Real QuickBuddha’s Life Revision Stuff

Question 1

When was Buddha born?

Answer 1

C. 2500 years ago

Question 2

What does Buddha mean

Answer 2

Awakened one

Question 3

What does Siddhartha mean

Answer 3

Perfect fulfilment

Question 4

What scripture tells the story of the Buddhas life

Answer 4

Jataka

Question 5

Unusual things about the Buddhas birth

Answer 5

7 steps, roared, last rebirth, lotus flowers

Question 6

What did Asiata prophercise?

Answer 6

Becoming great king/ becoming great spiritual leader if questioned suffering

Question 7

How did the prophecy affect his upbringing?

Answer 7

Lived in luxury, no decay or suffering seen

Question 8

Name the 4 sights

Answer 8

Old man, sick man, dead man

Question 9

What do the first 3 sights represent?

Answer 9

That suffering and decay are a part of life

Question 10

What did the forth sight represent?

Answer 10

A way to seek overcoming suffering

Question 11

Define ‘reunciation’

Answer 11

To give up or let go

Question 12

Who did the Buddha meet

Answer 12

5 ascetics

Question 13

What is asceticism

Answer 13

A life of physical denial

Question 14

How did the Buddha deny himself

Answer 14

Starvation

Question 15

Why did Buddha turn away from asceticism

Answer 15

It was ineffective- failed to provide an answer to suffering

Question 16

What did Buddha realise after quitting asceticism

Answer 16

There must be another way between extremes

Question 17

What did Buddha call the path between the extremes

Answer 17

The Middle Way

Question 18

What did Buddha decide to do after discovering the Middle Way

Answer 18

Meditate under a peepul tree until he was enlightened

Question 19

Who tempted Buddha

Answer 19

Mara

Question 20

What does Mara represent

Answer 20

Self-doubt

Question 21

What happened in the three watches of the night

Answer 21

Saw past lives, samsara due to karma, 4 noble truths, eightfold path

Question 22

How is the Buddha viewed in Theravada Buddhism

Answer 22

As an historical figure

Question 23

Another term for enlightenment

Answer 23

Nirvana

Question 24

What are the Buddha’s teachings called

Answer 24

3 jewels/ refuges

Question 25

Name the three jewels (refuges) of Buddhism

Answer 25

Buddha, dharma, sangha