Terms
Sects
Symbols
Beliefs
General
100
What does Sangha mean?
Community
100
Which is the MOST popular form of Buddhism?
Mahayana
100
What does the Lotus symbolize?
The 8 petals- Eightfold Path
Also means
100
What is the Eightfold Path? Why is it a wheel?
Instructions on how to become enlightened. It's a wheel because there is no beginning or end. Life is a cycle.
100
What is the first Buddha's name?
Siddartha Gautama
200
What does Karma mean?
Actions/ Doing (good or bad) and the future consequences
200
Which one is the most traditional sect?
Theravada
200
What is this?
Buddhist Flag
200
How many Noble Truths are there? What do all four talk about?
Four and they are about suffering and how to end it.
200
What is the name of the tree Buddha became enlightened?
Bodhi Tree
300
What is Samsara?
The cycle of life, death, and rebirth
300
What is the original name for Tibetan Buddhism?
Vajrayana
300
Meditation
300
What is dharma?
The teachings, doctrine, the way, the universal truth.
300
What is the point of a mandala?
To meditate, achieve perfection or close to it
400
What does ascetic mean?
Extreme self- discipline, no forms of indulgence
400
True or False: Zen Buddhism belongs to the Vajrayana sect.
False- belongs to Mahayana
400
What is this?
A mantra- protected and saved from all dangers
400
The Five Precepts are rules Buddhists follow, like we do with the Ten Commandments. Name one that appears in BOTH.
Do not steal, do not lie, sexual misconduct (adultery)
400
The leader of Tibetan Buddhism
Who is the Dalai Lama?
500
What is a Boddhisatva?
A god-like being that has reached eternal enlightenment.
500
In Theravada Buddhism, who are the only people that make up the sangha?
The monks/ nuns.
500
Tibetan Prayer Wheel- used to help in prayers and mantras (chants)
500
What exactly is the Middle Way? How did Buddha get to this philosophy?
You take a middle path, no extremes. He got to it by stopping his ascetic lifestyle as that does no good for the mind or body.
500
What were the Four Sights he saw? Why are they so important?
An old man, an ill man, a dead man, and a calm and happy monk.
After seeing the suffering in the world, he decided to leave his spoiled life and become ascetic, the beginning of his path to enlightenment.