Buddhist teachings

Question 1

What makes up the eightfold path?

Answer 1

Wisdom- Paññā:
Right view/understanding
Right intention

Ethics- Sīla:
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood

Concentration- Samādhi:
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right concentration

Question 2

3 marks of existence?

Answer 2

Annica- impermanence
Anatta- no self/soul
Dukkha- suffering

Question 3

3 types of dukkha?

Answer 3

Dukkha-dukkha: ordinary suffering
Viparinama-dukkha: suffering through change
Samkhara-dukkha: suffering through dissatisfaction or attachment

Question 4

4 sights?

Answer 4

Old age
Illness
Death
Holy man

Question 5

3 watches?

Answer 5

1. Gained knowledge of his pervious lives
2. Understood the cycle of samsara, birth, death, rebirth
   3.he understood suffering is caused by attachment and craving

Question 6

4 noble truths?

Answer 6

Dukkha- the truth of suffering
Samudaya- suffering is caused by the 3 poisons
Nirodha- it is possible to end suffering
Magga- follow the eightfold path to end suffering

Question 7

3 poisons?

Answer 7

Greed- rooster
Hatred- snake
Ignorance- pig

Question 8

6 perfections?

Answer 8

Generosity
Morality
Patience
Meditation
Wisdom
Energy

Question 9

5 aggregates?

Answer 9

Form
Sensation
Perception
Mental formation
Consciousness

Question 10

7 states of suffering?

Answer 10

Old age
Separation from something u love
Birth
Sickness
Death
Not getting what u crave
Contact with something u dislike

Question 11

3 refuges?

Answer 11

-the buddha: the fully enlightened one
-the dharma: buddhist teachings
-the sangha: monastic order of buddhism

Question 12

5 moral precepts?

Answer 12

1. do not take life
2. do not take what is not given
3. do not misuse the senses
4. refrain from wrong speech
5. refrain from intoxicants

Question 13

6 realms on the tibetan wheel of life?

Answer 13

1. Realm of the gods- a good life can result in being born as a god
   2.Hell realm- existance characterised by extreme suffering thats hard to escape
2. Human realm- involves both pleasure and pain
3. The realm of the hungry ghosts- insatiable hunger and greed
   5.Realm of Asuras- Jealous gods have great pleasure for their good deeds in their past
4. Animal realm- animals live in constant fear, trying to survive

Question 14

what are the 12 factors called on the tibetan wheel of life that illustrate the process of birth, death and rebirth

Answer 14

Nidanas

Question 15

what is the name for buddhist teachings

Answer 15

Dhamma

Question 16

what are the tales called told about the lives of the buddha

Answer 16

the jataka tales

Question 17

what does ascetic mean?

Answer 17

living a simple and strict lifestyle with few pleasures or possessions

Question 18

what is the middle way

Answer 18

living a life between luxury and an ascetic life, between the 2 extremes

Question 19

what 4 tactics did mara send Siddhartha to try and stop him from achieving enlightenment?

Answer 19

1. he sent his daughter to try and seduce him
2. he sent his armies to attack him
3. he was offered magas kingdom
   4.Mara tried to attack siddhartha

Question 20

what does dependant arising mean?

Answer 20

the idea that all things arise in dependance upon conditions

Question 21

what is the cycle of samsara?

Answer 21

the repeating cycle of birth, death and rebirth

Question 22

how do u escape the cycle of samara?

Answer 22

you must become enlightened

Question 23

what is karma?

Answer 23

the idea that good actions result in good karma and badd actions result in bad karma in your next lives

Question 24

what does nibanna mean?

Answer 24

a state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace

Question 25

what is the ideology of Nagasena and the chariot?

Answer 25

used to illustrate the concept of annata, Nagasena referred to his name as just that, inferring thats not what or who he is, a chariot is not the parts it is made up of, it is a name to represent the whole thing, just like Nagasena is a name used to represent his whole body. the chariot only exists in relation to its parts and so do humans

Question 26

what is therevada buddhism?

Answer 26

“the school of the elders”, a buddhism tradition found in southern asia

Question 27

what is mahayana buddhism?

Answer 27

“the great vehicle”, and umbrella term used to describe later buddhist traditions

Question 28

what different types of buddhism are apart of mahayana buddhism?

Answer 28

-pureland buddhism
- tibetan buddhism
-zen buddhism

Question 29

what does tanha mean?

Answer 29

craving, the desiring and wanting of something

Question 30

what is the threefold way?

Answer 30

the 3 different sections of the eightfold path: ethics(sila), mediation(samadhi), wisdom(panna)

Question 31

what parts of the eightfold path are under ethics (sila)?

Answer 31

-right speech
-right action
-right livlihood

Question 32

what parts of the eightfold path are under wisdom (panna)?

Answer 32

-right view
-right intention

Question 33

what parts of the eightfold path are under meditation (samadhi)?

Answer 33

-right comcentratiom
-right mindfulness
-right effort

Question 34

what is an arhat?

Answer 34

a perfect person, in theravada buddhism

Question 35

what is buddhahood?

Answer 35

when someone achieves enlightenment and becomes a buddha