Paper 1 Buddhist Beliefs

Question 1

Dhamma (Dharma)

Answer 1

The Buddha’s teachings

Question 2

Anicca

Answer 2

impermanence; the idea that everything changes

Question 3

Anatta

Answer 3

nothing is permanent; there is no self or soul

Question 4

Ascetic

Answer 4

living a simple and strict lifestyle with few pleasures or possessions

Question 5

Boddhisattva

Answer 5

in Mahayana Buddhism, someone who is enlightened but chooses to remain in samsara to help others

Question 6

enlightenment

Answer 6

the gaining of true knowledge about the self and nature of reality

Question 7

Meditation

Answer 7

the practise of calming and focusing the mind to reflect deeply

Question 8

Dukkha

Answer 8

The first noble truth: there is suffering

Question 9

Tanha

Answer 9

Craving or desiring something

Question 10

Jataka

Answer 10

tales and popular stories about the lives of the Buddha

Question 11

Samsara

Answer 11

the repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth

Question 12

Arhat

Answer 12

In Theravada Buddhism, someone who has become enlightened

Question 13

Samudaya

Answer 13

The second noble truth: there are causes of suffering

Question 14

Magga

Answer 14

The fourth noble truth: to stop suffering, follow the Eightfold Path

Question 15

Nirodha

Answer 15

The third noble truth: suffering can be stopped

Question 16

Kamma (karma)

Answer 16

a person’s actions in any life; good actions result in happiness and bad ones in suffering

Question 17

Nibbana (nirvana)

Answer 17

a state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace

Question 18

What is the third sight that Buddha saw?

Answer 18

Death

Question 19

The 5 kandhas/ aggregates are …

Answer 19

the Therevadian idea of the parts that interact to make up a persons idea of self

Question 20

What was the fourth sight that Buddha saw?

Answer 20

Holy man

Question 21

What was the first sight that Buddha saw?

Answer 21

Old age

Question 22

What was the second sight that Buddha saw?

Answer 22

Illness

Question 23

Which one of these is not one of the three marks of existence?

Answer 23

Karuna

Question 24

Buddhists believe that God made the world. Tue or false?

Answer 24

False

Question 25

How do we stop suffering?

Answer 25

Remove desire and attachment

Question 26

Pure lands Buddhism focuses on reaching enlightenment by…

Answer 26

being taught by Amitabha Buddha in the pure lands/ Sukhavati

Question 27

What is ‘ahimsa’?

Answer 27

Non-violence

Question 28

What is the ‘sangha’?

Answer 28

Buddhist community

Question 29

What is the purpose of life for a Buddhist?

Answer 29

To develop compassion and wisdom

Question 30

What is meant by the 5 aggregates or 5 Skandhas?

Answer 30

5 parts to describe what people are made up of

Question 31

Middle way

Answer 31

The balance between self-indulgence and self-mortification (self denial or self discipline as an aspect of religious devotion).

Question 32

Which two are branches of Buddhism?

Answer 32

Mahayana & Theravada

Question 33

Bodhisattva is…

Answer 33

For Mahayana Buddhists, someone who has become enlightened but chooses to remain in the cycle of samsara to help others

Question 34

Who tried to stop Siddhartha reaching enlightenment?

Answer 34

Mara

Question 35

The Three poisons are shown by…

Answer 35

A pig, snake and cockrel

Question 36

After Death Buddhists believe in..

Answer 36

Rebirth