Hinduism Basics
This is the duty and role each person must fulfill in their life.
What is Dharma?
This was the rigid social structure in Hindu society.
What is the caste system?
This was the Buddha’s birth name.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
The First Noble Truth
What is 'life is full of suffering/dissatisfaction'?
These are the three main categories of the Eightfold Path.
What are wisdom, ethics, and mental training?
The primary difference in the founders of these religions.
What is 'we know who founded Buddhism, we don't know who founded Hinduism'?
The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
What is Samsara?
This caste was made up of priests and scholars.
Buddhism began in this modern-day country.
What is India?
The Second Noble Truth
What is 'suffering is caused by desire/craving/attachment'?
This step asks Buddhists to speak truthfully and kindly.
What is Right Speech?
Both religions share this belief that actions have consequences.
What is Karma?
One of Hinduisms Sacred texts
What is the Vedas/Upanishads/Baghavad Gita?
This caste was traditionally made up of warriors and rulers.
Who are the Kshatriyas?
These four sights led Siddhartha to leave the palace in search of truth.
What are sickness, old age, death, and a holy man?
The Third Noble Truth.
What is 'the end of suffering/dissatisfaction is possible.'
This step involves meditation and deep focus.
What is Right Concentration?
This is the ultimate goal of Hinduism and Buddhism, even though it works slightly differently for each, and they call it different names.
What is liberation / Nirvana and Moksha?
The eternal soul in all people- which is actual identical with with the ultimate reality- Brahman.
What is Atman?
A 'Sudra' (farmer) or even a 'Dalit' (a so-called 'untouchable') had to fulfill their caste role no matter what, in order to follow this.
What is their dharma?
This phrase describes the balance the Buddha taught, avoiding extremes of wealth and self-denial.
What is the Middle Way?
The 'treatment plan' for ending suffering is called this.
What is The Eightfold Path?
This step requires people to earn a living without harming others.
What is Right Liveihood?
This is the key difference between Buddhism and Hinduism’s approach to caste.
What is Hinduism accepts caste, and Buddhism rejects it?
The Sanskrit formulation of the phrase 'That Art Thou' or 'You are that'.
What is 'Tat Tvam Asi'?
The year the caste system was legally abolished in India (though its social effects still linger on in many important ways)
What is 1950?
The Buddhist word for enlightenment, Nirvana, originally meant this.
What is the blowing out of a candle?
'A person clings desperately to their phone, and feels terribly anxious without it' is an example of this Noble Truth.
What is the second noble truth?
This step means resisting bad habits and cultivating good ones.
What is Right Effort?
Hinduism gives great authority to Brahmin priests and sacred texts, while Buddhism instead emphasizes this.
What are the Buddha’s teachings and individual practice?