Buddhist Practises

Question 1

Give 3 places of worship for a Buddhist

Answer 1

monastery, shrine, temple

Question 2

What statue is in the hall of a buddhist temple?

Answer 2

Buddha rupa

Question 3

does a temple contain a shrine

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

Where can a shrine be?

Answer 4

A temple, monastery or home

Question 5

What does puja mean

Answer 5

Worship

Question 6

How might Buddhists worship?

Answer 6

Rituals and ceremonies, meditation, making offerings, chanting, reciting mantras, bowing to Buddha rupa

Question 7

What are 3 types of meditation?

Answer 7

Samatha, vipassana, zazen

Question 8

What is the aim of samatha meditation?

Answer 8

To create a calm mind , to develop concentration and to focus and prepare for vipassana meditation

Question 9

What is the aim of vipassana meditation?

Answer 9

Understand true nature of realiry

Question 10

Which other meditation is zazen apart of?

Answer 10

Vipassana

Question 11

In what type of Buddhism would you visualise a Buddha or bodhissatva as part of it?

Answer 11

Mahayana

Question 12

What can be used to focus in mahayana Buddhism

Answer 12

Mandala or a thangka

Question 13

What type of Buddhists often visualise an enlightened being as part of meditation?

Answer 13

Tibetan

Question 14

Why do Tibetan Buddhists focus on an enlightened being?

Answer 14

They believe it will unlock their inner Buddha nature

Question 15

At a Theravada funeral what burial method is most common

Answer 15

Cremation

Question 16

How might family members try to transfer merit to the deceased?

Answer 16

Donating to charity or a monastery

Question 17

At what type of funeral do they pick the bones out of the body after the cremation

Answer 17

Japanese

Question 18

For how many days are prayers said for the body in Japanese and Tibetan funerals

Answer 18

Every 7 days for 49 days

Question 19

Which Buddhist group adopted sky burials

Answer 19

Tibetan

Question 20

What does karuna mean

Answer 20

Compassion

Question 21

Mahayana Buddhists believe what quality is essential to become a bodhissatva

Answer 21

Karuna/compassion

Question 22

What does metta mean?

Answer 22

Loving kindness

Question 23

What 2 festivals do Buddhists have?

Answer 23

Wesak, Parinivana day

Question 24

What is the purpose of wesak?

Answer 24

Commemorating the Buddhas life

Question 25

How can wesak be celebrated?

Answer 25

Lighting up their homes Making offerings to the Buddha Giving gifts to the local monastery Worshipping at the temple Caged animals e.g. birds may be released as a symbol of liberation

Question 26

When is parinirvana celebrated

Answer 26

February

Question 27

What does parinirvana day remember

Answer 27

Buddhas passing into parinirvana

Question 28

How is parinirvana day marked?

Answer 28

studying a scripture which describes the Buddha’s last days Meditating and worshipping Some may go on a retreat or make a pilgrimage to Kushinagar in India where the Buddha is believed to have passed away.

Question 29

What are the 5 moral precepts?

Answer 29

Ahimsa- don’t harm any living being Do not steal No sexual misconduct No false speech Don’t cloud the mind with intoxicants

Question 30

What are the 6 perfections?

Answer 30

Generosity - give without expecting anything in return. Three main types of generosity, which are material, protection from fear and giving the dhamma. Morality - follow the 5 precepts. Meditation can help with this. Patience - practising compassion with people. This involves tolerance and endurance. Energy - they should put effort and enthusiasm into their practise of Buddhism Meditation to develop concentration and awareness Wisdom - the first five perfections will help to the development of this