Buddha
Who is the Buddha?
Siddhartha Gautama
Someone who has achieved enlightenment by following in the path of another person.
Arhat
What practice grants insight into the human condition?
Meditation
What are the three marks of existence?
Dukkah, Anatta, Anicca
Before he became the Buddha, what role did Gautama have?
Prince
“Buddhas in the making” who, out of compassion, seek to help others achieve enlightenment.
Bodhisattvas
What are phrases of words and syllables recited over and again as an aid to concentration on a beneficial state of mind, in order to protect the mind from negative states?
Mantras
What are the three jewels?
The Buddha, The Dharma, and The Sangha
What does the term Buddha mean?
Enlightened one
What is the sangha?
The community of Buddhists
Sacred geometric shapes all representing ideas of the Buddhist universe
Mandalas
Name three denominations of Buddhism.
Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana, Pure Land, Zen, Newar Buddhism, East Asian, Shingon, Madhyamaka, or Hinayana
Where was the Buddha born?
India
What is Dharma?
The teachings of the buddha
What are Mudras?
Non-verbal mode of communication and self-expression, consisting of hand gestures and finger postures.
What is the goal of Buddhism?
To escape samsara, the cycle of rebirth.
What is the difference between a Buddha and a Bodhisattva?
Buddha's are enlightened beings while Bodhisattvas are beings who know what it takes to become enlightened but choose not to out of compassion.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
The head of Tibetan or Vajrayana Buddhism.
Do Buddhists pray?
No, not in a Abrahamic sense, they offer different rituals and devotions but do not pray in the same ways that Christians, Muslims, or Jews do.
When did Siddhartha Gautama become the buddha?
When he discovered the four noble truths.