Budism

Question 1

What five rules should every Buddhist obey

Answer 1

To avoid harming living things, to avoid taking things they have not been freely given, to live a decent lifestyle, to avoid speaking unkindly or lying, to avoid drugs and alcohol.

Question 2

What is karma

Answer 2

People are responsible for their own actions, everything That happens is in the world is a chain of cause and effect, karma happens because of our past actions and future choices, we ourselves are responsible for our own happiness, we create our own fate, it’s going to be understood through the saying what goes around comes around.

Question 3

What are 6 or the rights

Answer 3

Right view 
Right intention 
Right speech
Right action 
Right livelihood 
Right effort 
Right mindfulness 
Right concentration

Question 4

What are the four sights

Answer 4

An old man
A sick man
A dead man
A monk

Question 5

What are the Nobel truths

Answer 5

All life involves suffering
The cause of suffering is desire and attachment
Desire and attachment can be over come
The way to overcome them and is to follow the eightfold path

Question 6

Explain siddharthas life

Answer 6

His father was a ruler of a small kingdom in India around 563BCE. His family were Hindu. A fortuneteller predicted that he would be a great emperor provided he did not see the four sights. His father voweled to keep him from seeing the 4 sites so he continued to live in luxury in the Palace and married and had a son. One day he began to question the value of his idol luxury S life. He went outside the Royal Park and saw the foresight S. He realised that even the most rich and powerful cannot escape suffering of illness, old-age and death. He saw the fourth site as a sign that he should spend his life searching for the answer to the problem of suffering . He became awondering holy man. He adopted the middle way. He meditated and saw the meaning of all things unfold he was in enlightened from this point on he was known as the Buddha.

Question 7

Explain eightfold

Answer 7

It is the middle way followed by the verger in his own search for in lighten meant it is a code for living as a Buddhist like a moral code or a set of guidelines for people to live bye.

Question 8

Explain enlightenment

Answer 8

Buddhists live their lives in the middle way the middle way between excess and deprivation so they can achieve in lighten meant. When a Buddha achieves enlightenment he or she attains nirvana. This is freedom from the cycle of rebirth and so is freedom from suffering. Buddisths say that it cannot be described in words. A Buddha cannot be reborn because they are no longer suffer from the cycle in rebirth.