Comparative Religions Test 5

Question 1

What year was Siddhartha Gautama born

Answer 1

560 B.C.

Question 2

A Hindu Sage told his father that his son would be a world-famous king or a Buddha which means the __________ one

Answer 2

Enlightened

Question 3

The Tripitaka is what

Answer 3

This is the collection a Buddhist scriptures most important in the Theavadan branch of Buddhism

Question 4

What are the three Jewels?

Answer 4

The buddia
The Dbarma
The Samgha

Question 5

What is the Dharma

Answer 5

Is the teaching about the true way of things

Question 6

What is the Samgha

Answer 6

The community of monks, nuns, and lay people who practice and promote the Dharma

Question 7

According to Buddhist writings, Buddhism began under the Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya in India blank where the Buddha achieved ________________

Answer 7

Enlightenment

Question 8

Theravada Buddhism is predominant in __________ and ______________

Answer 8

Shilonka, South East Asia

Question 9

The shrine may contain what three things

Answer 9

Image of Buddha, a candle or oil lamp, scripture

Question 10

The dead are reborn according to their ________

Answer 10

Karma

Question 11

What are the four Noble truths

Answer 11

1. A life is suffering,
2. all suffering is from desire or craving,
3. there is no craving, there is no suffering,
4. if you follow the eight fold path there is no craving and hence, no suffering

Question 12

What is the nirvana

Answer 12

The final state of liberation from the cycle connected to life with suffering

Question 13

Through meditation Buddhist seek to awaken a source a special power phone within __________ (often refer as the __________ within)

Answer 13

Themselves, Buddha nature

Question 14

What are the Theravada Buddhist

Answer 14

The conservative Buddhist and claim to follow the Buddha’s original’s teachings more closely than other groups

Question 15

Who was the founder of Buddhism

Answer 15

Siddhartha Gautama