What is the classic body of Chinese literature which contains the teachings of Kongzi or Confucius?
100
Amitabha
What is the name of the 'Buddha of Light'?
100
Bhagavad Gita
What religious text is a part of the Mahabharata?
100
Benten
What is the name of the deity of music in Japanese traditions?
100
Pure Land, Nichiren, and Zen Buddhism
What were the three main Buddhist sects which emerged during the Kamakura period in Japan?
200
The Lord-on-High
What was the name of the sky god during the Shang period in ancient China?
200
Bodhidharma
What is the name of the founder of Zen/Chan Buddhism?
200
Mahabharata and Ramayana
What are the two main literary epics in Hindu traditions? What are the two epics that contain stories about the heroes Krishna and Rama?
200
Izanagi and Izanami
What are the names of the primordial mythic creators of the Islands of Japan? What are the names of the mythic characters in the creation myth found in the Kojiki?
200
The Mandate of Heaven
What is the principle whereby dynastic change was justified in ancient China?
300
The Abandonment of Family
What social unit was at the heart of Confucian and Daoist critiques of Buddhism?
300
Men and Women (Buddhism)
According to the Buddha, who is able to achieve nirvana?
300
Bhakti
What is devotion to a deity in Hindu tradition?
300
Kofun
What is the name of ancient Japanese burial mounds which contain grave offerings called haniwa?
300
The Harmonious Society
What common goal and principle was embraced in both Confucian and Daoist thought?
400
Demonic Disturbance
What was one of the purposes of summoning a shaman in Korean tradition?
400
Theravada, Mahayana, Nihayana, and Vajrayana
What are the names of the four main Buddhist vehicles or sects
400
Vaishnavas
What is the name given to devotees of the god Vishnu?
400
Vairocana
What is the name of the massive statue of Buddha housed in the Todai-ji temple?
400
The Shang Dynasty
In which ancient Chinese period was the belief in deities, ghosts, and spirits prevalent?
500
Laozi
Who was the founding philosopher of Daoism? Who is believed to have written the Dao de Jing/Tao Te Ching?
500
Vajrayana
What is the name of the main Buddhist vehicle in Tibet?
500
A Fish (Hinduism)
What was the first avatara of Vishnu?
500
The Spirits of the Dead
In Japanese traditions, who must be placated and appeased?
500
From Korea (Buddhism)
From which country or region was Buddhism introduced into Japan?