?

Answer 2

Bodhisattva

Question 3

What is dependent arising?

Answer 3

The idea that everything happens depending on certain conditions.

Question 4

What is the Dhamma (Dharma)?

Answer 4

The Buddhist doctrine, that includes the teachings of the Buddha about the nature of existence.

Question 5

Give three examples of the five aggregates.

Answer 5

Form - Mental formation - Perception - consciousness and Sensation.

Question 6

What is anicca?

Answer 6

Impermanence. Encourages Buddhists to accept death and suffering as apart of life.

Question 7

Explain what is meant by Buddhahood / Buddha - nature.

Answer 7

The idea that everyone can attain Buddhahood. Mahayana Buddhists believe everyone has the essence of a Buddha within them.

Question 8

Explain what the concept of Dukkha means for Buddhists.

Answer 8

The belief that there are three types of suffering, as a part of the Three Marks of Existence: Ordinary suffering; suffering through Change and suffering through Dissatisfaction / Attachment.

Question 9

What is Samsara?

Answer 9

Buddhist belief in the Cycle of Birth, life, Death and Rebirth.

Question 10

Which type of Buddhists attempt to become Bodhisattvas?

Answer 10

Mahayana Buddhists.

Question 11

Which word describes the belief that the soul doesn’t have a physical existence?

Answer 11

Anatta.

Question 12

List three events that happen in the Buddha’s life.

Answer 12

He grew up in a life of LUXURY as the son of a Queen. He was inspired to leave this life by the FOUR SIGHTS.
After this he lived an ASCETIC life style of self - denial and pain but wasn’t able to become enlightened so left it for the Middle Way between pain and luxury.

Question 13

Give 3 of the 4 noble truths.

Answer 13

1. There is suffering&raquo_space;2. Suffering has cause&raquo_space;3. Suffering can come to an end&raquo_space;4. There is a way to end suffering.

Question 14

List the 3 poisons.

Answer 14

🐷 Pig - Ignorance. 🐍 Snake - Hatred. 🐓 Cockerel - Greed. Buddhists believe these are the starting points for all human problems.

Question 15

List 3 aspects of the eightfold path.

Answer 15

Right Speech - Right Action - Right Livelihood - Right Effort - Right Mindfulness - Right concentration - Right Understanding - Right Intention.

Question 16

List the FOUR SIGHTS.

Answer 16

An OLD man - everyone ages.
An ILL man - everyone becomes ill.
A DEAD man - all things die.
A HOLY man - the only answer to these problems.

Question 17

Explain the 3 marks of existence.

Answer 17

The fundamental Buddhist beliefs about the nature of human existence. Different view of world Compared with Christianity. Suffering is inevitable, everything is impermanent and we have no fixed, immortal soul.

Question 18

Name 2 types of Buddhism.

Answer 18

Theravada - Mahayana.

Question 19

Explain what is meant by Arhat.

Answer 19

Theravada Buddhists aim to become an Arhat by following the eightfold path. An Arhat is a ‘perfected person’ who overcomes the main source of suffering and reaches nirvana.(enlightenment).

Question 20

List the three aspects of the threefold way.

Answer 20

Ethics (sila), Meditation ( Samadhi)
,Wisdom (Panna).

Question 21

Define Nirvana.

Answer 21

A state of complete enlightenment which lies outside the cycle of samsara.

Question 22

What is meant by Asceticism?

Answer 22

A life style of strict self - discipline - rejected by Siddhatha for the Middle Way.

Question 23

What is the Buddhist’s birth name?

Answer 23

Siddartha Gautama.

Question 24

Define anatta.

Answer 24

Impermanence of self / soul. No fixed soul - there is no unchanging essence to us.

Question 25

What is the term for the immaterial part of you that gets transferred from life to life?

Answer 25

Atman.