Buddhist Beliefs
Life of the Buddha
Types of Buddhism
Important Terms
Any/All
100

Do not take life

Do not take what is not given. 

Do not use false speech

Do not engage in misconduct

Do not drink intoxicants



What are the 5 precepts? 

100

The meaning of Buddha. 

What is the enlightened one? 

100
Dalai Lama.

Who is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism? 

100

The moral law of cause and effect (what goes around comes around)

What is karma?

100

The meaning of the rooster, the snake, and the pig in the wheel of life. 

What are ignorance, hatred, and greed? 

200

The five Buddhist values. 

What are self-determination, mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness and detachment?

200

The first name of the man who became known as the Buddha.

Who is Siddhartha Gautama?

200

The largest division of Buddhism?

What is Mahayana Buddhism?

200

The state of being free from having desires

What is nirvana?

200

Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha

What are the three jewels?

300

The solution to suffering is the noble eightfold path.

What is the fourth noble truth? 

300

The name of the tree that the Buddha meditated under to reach enlightenment

What is the Bodhi tree?

300

The meaning of Theravada. 

What is "The Way of the Elders"?

300

The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

What is samsara? 

300

The number of petals on the lotus flower.  

What are 8 pedals?

400

The meaning of suffering.

What is dukkha?

400

The buddha ate only a single grain of rice for this amount of time.

What is 6 years.

400

Follows the teachings of the Buddha and not the Buddha himself. 

What is Theravada Buddhism?

400

Buddhist teachings, a way of life. 

What is the Dharma?
400

Sanskrit word for 'mandala'. 

What is a 'sacred circle'?

500

The Eightfold Path. 

What is the right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration? 
500

The caste that Gautama belonged to

What is the noble caste?

500

The only surviving representative of the historical early Buddhist schools.

What is Theravada?

500

Anatta (impermanence), Dukkha (suffering) and Anicca (not-self)

What are the three marks of existence? 

500

The figure on the outside of the wheel of life. 

The God Yama, Lord of Death

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