Quiz 5: Buddhism Flashcards
When did it begin and where?
500 B.C.E. in Sakyas
King and his wife
King: Suddhodana
Wife: Maya
Child/Future Buddha
Siddartha Guatama
Sidda
Power/One that contains power
At 16, Siddartha marries…?
Yasodhara
At 26, Siddartha has a son named…?
Rahula (Shackles)
The 4 signs (What Siddartha sees when he sneaks away)
- Old age
- Sickness
- Death
- Sanyasin
Middle Way
Midway point between indulgence and denial
3 stages
1.) Past lives remembered
2.) Clairevoyance (all-seeing)
3.) Nirvana (quenching/all cravings ceased)
Dharma
the Buddha’s teachings
Chakra
Wheel
- The biggest symbol in Buddhism
Final teaching
All things decay. Strive with clarity of mind for Nirvana
Tanha
Desire
3 big tanhas (3 roots of evil):
1.) Frustration
2.) Greed
3.) Delusion
Bhavachakra
Bhava(Life) Chakra (Wheel) (Wheel of life)