midterm 2

Question 1

Three Bodies of the Buddha

Answer 1

1. Truth body
2. Enjoyment body
3. Emanation body

Question 2

Five Practices of the Lotus Sutra

Answer 2

1. Reading
2. Reciting
3. Copying
4. Explaining
5. preserving

Question 3

Two Collections

Answer 3

collection of merit
collection of wisdom

Question 4

Two Extremes

Answer 4

Extreme of non-existence
Extreme of existence

Question 5

Six Perfections

Answer 5

concentration
giving
ethics
patience
effort
wisdom

Question 6

Four Qualities of the Tathagatagarbha

Answer 6

bliss
purity
Permanence
self

Question 7

Three Vehicles

Answer 7

sravaka vehicle
pratyekabuddha vehicle
bodhisattva vehicle

Question 8

Three Models of the Bodhisattva

Answer 8

boatman
king
shephard

Question 9

śunyata

Answer 9

“emptiness”
Explained as the middle way between existence and non-existence. all things are empty. emptiness is perfecting wisdom which is required for a bodhisattva to attain buddhahood. : The belief that all things are devoid of an intrinsic value. The meaning we give to an object is derived from our perception of said object.

Question 10

Upaya

Answer 10

“skillful means”
The strategy used in Mahayana Buddhism to help people reach enlightenment. A form of deceit for a ‘good cause’. Shown w/ the three vehicles, which the Buddha reveals there is only one vehicle to enlightenment. the Buddha uses Upaya to save people under the impression there are more choices than there truly is.

Question 11

Bodhicitta

Answer 11

“mind of the enlightenment,”
Bodhicitta is the aspiration to reach enlightenment. This includes the goal to achieve Buddhahood in order to be liberated from suffering. The creation of bodhicitta is what makes a person a bodhisattva.

Question 12

Dharmakaya

Answer 12

“true body”
it’s the symbolic sense and one of the three bodies. The nature of the Buddha and the source from which his various other forms derived. Contains Buddha’s qualities.

Question 13

Ekayana

Answer 13

“one vehicle”
the three vehicles are actually just one vehicle along the path to enlightenment, where the end goal is buddhahood and all teachings will ultimately lead to buddhahood.primary belief in mahayana buddhism.

Question 14

Yogacara

Answer 14

“one who practices yoga/meditation”
Buddhist school that believes the world is a creation of the mind, everything is “mind only”. Everyone has their own consciousness while the world around us is a projection. (external world does not exist.)

Question 15

Sumedha

Answer 15

A past bodhisattva
A Yogi who laid his hair on the ground to cover a mud puddle for Buddha Dipankara . He took a vow to wait and be reborn a bunch of times as a bodhisattva rather than become an arhat.

Question 16

Hinayana

Answer 16

The Lesser Vehicle
Mahayana believers, believe the old conservative school is “lesser” than them and below them. Also known as mainstream.
term used to those who did not accept the Mahayana sutras as the word of the Buddha.(in Mahayana Buddhism)

Question 17

Śariputra

Answer 17

Wisest of all of the arhats,
Śariputra was one of the top disciples of the Buddha. He is considered the first of the Buddha’s two chief male disciples.
One of the heroes of classical “hinayana” Buddhism. plays a big role in some Mahayana texts and lends credibility to Mahayana beliefs.

Question 18

Tathagatagarbha

Answer 18

The Buddha within
Our bodies are gross but we all have a Buddha nature. Its characteristics are bliss, permanence, purity, and self. taught that every sentient being has the nature of the buddha inside of them.

Question 19

Prajnaparamita

Answer 19

Perfection of wisdom
wisdom required to achieve enlightenment. One of the Six Perfections of Mahayana Buddhism. Collection of the oldest Mahayana sutras, including Diamond and Heart Sutras.

Question 20

Madhyamaka

Answer 20

“Middle way”
The middle way school in Mahayana Buddhism. Between the two extremes of existence and non-existence. They believe everything is empty, and devoid of any inherent nature. Nothing has any svabhava. a philosophical system stating the components of the world are not only impermanent but also not real.