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Reviewer Flashcards

1
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Are the three aspects?

A

Wisdom, morality, and meditation

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2
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What is the eightfold path of wisdom?

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Right view and intention

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3
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What is the eightfold path of morality?

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Right speech, action, livelihood

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What is the eightfold path of meditation?

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Right effort and mindfulness

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5
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What are the four signs that encounter Buddha?

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  1. Old man
  2. Crippled man
  3. Corpse
  4. Ascetic impressed
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6
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All these distressing manifestations convinced him that worldly and material possessions could not satisfy one’s needs. Also known as the?

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“Great Renunciation,”

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What are the avoidance of two extremes made by Siddhartha?

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Self-denial and self-indulgence

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8
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a life of self-discipline and introspection but not self-flagellation

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Middle path

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9
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What is the earliest collection of the sacred text of Buddhism?

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Pali canon/ tripitaka/tipitaka

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10
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refers to monks who share in
the general fund of alms provided by a community.

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Sangha

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11
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The members of the sangha must ensure that Buddhist
teachings are to be preserved and transmitted. The so-called?

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Three Jewels

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Are commemorative monuments that contain sacred relics associated with Siddhartha himself, and the venerable monks and nuns.

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Stupas

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For Buddhist celebrations, the most important festival is the _______ which falls on a full moon. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Siddhartha about 2,500 years ago.

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Vesak or
“Buddha Day,”

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14
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People who achieve nirvana, called?

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Arhat

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15
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Siddhartha Gautama’s ascetic life in
the forest

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Great renunciation

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16
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The only surviving most sacred text of Theravada Buddhism

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Tripitaka/Tipitaka or pali canon

17
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Every effect has a definite cause and every cause has a definite effect

A

Law of independent origination

18
Q

Pali term for suffering or dissatisfaction

A

Dukkha

19
Q

A stage wherein desire has been
extinguished from one’s self

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Nirvana

20
Q

Personified evil forces that torment
the minds of humankind

A

Mara

21
Q

Aims to extend religious authority to a larger number of people, unlike the Theravada school of thought.

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Mahayana buddhism

22
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What is the Mahayana in the collective?

A

Mahayana sutras

23
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It is presented as a discourse containing the most definitive teachings of Siddhartha Gautama before his eventual death.

A

Lotus Sutra, or the Saddharmapundarika-sutra means “correct dharma white lotus sutra” or “Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law” in Sanskrit.

24
Q

The condition of complete happiness and freedom from fear and illusions.

A

Buddha nature” or
“Buddhahood”

25
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Also known as a three-bodies

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Trikaya

26
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Also known as the perfect buddhist

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bodhisattva (“enlightened existence”).

HUM112 RELIGION (5 decks)

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