Vocabulary

Question 0

Thee Four Passing Sights

Answer 0

Elderly, Disease, Death, Ascetic

Question 1

Siddhartha Gautama

Answer 1

The Buddha, The Awakened One

Question 2

Bodhi Tree

Answer 2

The tree under which The Buddha sat and gained enlightenment

Question 3

The Middle Way

Answer 3

The balance between self indulgence and asceticism| The Eightfold Path

Question 4

The Triple Refuge

Answer 4

The Oath of buddhist monks; The Buddha, The Dhamma, The Sanga

Question 5

Pali Canon

Answer 5

The collective teachings of The Buddha

Question 6

The Four Noble Truths

Answer 6

Suffering|Dukkha, Craving|Tanha, Cessation|Nirodha, Noble Eightfold Path

Question 7

Dukkha

Answer 7

Suffering

Question 8

Tanha

Answer 8

Craving

Question 9

Anatta

Answer 9

No Soul|No Self

Question 10

Skandhas

Answer 10

The buddhas fivefold classification of the physical and mental factors comprising reality; unflective persons mistake the local interaction of these factors for an ego or personality.

Question 11

Sangha

Answer 11

The community of buddhist monks

Question 12

Bhikkhu

Answer 12

A monk that takes up the lifestyle of The Buddha

Question 13

Theravada

Answer 13

The way of the elders

Question 14

Mahayana

Answer 14

Greater Raft

Question 15

Arhat

Answer 15

Perfected Disciple, who alone seeks nirvana, and works prodigiously towards that goal. Worthy one

Question 16

Boddhisattva

Answer 16

Teacher, one who reaches enlightenment nirvana but does not attain it instead holds back as to show others the way to reach Nirvana

Question 17

Zen Buddhism

Answer 17

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Question 18

Zazen

Answer 18

Sitting meditation

Question 19

Koan

Answer 19

Problem

Question 20

Sazen

Answer 20

Teacher’s opportunity to teach the student, to mature him

Question 21

Tibetan Buddhism

Answer 21

Vajrayana|”The Diamond Way”, thought to be a third Yana,

Question 22

Tantra

Answer 22

Extension, denotes interpenetration in weaving, essence of tibetan buddhism