R.S. The Buddha's teachings

Question 1

What’s the first noble truth?

Answer 1

Suffering is unavoidable- this is the diagnosis

Question 2

What is the second noble truth?

Answer 2

We suffer because we crave things we cannot have- this is our disease

Question 3

What is the third noble truth?

Answer 3

We can overcome suffering- This is the hope of a cure

Question 4

What is the fourth noble truth?

Answer 4

We can overcome suffering if we follow the eight-fold path- this is the cure

Question 5

What is right speech? (The eight-fold path)

Answer 5

Be kind and honest. Say nothing that hurts others

Question 6

What is Dukkha? (Three universal truths)

Answer 6

There is suffering

Question 7

What is Annica? (Three universal truths)

Answer 7

Everything is always changing. Nothing is permanent

Question 8

What is Anatta? (Three universal truths)

Answer 8

There is no such thing as a permanent/unchanging you

Question 9

What are the five precepts?

Answer 9

1. Do not harm or take a life
2. Do not take anything that doesn’t belong to you
3. Do not misuse your senses or sexuality
4. Do not misuse your speech
5. Do not cloud your mind with intoxicants (drugs)

Question 10

Who was Siddhartha Gautama? (Three jewels)

Answer 10

Buddha

Question 11

What are the Buddha’s teachings called? (Three jewels)

Answer 11

Dharma

Question 12

What is the buddhist community called? (Three jewels)

Answer 12

Sangha

Question 13

What did Queen Maya’s dream have in it?

Answer 13

A white elephant

Question 14

What did the Buddha do immediately after his birth?

Answer 14

He took seven steps and with each step a lotus flower grew

Question 15

What was his childhood like?

Answer 15

He lived a life of luxury and there was no suffering anywhere in the palace

Question 16

What were the 4 sights?

Answer 16

1. Sickness
2. Old age
3. Death
4. A holy man

Question 17

How long was the Buddha ascetic for?

Answer 17

6 years

Question 18

What is asceticism?

Answer 18

Living a life full of suffering. Living with little or no possessions and barely eating or sleeping

Question 19

What is the middle way?

Answer 19

A life somewhere in between luxury and suffering

Question 20

What does Buddha mean?

Answer 20

Enlightened one

Question 21

What is the wheel called?

Answer 21

The Dharmachakra or the Wheel of Dharma

Question 22

What do the 8 spokes represent on the Wheel of Dharma?

Answer 22

The eight-fold path

Question 23

Why is does the Wheel of Dharma have a circle in it?

Answer 23

It shows the endless cycle of birth and rebirth

Question 24

What does the lotus flower symbolise?

Answer 24

The struggle to achieve enlightenment

Question 25

What is a mudra?

Answer 25

A symbol that the Buddha made with his hands that had a specific meaning

Question 26

What do the Buddha's feet symbolise?

Answer 26

The Buddha was a real human being that lived in this world and achieved enlightenment