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Buddhist Practices Flashcards

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What do Buddhists normally have a room in their home reserved for

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Worship

Can contain thinks like Buddha statues, incense, candles, paintings etc

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What are the two main places of worship??

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Temples

Viharas

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What is a vihara

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A Buddhist monastery

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What is a stupa

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A sealed cone shaped shrine, containing relics

People will often walk around them

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What is a ‘wat’

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A sacred area containing a temple, vihara and a large painting of Buddha and three resident bhikkhus

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What is a gompa

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A remote place in Tibet contains a vihara, university and fortifications

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What are some characteristics of a Buddhist temple??

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Always facing the east for the rising sun
Designed to symbolise air, fire, water earth and wisdom (the five elements)
Learning is very important in Buddhism so most contain a library

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What are three main Buddhist objects of devotion

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Offerings (preparation for meditation, often candles, incense, food drink etc)
Buddharupas- statues of those who have reached enlightenment, sometimes with symbolic items
Bodhi tree- the direct descendant of the tree Buddha sat under is at the mahabodhi temple

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9
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When is bodhi day

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8th of December

The greeting shared that day is ‘may the peace of Buddha be yours’

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What is the triple gem

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Things offerings are made to

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What are common features of Buddharupas

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Long ears 
Long fingers and toes 
A bump on the top of the head (represents wisdom) 
Broad shoulders 
Long slim nose
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What does puja refer to

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It refers to as honour, worship and devotion

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What are the two different types of puja

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In Theravada Buddhism it is focused on gaining merit and peoples personal benefit from it
In Mahayana Buddhism the focus is more on others and asking Buddhas to keep teaching for the good of the world

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What are the features of puja

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It’s seen as a way to prepare for the path of enlightenment
It can be expressed through the body, mind and speech
It is a giving in order to help others and themselves
It is an example of inner devotion

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What is more important than any ritual for Buddhists

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Puja

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What are the different forms of puja

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Pilgrimage, blessing, prostration, merit- making, offering, recitation and meditation

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What is the pinnacle of all devotion seen as in Buddhism

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Puja in a pilgrimage

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18
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Where did Buddha recommend all Buddhists should go on a pilgrimage to??

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Bodh gaya

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How many offerings does Mahayana Buddhism practice giving

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7: 2 for hospitality, 5 for the senses

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What offerings are given to represent the end of the darkness of ignorance

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Candles and lights

Offerings are usually made to a Buddha image

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21
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What’s an example of a traditional text that’s recited

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The Three refuges

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22
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What are meant to provide a blessing and how

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Ceremonies, by asking Buddha for a blessing or repentance to be free from kamma

23
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What is merit and how do you gain it

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It is a gained form of energy, through merit making practices targeted at a certain person or deity

24
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What is prostration

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An act of humility done for the three jewels (Buddha, sangha and dhamma) usually done three times

25
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Name two importances of puja

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It allows Buddhists to express gratitude towards the Buddha

It allows Buddhists to overcome suffering in their life, supported by the three jewels ‘to the Buddha for refuge i go’

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What is a mantra

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A sacred sound Buddhists believe to have spiritual power

They guard the spiritual life.

27
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What are Mala beads

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They are beads consisting of 18, 27, 54 or 108 beads used to keep count during mantras
Made from either bodhi wood or rattan seeds

28
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What is the meaning of mala beads

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They remind people it is possible to break the cycle of life and death

29
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What are the aims of meditation

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To practice transforming one’s mind for clearer vision and ultimate peace

30
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What is meditation based on

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The experience of the Buddha

31
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What is samatha

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Concentration performed in order to clear the mind

32
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What are the two types of necessary meditation

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Samatha meditation- known as the calming meditation, supposed to lead to a calmer and settled mind
Vipassana, insight into the true nature of reality

33
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What are some other forms of meditation

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Mindfulness breathing

Zazen, a seated meditation as means of insight into the nature of existence

34
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A quote to support meditation

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‘Those on the meditative path will be released from Maras fetter’

35
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What are the nine levels of rebirth

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There is the highest, middle and lowest grade and within those are the high, middle and low levels

36
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What does the Buddha describe to the imprisoned queen vaidehi

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The thirteen visualisation methods in correspondence to the level of rebirth

37
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A quote for the mind

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‘Mind proceeds all knowables, mind’s their chief, mind made are they’

38
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What is chanting

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A spiritual means to prepare one’s mind for meditation.

39
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What does death mean for Buddhists

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It’s the end of this life and the beginning of the next
It reminds people of the Buddhas teaching of impermanence
It is the accumulation of all a persons kamma to determine their next life

40
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What will happen a week after a Buddhists death in Theravada Buddhism

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A monk will visit the family and close friends to give a sermon
Death rates are one of the only life cycle rituals monks will play a role in

41
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What almost always happens to bodies after death

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Cremation.

42
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What is the time between death and rebirth in Buddhist tradition

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49 days

43
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What do Mahayana Buddhists do in the 49 days after death

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Perform multiple ceremonies

Recite the amithaba sutra

44
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What to Tibetan Buddhists do during the 49 days after death

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Read the book of the Dead

45
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What is an annual retreat in Theravada Buddhism and how long does it last??

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Vassa is a three month long retreat (July-October)

46
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What is another way of observing vassa

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Giving up meat or smoking

47
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Where do monks stay during vassa

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Temples or monasteries.

48
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What is Wesak day??

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A day celebrating the birth, enlightenment and death of siddartha Gautama

49
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What happens on wesak day

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People only eat vegetarian food
Offerings of flowers, candles and incense are made
Buddhists arrive at their temple before sunrise to rise the Buddha flag and sing hymns
Some stay in the temple all day, wearing white to practice the noble eightfold path
Monks recite the verses of Buddha for peace

50
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What ends vassa

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Kathina

51
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What festival do Mahayana Buddhist used to celebrate the Buddha

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Parinirvana

This is used to celebrate the Buddha reaching nirvana or passing into parinirvana (dying)

52
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What are different ways people celebrate parinirvana

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Some see it as a solemn occasion and reflect on the impermanence of life
Others use it as a day for pilgrimage and perform puja

53
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What days in Theravada Buddhism are used to ‘cleans the mind’

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Uposatha days

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