The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama was born into this social status.
What is a wealthy prince?
Is the most significant figure in Buddhism and is known as the Buddha.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
This flower grows in muddy water but symbolizes purity and spiritual enlightenment.
What is the Lotus?
This ancient Indian language was used to write the earliest Buddhist scriptures.
What is Pali?
The belief that if you do something bad in your past life it carries on to your next life.
What is Karma
Siddhartha reached enlightenment while meditating under this tree.
What is the Bodhi Tree?
In the 20th century Buddhism spread significantly to this part of the world.
What is The West?
This wheel represents the Buddha’s teachings and the path to enlightenment.
What is the Dharmachakra (Dharma Wheel)?
This principle teaches Buddhist to live between extreme wealth and extreme poverty.
What is The Middle Way?
Emphasis the importance of gratitude and the support of your parents.
This country is considered to be the birth place of Siddhartha Gautama
What is Nepal?
This group invaded India in the 6th century and destroyed many Buddhist monasteries.
Who were the Huns?
This heart-shaped leaf symbolizes peace, compassion, and the impermanence of life.
What is the Bodhi leaf?
This collection of teachings is also called the Pali Canon
What is Tripitaka
Ethical guidelines that help Buddhist live moral and mindful lifes.
What is the Five Precepts?
The Evil Spirit that tried to distract Siddhartha from reaching enlightenment.
Who is Mara?
Buddhism eventually spread to China, Japan, Korea and South East Asia during this period.
What are the Middle Ages?
Buddhist go to these places to worship.
What is a temple/monastery?
This branch of Buddhism relies mainly on the Pali Canon.
What is Theravada Buddhism?
Explains the nature of suffering and how to overcome it.
What is the Four Noble Truths?
What is the Enlightenment.
This Mauryan emperor helped spread Buddhism by making it India’s state religion in the 3rd century BCE.
Who is Ashoka the Great?
This part of the dharmachakra symbolizes ethical discipline.
What is the hub?
This basket contains the Buddhas teachings and sermons.
Is one of the 4 Noble Truths and is the truth of Suffering.
What is Dukkha?