Buddhists beliefs

Question 1

What is the birth of the Buddha ?

Answer 1

Maya dreamt of a white elephant coming down from the sky and entering her womb , shortly after this she became pregnant.

Question 2

What appeared while she was giving birth ?

Answer 2

A white elephant

Question 3

What happened after the birth ?

Answer 3

When the Buddha would walk lotus leafs would appear .

Question 4

What is the Buddhas ascetic life ?

Answer 4

He saw an ascetic man and wanted to become one himself after he realised that he would suddenly die and so would the rest if his family . So there for he wanted to have as little as possible and no indulgences at all . He starved himself for 6 years and would not stop until he reached enlightenment so he carried on eating 3 sesame seeds a day .

Question 5

What are the for sights the Buddha saw before he became an ascetic ?

Answer 5

1sr sight he saw a old man and was shocked
2nd sight he saw a sick man and realised death and diseases is a reality
3rd sight he realised death was a reality so he was shocked since he thought he would live forever
4th sight he saw a holy man

Question 6

What does ascetic mean ?

Answer 6

It means someone who appreciates the basic things and does not indulge. They eat as little as possible .

Question 7

What was the way that the Buddha followed when he reached enlightenment ?

Answer 7

Ascetic. “The middle way”. Prince

Question 8

The summery of the golden bowl

Answer 8

There was a beautiful women who prayed for a husband son and was told to go to. Banyan tree and pray to the tree gods . Her dream came true . And then one day she made a special type of rice which she gave to the Buddha which saved him from death . Then the Buddha found the middle way and reached enlightenment .

Question 9

What is the middle way ?

Answer 9

You can live on basic things and don’t indulge in anything because you believe you can live without those things . It was also when the bow went upstream to decide on wether he was a Buddha .

Question 10

What are the three watches ?

Answer 10

1 - siddartha gained knowledge of all previous life’s
2- He relished the con pcept of samsara ( you are born and you live , you die . A person is reborn depending on their karma .
3- he came to understand why suffering happens and how to come over it . Which is the middle way

Question 11

What a fe the three jewels ?

Answer 11

The Buddha
The dharma
The sangha

Question 12

The teaching of the Dhama

Answer 12

His philosophy was not from his direct experience it is from practice however its nothing to worship. “ it is like a raft used to cross a river , only a fool would carry the raft around after he had reached the others hire of liberation .

Question 13

What are the three marks of existence .

Answer 13

Anatta
Dukkha
Anica

Question 14

What is the Anatta?

Answer 14

• Nothing stays the same and has no permanent setting

- Anatta means no self

Question 15

What is Anica?

Answer 15

It means impermanence

Question 16

What does the dukkah mean

Answer 16

It means suffering and dissatisfaction

Question 17

What are the 6 relms

Answer 17

Hell , human , ghost , animal

Question 18

What are the five precepts

Answer 18

Abstain from taking life 
Abstain from taking what is not given 
Abstain from the misuse of sexual misconduct 
Abstain from the wrong speech 
Abstain from the intoxicants  and drugs

Question 19

What are the four noble truths

Answer 19

The existence of suffering
Causes of suffering
The end of suffering
The cure for suffering

Question 20

What are the four sights

Answer 20

Holy man
Old man
Dead man
ill man

Question 21

What are the three aggregates

Answer 21

Ignorance
Jealousy
Desire

Question 22

What are the six relms ?

Answer 22

The six relms are the things you might change into in your after life . If you get could karma then there for you can get changed into something good but if you have bad karma then you turn into something bad .