Hindu Basics
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Buddha
Buddhist Worship
100

The religious text of the Hindus

What is the Vedas?

100

The all encompassing spirit from which all things are created.

What is Brahman?

100

This will determine if your next life is better or worse than this life.

What is karma?

100

Buddha's real name or the name he had before he became Buddha

What is Siddartha Gautama?

100

The place where Buddhists go to worship.

What is a temple?

200

The number of gods in Hinduism

What is infinite? (basically)

200

Your soul in Hinduism.

What is atman?

200

Both the name of a Grunge band AND the ultimate goal in Buddhism.

What is Nirvana?

200

"Enlightened one" (free from ignorance and misunderstanding)

What is the meaning of "Buddha"?

200

Every Buddhist temple contains one of these.

What is a statue of Buddha?

300

Hinduism is roughly __________ years old.

What is 4,000 years?

300

This guy will help teach you about Hinduism on your path to Moksha.

Who is a guru?

300

Cows are sacred in Hinduism.

What is Brahman flowing through everything AND they give you milk.

300

These are very optimistic and they state that anyone can control their own life.

What is Buddha's Teachings?

300

Roughly ___________% of the world's population is Buddhist.

What is 4%?

400

The law that good Hindus are expected to follow.

What is Dharma?

400
Student, Householder, Retirement, the Final Stage are know as the ________________.

What are the 4 Stages of Life?

400
In Buddhism, a state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe.
What is enlightenment?
400

Buddhism is the major religion in this part of the modern world.

What is East Asia

400

"Blowing out"

What is Nirvana?

500

This flows through all things in nature...so everything should be respected.

What is Brahman?

500

This is the name of the "illusion" that Hindus must navigate to reach eternal peace.

What is the maya?

500

What is the Hindu word for "reincarnation"

What is samsara?

500

The Buddha's mother's name.

What is "I have no idea"?

500

God might exist but he is not a focus.

What is the opinion of Buddhists about the existence of God/gods?