Prince Siddhartha’s Royal Life
What is the name of the mother and the father of the prince?
Queen Maya and King Suddhodana
How old was prince Siddhartha when he gained permission to travel outside the royal palaces?
He was 29 years old
The time when Siddhartha became an Ascetic.
Was it at night?
How old was the Prince when he became the Buddha.
Was he 35 years old?
The idea behind the Four Noble Truths.
All things change
The Princes birth date.
When is 563 B.C.E?
The three forms of suffering.
What are Aging, sickness, and death?
What did the most ascetics deny?
They denied basic necessities like food, sleep, and shelter.
When Siddhartha was meditating, who tried to make him frightened him
Who is the wicked god named Mara?
What is the Eightfold Path? The definition.
Key idea of Buddhism whereby followers should live their lives by
Which present-day country was the prince born in?
Present day country of Nepal, near the Himalayas
What the Prince discovered on the fourth trip outside.
Did he discover a ascetic that glowed with inner peace and calm?
What the Ascetics believed they could achieve enlightenment by doing.
Did they believed that meditation could reach enlightenment?
The name of the wicked god’s daughter.
Are the wicked gods daughters names are Discontent, Passion, and Desire?
To end suffering.
Do you have to travel the eightfold path?
What did the prince Siddhartha say when he was born?
“I am the leader of the world and the guide to the world”
What is the first form of suffering that the prince discovered?
Aging
What the Prince carried with him when he became a ascetic.
Did he bring a simple robe and a small bowl of alms?
The truths the Prince learned.
Did he see his past lives, the great cycle of rebirth, and importance of karma?
Happens when one finds pleasure.
Did the Buddha say “…even when one finds pleasure, it does not last forever, and one suffers when it is lost”
What did the Brahmins say after they interpreted the Queens dream?
They say that the Prince has two possible paths, he could rule the universe or leave his royal life and become the Buddha
The times he went out to discover the three forms of suffering.
Did he go out three times?
What the ascetics hoped to find.
Did they want to find spiritual truth through self-denial?
The Four Noble Truths.
1. Suffering is present in all things and nothing last forever 2. Suffering is caused by cravings 3. The way to end suffering is to give up all cravings 4. They way to give up all cravings is to live life according to the Eightfold Path
The eight teachings.
What is right understanding, purpose, speech, action, way to earn a living, effort, mindfulness, and concentration?
4 or less correct = Half a point. 8 correct = All full point.