Core Concepts of Hinduism
It is the ancient scriptures (books of knowledge) of Hinduism.
What are the Vedas?
He is the founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddartha Gautama?
They were social classes in India before independence.
What are the varnas?
The place where Siddartha Gautama was born.
What is India or Nepal?
Both Hinduism and Buddhism believe in the cycle of rebirth.
What is samara?
It the universal spirit worshipped by Hindus. We are attached to this spirit through our souls.
What is brahman and atman?
Name two countries where Buddhism is a dominant religion.
What are Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan?
Brahmins and Khsatriyas
What are the highest varnas or castes?
The varna to which Siddartha Gautama was born.
What is the Kshatriya varna?
Both Hinduism and Buddhism teach that people can reach enlightenment, but they have different words for it.
What is moksha? What is nirvana?
It is the accumulation of our good and bad actions. More good will come our if we follow our duty.
What is karma and dharma?
Life is suffering. Suffering comes from desire and expectations. It is possible to change desires and expectations. The Eightfold Path is the way to enlightenment.
Are the Four Noble Truths?
Vaishyas and Sudras
What are the lowest varnas or castes?
The three things Siddartha Gautama saw when he left the palace that made him question is existence.
What is a sick man, old man, and dead man?
It is the way karma is treated in Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is good action accumulated over past lives? What is good action achieved in this life?
If you have accumulated good karma from past lives, then one day you might break free from the cycle of rebirth. Breaking free is enlightenment.
What is samsara and moksha?
Right understanding
Right intentions
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right concentration
What is the Eightfold Path?
A social class that was so low that it was not originally part of the varna system. This social class experienced this from society.
Who are the Untouchables? What is discrimination?
The action Siddartha Gautama was doing under the Bodhi tree. He reach something.
What is meditation? What is nirvana?
The ways Hindus and Buddhists acquire good karma.
What is fulfilling your dharma? What is following the Eightfold Path?
The short story we read. The main character Arjuna was told by a god that he should follow the duty to his varna and not worry about killing his relatives because their souls will not die.
What is the Bhagavad Gita? Who is Krishna? What is svadharma?
You see a plate of cookies. You could eat all of them. You could eat none of them. Instead, you eat only two of them. By doing so, you demonstrated something.
What is the Middle Way?
Three things that the woman in the Untouchables video suggested Dalits do to have a better life.
What is "immigrate", "do an essential job", and "destroy the system"?
Siddartha Gautama created a religion that has three core concepts.
What is Buddhism? What are the Noble Truths? What is the Eightfold Path? What is the Middle Way?
Three major ways that Hinduism is different from Buddhism. Hint: founders, social classes, and gods
What are many founders in Hinduism and one founder in Buddhism?
What are many varnas in Hinduism and no varnas in Buddhism?
What are many gods in Hinduism and no gods in Buddhism?