In the Beginning
Noble 8
AHH Duhkha!
Round & Round
Brahman's Sutras
100

The "Enlightened One"


Who is the Buddah?

100

Buddah offers a path to the cessation of suffering.

What is the Eight Fold Path?


100

There is suffering. There is the origination of suffering. There is the cessation of suffering. There is a path to the cessation of suffering.

What are the Four Noble Truths?

100

Idea of "self"

What is atman?

100

After Buddah's death, Indian thinkers developed into philosophical systems: Vaisesika, Nyaya, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa and Vedanta.

What are the Brahmanical Schools?

200

In Indian tradition this deity is accredited with the creation of the universe.

What is Brahman?

200

Having the correct understanding of reality, know the Truth

Free your mind of Evil

What is the Right View?

What is the Right Intention?

200

Fundamental feature of life: duhkha

What is suffering?

200

Cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

What is reincarnation or samsara?

200

Set of aphorisms that lay out the core teachings of a particular school.

What is a Sutra?

300

Indian myths in a ancient set of hymns which are the basis of the Indian religion and Philosophy.

What are the Vedas?

300

Say nothing to hurt others

Work for the good of others

What is Right Speech?

What is Right Actions?

300

On a superficial level, this is the cause of suffering.

What is attachment?

300

Actions in this life affect the circumstances of your next life.

What is Karma?

300

Possibly writing between the 2nd century BC & AD, usually one person is attributed to writing a sutra. They are called ______________.

What is a sutra-maker or sutra-kara?

400

Philosophical reflections of the Vedas, the mental foundation for all of India.

What are the Upanisads?

400

Respect Life

Resist Evil

What is Right Livelihood?

What is Right Effort?

400

Lovingkindness, compassion, joy, equanimity.

What are the Four Divine Abidings?
400

Not just a 90's rock band. There is no desire or aversion to experiences in this life.  Liberation from samsara. 

What is nirvana?

400

School attributed to sutra-maker Kanada, develops realist metaphysics.

What is the School of Vaisesika?

500

What is the 'life after death' belief that both Buddhists and Hindus hold?

What is Reincarnation?

500

Practice Meditation

Control your Thoughts

What is Right Concentration?

What is Right Mindfulness?

500

By following the Noble 8-Fold Path and developing the Four Divine Abidings

What is the path to the cessation of suffering?

500

Second higher stage of enlightenment after death of the body.

What is nirvana without remainder?

500

School attributed to Aksapada Gautama which focused on logic and epistemology.

What is the School of Nyaya?