Myth Questions
What was the name of the Monkey Noble God who is truly devoted to Rama?
Hanuman
Who is Krisna?
He is the Avatara of Visnu
What are the three stages of the soul according to the Islamic tradition?
The Vegetive soul, the Animal soul, and the Rational Soul
Describe a Pacceka Buddha
A person who has reached enlightenment without the help of the Buddhas teachings
What is the name of the Evil Demon King that Rama has to defeat to get his wife back?
Ravana
What are the three main Gods associated with the Vedic tradition?
Agni, Indra, and Soma
Who is Rama?
The exemplar human within the Ramayana
What is the word that correlates with human “way-making”?
Dao
Describe the term sheng
living, generating, procreating, growing, birthing,the motive force behind change, underlying a conception of the world as becoming, not made up of things that are, but events that are happening
What does the word Moksa translate to?
Liberation
What is the name of the Angel that challenges God in the Qur'an?
Ibilis
What is Adam typically described as?
Gods Vicegerent, deputy
What are the four noble truths?
Cause=suffering, Origin=desire, End=Nirvana, The Way Out=the eight fold path
What word is associated with ritual propriety?
LI
Name at least three definitions of Dharma
Law, Religion, Duty, Right, Authority
How many good brothers and bad brothers were in the Mahabharata?
Who was the Buddha?
The enlightened one, previously a prince who ended up teaching people how to escape a life of suffering by following the eightfold path
What does Karma specifically mean from the Sanskrit definition?
"Action"
Describe Atman
What is the endonym for China?
Zhōngguó
Explain the Ruru Deer Jataka in as much detail as possible?
There was a guy who was saved by a magical deer, and the deer told the guy to not tell anyone about him, the guy sold the deer out and people were about to kill the deer, but the deer remarked on how the guy broke his promise and the hunters said that wasn't moral of the guy and the guy dies at the hand of the king
What is Mencius opinion on human character?
He believes that humans are born good and have the natural inclination of cultivating morality
What is the concept of Samsara and the three poisons within it?
he constant cycle of death and life and everything in between (the flow of time); Ignorance=Chicken, Greed=Boar, Hate=Snake
Describe Dharma
Righteousness, duty, the right way of living
What are each of the Brahmanical cycles?
Student, Householder, Forest Mendicant, Renouncer