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Buddha's Teachings And Other Key's
Buddha's Life
True or False
Other Leaders
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What are the four noble truths?
1. Dukkha: The Noble Truth Of Suffering 2. Samudaya: The Noble Truth of the Causing of Suffering 3. Nirodha: The Noble Truth of the End of Suffering 4. Magga: The Noble Truth of the Path
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Who is Buddha?
He is believed to have once been young Siddharta
100
True or False: nuns and monks are considered "llamas"
False: nuns and monks are considered "lamas," not "llamas!!!!!"
100
Who was the man who freed the indians from the british??
Ghandi!!!!!
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What are the eighthfold path?
Right Understanding, Right thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Work, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration.
200
What does Buddha mean??
meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one."
200
Who is the Dalai Lama?? What do the lamas do/ teach???
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the high branch of Buddhism. Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma.
200
How old was Martin Luther King when he died? Where was he when he was shot??
Age 39 Memphis, Tennessee, United States
300
In which countries is Buddhism most popular?
Tibet, Nepal, and India
300
Where was Siddharta born?
Nepal
300
True or False:Siddharta's father's name is King Śuddhodana
True!!!!!
300
Who said it? "A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."
Theodore Roosevelt
400
What are koans? How do they help you achieve enlightenment?
Koans are a story, dialogue, question, or statement, the meaning of which cannot be understood by rational thinking but may be accessible through intuition. They help you achieve enlightenment when you are meditating.
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When was Siddharta born?
The time of his birth and death are uncertain: around 563 BCE to 483 BCE
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True or False: According to the early Buddhist texts, after realizing that meditative jhana was the right path to awakening, but that extreme asceticism didn't work, Siddharta discovered what Buddhists call the Center Way.
False:According to the early Buddhist texts, after realizing that meditative jhana was the right path to awakening, but that extreme asceticism didn't work, Siddharta discovered what Buddhists call the Middle Way.
400
Name two out of the six ways to say Christopher Columbus(not including English)?
Italian: Cristoforo Colombo Catalan: Cristòfor Colom Spanish: Cristóbal Colón Portuguese: Cristóvão Colombo Latin: Christophorus Columbus
500
What is Theravada Buddhism? Name two other types of Buddhism and their purpose?
In Theravada, Zen and Mahayana Buddhism, a person may awaken from the "sleep of ignorance" by directly realizing the true nature of reality; such people are called arahants and occasionally buddhas. After numerous lifetimes of spiritual striving, they have reached the end of the cycle of rebirth, no longer reincarnating as human, animal, ghost, or other being.
500
What were the names of Siddharta's child and wife?
Yaśodharā was the wife, Rahula was the son
500
True or False:There are reckoned to be 60,000 monks in India, out of a population of nineteen million.
False: There are reckoned to be 60,000 monks in Burma, out of a population of nineteen million.
500
In what year was Hippocrates born? (extra credit, where was he born?)
Historians agree that Hippocrates was born around the year 460 BC on the Greek island of Kos (Cos)