Year 9 Term 1

Question 1

What does Dukkha mean ?

Answer 1

Suffering

Question 2

What does dharma mean ?

Answer 2

The teachings of the buddha

Question 3

What does pilgrimage mean ?

Answer 3

A journey to a place of religious significance

Question 4

What does sangha mean ?

Answer 4

A community of monks and nuns who commit themselves to a life of buddhism

Question 5

What is a missionary ?

Answer 5

Someone who spreads their religious message in other countries

Question 6

What does ahimsa mean ?

Answer 6

Teaching of non-violence

Question 7

What does ascetic mean ?

Answer 7

Someone who has extreme self discipline and abstains from different things in life for religious reasons

Question 8

When did Buddhism start ?

Answer 8

2500 years ago

Question 9

Where did Buddhism start ?

Answer 9

In lumbini

Question 10

How many Buddhists are there in the world ?

Answer 10

500 million

Question 11

Who is the Buddha ?

Answer 11

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 12

What were the four sights ?

Answer 12

Old age, sickness, death and holy man

Question 13

Why did siddhartha become an ascetic ?

Answer 13

He wanted to overcome suffering

Question 14

What does enlightenment mean ?

Answer 14

The state of being awakened to truth about life

Question 15

What is the middle way ?

Answer 15

A lifestyle between luxury and having nothing at all

Question 16

What is the eightfold path ?

Answer 16

8 instructions that the Buddha gave to his followers to help them overcome suffering

Question 17

What are the 3 poisons/causes of suffering?

Answer 17

Greed, hatred and delusion

Question 18

What are the 4 noble truths ?

Answer 18

All creatures suffer, suffering is caused by selfish desires, suffering can be ended, the way to overcome suffering is by following the eightfold path.

Question 19

What are the 8 things on the eightfold path ?

Answer 19

Right understanding, thought, speech, concentration, mindfulness, effort, livelihood, action.

Question 20

What did the first people to join the sangha do ?

Answer 20

They built monasteries across india

Question 21

What did the sangha do for the Buddha ?

Answer 21

Recording the Dharma (Buddha s teaching )

Question 22

Who was emperor Ashoka ?

Answer 22

He was an Indian emperor who became the worlds first Buddhists ruler

Question 23

Why did Ashoka become a Buddhist ?

Answer 23

He was a very bloodthirsty ruler. He realised waging wars and killing people was bad so wanted to try and change his ways.

Question 24

Why was Ashoka such a respected ruler ?

Answer 24

He realised what he did was wrong. He then spread what he believed across the country. Then he put money towards the community

Question 25

How did Emperor Ashoka spread Buddhism beyond India ?

Answer 25

He spread it by sending missionaries. He also sent his kids as missionaries

Question 26

Who is the leader of India ?

Answer 26

Trick question : there is not a single leader of Buddhism because it’s not a religion based on the belief in one leader. Instead personal development

Question 27

Where was the Buddha born ?

Answer 27

Lumbini , nepal

Question 28

Where did the Buddha achieve enlightenment?

Answer 28

Bodh Gaya , India

Question 29

Where did the Buddha die ?

Answer 29

Kusinara, India

Question 30

Where did the Buddha do his first teaching/sermon ?

Answer 30

Sarnath, India

Question 31

Why do Buddhas go on pilgrimage?

Answer 31

Feel connected to the Buddha, commitment to learning.

Question 32

How and why interest in Buddhism begin in the uk ?

Answer 32

Government sent workers overseas to Buddhist countries and when they returned they spread the religion. They translated texts into English.

Question 33

How and why did the Tibetans fleeing of Tibet help Buddhism in the uk ?

Answer 33

The Tibetans fled because the Chinese invaded and the Tibetans were pacifists so didn’t want to fight. They then spread their beliefs to England.

Question 34

What is Rokpa ?

Answer 34

It’s a charity that helps the poorest people in Nepal

Question 35

What percentage of the people in England are Buddhists ?

Answer 35

0.3%