The Hindi word that refers to a broad complex of meanings, encompassing duty, natural law, social welfare, health, wealth, power, fulfillment of desires, and transcendental realization.
What is dharma.
100
The cycle of birth, aging, suffering, and death. HINT: this concept is common to Buddhism and Hinduism.
What is samsara.
100
The first of the Four Noble Truths. Hint: dukkha
Life is suffering
100
The three main religions of South Asia.
What are Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.
100
Ghandi's strategy to gain independence from India. HINT: This is the same strategy adopted by the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
What is non-violent resistance.
200
The sacred Hindu texts.
What is Vedas.
200
*Daily Double* The ultimate goal of Buddhist practice. Also called enlightenment or realization.
What is nirvana.
200
The meaning of the word Buddha.
Awakened one or enlightened one.
200
The type of farming that predominates in South Asia. HINT: Crops and livestock raised for personal consumption.
What is subsistence farming.
200
A household system common in South Asia that includes uncles and other relatives.
What is joint family.
300
The Hindu belief that a soul leaves a dead body and enters a new one.
What is reincarnation.
300
The Buddhist branch of Mahayana predominates in which region/countries.
What is East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia).
300
The second Noble Truth.
Suffering (dukkha) is the result of desire.
300
The traditional social structure of predominantly Hindu countries such as India.
What is the caste system.
300
*Daily Double* The two main paths to enlightenment in Buddhism.
What is the Big Raft and the Little Raft.
400
The Hindu concept that a person's actions in life have major consequences after death.
What is karma.
400
A Buddhist who has reached enlightenment is known as a____________. HINT: Hindus understand this concept as a Brahmin.
What is an arhat.
400
The Buddha proposed the "middle way" as a means of reaching nirvana. What are the two extremes one is meant to avoid?
Indulgence and asceticism.
400
This is the term for the 1947 split between India and Pakistan which was hoped to prevent further violence between Hindus and Muslims.
What is partition.
400
The word for Hindu public worship.
What is puja.
500
The Hindu individual soul that inhabits every person and is part of the larger Brahman.
What is atman.
500
The Buddha's suggested guidelines to reach nirvana.
What is the Eightfold Path.
500
The Four Passing Sights that Sidhartha Guatama saw.
Old age, sickness, death, and a monk.
500
Name two predominantly Muslim countries and two predominantly Hindu countries on the Indian subcontinent.
Answers vary.
500
What does the following Buddha quote describe about his philosophy? "Therefore...be lamps unto yourselves. Betake yourselves no external refuge. Hold fast as a refuge to the Truth. Work out your own salvation with diligence.
The importance of the individual in reaching nirvana.