Buddism Test

Question 1

Discuss how the film, Little Buddha, depicts Buddhism and its central teachings in the lives of the characters (pick a couple of main characters). 
Consider at least three of the doctrines we have studied in class and explain how they appear
in the lives of the characters you have in mind. You must use specific examples to show what you mean. Show and tell me how a bare minimum of 3 doctrines from Buddhism appears in the film.

Answer 1

Jesse- The Noble Eightfold Path:
Jesse use to be an everyday city kid, but when he found out that he might lama dojy, he was course, he wanted to learn more about Buddhism, and its teachings. He learns the way of life as a Buddia by learning the Eightfold path. At the end of the movie, he gives the river lama deejays ashes, which shows he still cares and wants to practice Buddhism

Dean(jesses dad)- Dukka, and Suffering can be brought to cessation, to an end.
At first, Dean was sketched out by Buddhism, and the teachings, but when his best friend died, he wanted enlightenment, he found out that everyone is suffering also at the end of thtenmentenlighe movie he figures this out. so he goes to tibit with Jesse to find enlightenment, throughout the movie he gets higher and higher, then he finds that suffering can come to an end.

Jesse’s mom- Tanha, when the dean wants to go to tbit with Jesse to find salvation, Jesse’s mom was selfish, she made it all about her, and how what will I do. This is the reason why she stayed home, suffering is caused by selfish desires.

Question 2

4 passing Sights

Answer 2

Gautama saw these when he went out of the palace to find the truth about the world. They include 1) an old man 2) a sick, diseased man 3) a dead man 4) an acetic man

Question 3

Three Marks of existence

Answer 3

Annata: “no-self”; no ultimate reality within, no essence underlying existence, no eternal substratum that is truly real. You’re, continually changing and, therefore, the person we are now is not the same person we were ten minutes ago, ten months, or ten years ago.

Anicca “impermanence”; closely related to anatta; the world is constantly changing. The self appears real and unchanging, but it too is an ongoing flow of thought, perfectioin, fears, hopes, and so on, that is constantly changing.

Dukka: “suffering” a natural result of anicca and annata, we are always are suffering.

Question 4

The Sutras

Answer 4

Scriptures adopted by the Mahayana Buddhists.

Question 5

4 noble truths

Answer 5

1. Dukka: Life is suffering, to live is suffering, it is impossible to escape dukkha,
2. Tanha: desire thirst, or craving, suffering is caused by desire, Tanha implies selfish desire.
3. Suffering can be brought to cessation, to an end
4. The Noble Eightfold Path: Basic practices of Buddhism that lead to nirvana.

Question 6

The Noble Eightfold Path

Answer 6

to cure suffering

 right view, 
right intentions, 
right speech, 
right conduct, 
right livelihood,
 right effort, 
right mindfulness,
right meditation

Question 7

Five Precepts

Answer 7

Basic moral requirements that are binding for all buddhists.

do not take life
do not take what is not given
do not engage in sensuous misconduct
do not use false speech
do not drink intoxicants

Monks and nuns have 5 more which include 6) do not eat after noon 7) Do not watch dancing shows 8) Do not use garlands or ointments 9) Do not use a high or soft bed 10) Do not accept gold or silver

Question 8

The middle way

Answer 8

The Buddhist teaching that rejects both the pleasures of sensual indulgence and the self-denial of asceticism.

Question 9

How was the Buddha born

Answer 9

Through his mother’s side, it was almost painless, once he was born he could walk and talk.

Question 10

The Buddhas first disciples

Answer 10

The 5 astiecs,

Question 11

Tibet

Answer 11

the place of the vajanas

Question 12

Sangha

Answer 12

The Buddhist commmunity of monks, nuns, and laity; when the word Sangha capitalized, it refers to one of the three jewels of Buddism

Question 13

Samsara

Answer 13

Wheel of rebirth shared by the buddhists holds that the inhabitnants of the various realms are destined to continue being reborn in one realm or another

Question 14

Nirvana

Answer 14

The ultimate goal of all Buddhists, the extinction of desire and any sense of individuak and selfhood, resluting in liberation from samsara and its limiting conditions.
“Blowing out”

Question 15

Enlightenment

Answer 15

Full awareness of the Buddhs’s teachings, getting woke,