East Asian Buddhism

Question 1

karuna

Answer 1

compassion

Question 2

Pure Land

Answer 2

a paradise place where sentient beings can be born into and become enlightened without obstacles, dharma is taught endlessly

Question 3

Guanyin/Kuan-yin/Avalokitesvara

Answer 3

savior bodhisattva who embodies compassion

Question 4

Guanyin/Kuan-yin/Avalokitesvara

Answer 4

savior bodhisattva who embodies compassion, puts an end to all suffering, fear, and sorrow, rescues people from situations of suffering

Question 5

prajnaparamita

Answer 5

A Mahayana concept that means perfection of wisdom, there is constant change and “all that we are is a result of what we have thought”

Question 6

Mulian

Answer 6

seeks help from the Buddha to rescue his mother from hell

Question 7

Sixth Patriarch

Answer 7

Hui Neng, heard the Diamond Cutter Sutra, became partially enlightened

Question 8

Zen

Answer 8

a school of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation

Question 9

nembutsu

Answer 9

praising Buddha Amida

Question 10

upaya

Answer 10

using SKILLFUL MEANS to help others become enlightened, having strategy

Question 11

sunyata

Answer 11

emptiness; all things are “empty” of unchanging essence, absence of self-existence

Question 12

Zen

Answer 12

a school of Buddhism that emphasizes meditation, Buddha nature center to its practice, anyone can be enlightened

Question 13

Bodhidharma

Answer 13

a Buddha that takes his “transmission beyond words” teaching to China. Also does intense meditation (stares at a wall for nine years)

Question 14

Tathagatagarbha

Answer 14

the principal that enlightenment is within all beings

Question 15

Sukhavati

Answer 15

the Pure Land

Question 16

Hui-neng

Answer 16

The 6th Patriarch in China, platform sutra

Question 17

Han Yu

Question 18

koan

Answer 18

a problem or dilemma that monks and nuns meditate on, a focus point of meditation

Question 19

pu-tai (budai)

Answer 19

The laughing buddha, commonly pictured with children, pu-tai means hempen sack

Question 20

dharmakaya

Answer 20

the dharma body of the buddha, not specific to a time or place, no particular shape or form

Question 21

sambhogyakaya

Answer 21

the bliss body Buddha, advanced, above samsara

Question 22

Bodhidharma

Answer 22

a Buddha that takes his “transmission beyond words” teaching to China. Also does intense meditation (stares at a wall for nine years)

Question 23

nirmanakaya

Answer 23

the physical body of the buddha/historical body

Question 24

Tathagatagarbha

Answer 24

the principal that enlightenment is within all beings

Question 25

sambhogyakaya

Answer 25

the bliss body Buddha, advanced, above samsara

Question 26

Lotus Sutra

Answer 26

using upaya to save all sentient beings, Burning House