THE BUDDHA
What is Noble Eightfold Path often represented by? (Symbolism)
What is dharma wheel?
"Blowing out"; the extinguishing of samsara.
What is Nirvana?
What are the 4 things he saw when he left the palace?
1. Old man
2. Sick man
3. Corpse (dying man)
4. Meditating monk
What are the 3 aspects the Eightfold path is summarized as?
What is sila (morality), samadhi (meditation), and prajna (insight)?
What are the 3 main branches of Buddhism?
what is Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna?
Before becoming the Buddha, Siddharta was a member of this “caste”
What is warrior caste
Sate the 4 noble truth.
1. The truth of suffering
2. The truth of the cause of suffering
3. The truth of the end of suffering
4. The truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering.
Developing Right Concentration will lead to these 4 meditative states, what are they? (No need to name the individuals, just their umbrella term)
what is the 4 jhanas?
Who was the Buddha's primary attendant?
What is Ananda?
On what basis does "Right" in Buddhism come from?
It is connected with peace and supported by wholesome factors. because it removes the causes of non-peace. The Buddhist "right" is a virtuous circle building up to Peace.
The answer to this Buddhist problem: "If there is no self, what is reborn?"
What is rebirth is the transference of a bundle of energy shaped by one's karma?
What is the 3 types of dukkha?
What is Dukkha-dukkha – the suffering of suffering, Viparinama-dukkha – the suffering of change, Sankhara-dukkha – the suffering of existence
What was the Buddha's 1st Sermon? Provide the sutta name and the context
What is the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma sutta and he gave the sermon to his 5 former ascetics companions after attaining Enlightment
Depending on one's karma, what are the 6 realms of rebirth and existence they could be in?
What is gods, demi-gods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hells?
State the 8 practices of the Eightfold path
what is right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration?
State the 5 hindrances
What is sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, and doubt?
What is the 12 link of dependent origination? and state at least one of the link.
What is an early doctrine of Buddhism showing the relationship between ignorance and suffering? Ignorance -> action (samskāra) -> consciousness (vijnāna) -> name and form (nāma-rūpa) -> the six sense organs -> contact (sparsha) -> sensation (vedanā) -> desire -> attachment (upadāna) -> existence (bhava) -> birth (jāti) -> aging and death (jarā-marana).