Buddhism
Hinduism
Which One?
Generally Speaking
Last House on the Right
100
A religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama that teaches that suffering can be ended by following the Eightfold Path and reaching nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
100
Where did Hinduism originate?
India
100
A major religion of India that developed from Vedic traditions; teaches belief in many gods that are part of one spiritual force called Brahman.
Hinduism
100
The rebirth of the soul in another bodily form after death.
What is reincarnation/rebirth?
100
The focus of this religion is to end desire and ignorance that cause suffering.
What is Buddhism?
200
The founder of Buddhism; later known as the Buddha or “Enlightened One.”
Who is Siddhartha Gauma?
200
What is Hinduism’s ultimate goal?
To achieve moksha, which is union of the soul with Brahman, freeing the soul from the cycle of rebirth.
200
Karma, which means all the actions of a person’s life that affect his or her fate in the next life.
What is both?
200
All the actions of a person’s life that affect his or her fate in the next life.
What is karma?
200
The focus of this religion is to unify the soul (atman) with the universal spirit (Brahman).
What is Hinduism?
300
The core Buddhist beliefs explaining that suffering is universal, caused by desire, and can be overcome by following the Eightfold Path.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
300
What is a caste?
A fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification.
300
The founder of this religion was a prince who left his luxurious life after seeing suffering in the world and sought a way to end suffering.
Who is Siddhartha Gauma?
300
A person’s religious and moral duties, which vary by caste, age, and occupation.
What is dharma?
300
True or false: A being can only be reincarnated as a human.
False. In both Hinduism and Buddhism, a being can be reborn in many forms, not just as a human.
400
A practical guide for right conduct, livelihood, effort, and meditation that leads to the end of desire and suffering.
What is the Eightfold Path?
400
The universal, eternal, and unchanging spiritual force that underlies everything in the universe.
What is brahman?
400
Which religion involves the Four Noble Truths, which teach that suffering is universal, caused by desire/attachment, can be ended by giving up desire, and the way to do so is the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
400
The principle of non-violence toward all living things.
What is ahimsa?
400
Name one of the eight factors of the eightfold path. Hint: each starts with "right (________)"
Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration
500
In Buddhism, a state of perfect peace and release from the cycle of rebirth.
What is nirvana?
500
ANALOGY to understand brahman, atman, and moksha.
Ocean and drop of water:
___________ = ocean
__________ = drop of water
__________ = the drop realizing it is part of the ocean — fully united.
Brahman, atman, moksha
500
__________ (nirvana/moksha) is the Buddhist release from suffering and cycle of rebirth; __________(nirvana/moksha) is the Hindu union of the soul with Brahman—both are ultimate liberation but differ in approach.
What is nirvana and moksha?
500
Liberation of the soul; union with Brahman, the ultimate goal in Hinduism.
What is moksha?
500
Buddhism originated around:
A) 6500 BC
B) 2020
C) 600 BC
C