Chapter 3 Bhuddism

Question 0

What are the three characteristics of existence

Answer 0

anitya
Dukka
Anatman

Question 1

Mara

Answer 1

the evil one, tempted Buddha with violence

Question 2

Anitya

Answer 2

impermanence

Question 3

Dukkha

Answer 3

suffering

Question 4

Anatman

Answer 4

without soul

Question 5

Thereavada

Answer 5

The small boat, older one, more individualistic one

Question 6

Mahayana

Answer 6

Big raft, newest, more liberal, communitarian, they believe in bodhissatvas

Question 7

Avaloketshvara

Answer 7

The Bodhisattva of compassion

Question 8

Zen

Answer 8

Meditation

Question 9

What are the two types of zen?

Answer 9

Soto and Rinzai

Question 10

Soto

Answer 10

Gradual enlightenment

Question 11

Rinzai

Answer 11

sudden enlightenment

Question 12

Satori

Answer 12

Direct experience of the unity of reality, the oneness of everything

Question 13

what is the goal of zen ?

Answer 13

Satori

Question 14

Zazen

Answer 14

the seated meditation

Question 15

what is the method of soto zen?

Answer 15

zazen

Question 16

Koan

Answer 16

writings that make you let go of your rational though; used commonly with Rinzai

Question 17

Bodhiddharma

Answer 17

the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism

Question 18

Who first brought buddhism to China?

Answer 18

Bodhiddharma

Question 19

Vajrayana

Answer 19

Diamond vehicle, part of Mahayana, allows you to reach enlightenment in one lifetime

Question 20

Bodhisattva

Answer 20

someone who has come close to Nirvana and turns back and help others reach Nirvana

Question 21

Arhat

Answer 21

someone who goes for Nirvana and never looks back

Question 22

Dharma

Answer 22

the collected teaching of Buddha

Question 23

dharma

Answer 23

the rules of the universe

Question 24

Samsara

Answer 24

cycle of reincarnation

Question 25

nirvana

Answer 25

Enlightenment, to get rid of desire, to extinguish, to remove fuel

Question 26

What were the four passing sights on Buddha's journey?

Answer 26

and old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a bald man

Question 27

What are the four noble truths?

Answer 27

life is suffering, suffering is caused by selfish desires, you can get rid of suffering by stop wanting things, and follow the 8 fold path

Question 28

Nirvana v. Moksha

Answer 28

Nirvana- is extinguishing desire | Moksha- getting rid of your ego

Question 29

what do both nirvana and moksha have in common

Answer 29

no reincarnation

Question 30

Buddhism as spiritual psychology

Answer 30

more of a psychological religion