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Mahayana Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism Cont.
Vajrayana (Tibetan), Nicheren/Pure Land/Zen
Vajrayana (Tibetan), Nicheren/Pure Land/Zen cont.
Confucianism/Taoism
100
In ______ monks & nuns achieve enlightenment and Buddha is the historical figure who no longer exists but who left is dharma as a guide.
What is Therevada Buddhism?
100
What are the 3 common characteristics in Mahayana Buddhism?
What is the Lotus Sutra, the 14th Dali Lama, and Kuan-yin?
100
What is home to the Bon and is a Shamanistic religion?
What is Vajrayana (Tibet)
100
Meditating on one of the many dieties who embody various qualities that the practitioner wishes to manifest. Practiced by monks and lay people.
What is Diety yoga?
100
The "way"/the "path"
What is Dao?
200
In _______ anyone can achieve enlightenment, all beings are capable of Buddha hood, it is an earthly conduct, anyone can ask for help, the Buddha is the universal principle, Buddhas are seen to embody perfect purity, compassion, and wisdom, it accepts the Pali Canon, and in the dharma it changes you.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
200
The Enlightened Wisdom of Buddha, the Body of Bliss, and Transformation.
What is the 3 bodies of Buddha?
200
The Tibetan King who sent people to study Buddhism and they all died except one who returned with Sanskrit text. He declared Buddhism the national religion of Tibet.
What is Songstan?
200
Silk paintings that people look at and use to help them in diety yoga.
What is thangkas?
200
Compassion, moderation, humility
What is the 3 jewels of Tao?
300
The early Mahayana scripture that claimed that a higher goal was to aspire to become bodhisattvas and that all beings have the capacity for Buddha hood.
What is the Lotus Sutra
300
Emptiness, lack of essence, voidness, nothing to cling too.
What is Sunyata?
300
The tantric adept in Tibetan who subdued & converted the local Bon dieties and firmly established the tantric Buddhist teachings in Tibet
What is Padmasambhava?
300
Colored sand; visual aid for concentration & illumination; it portrays a Buddha or bodhisattva surrounded by dieties in a diagram representing the universe.
What is mandalas?
300
Rituals to respect ancestor spirits
What is Li?
400
To liberate everyone from suffering and to become a bodhisattva or a Buddha.
What is the goal in Mahayana Buddhism
400
True.
You cannot understand emptiness. True or False
400
Emphasize emotions, turn towards emotions, put you in touch with your emotions & believes too much emphasis on studying the dharma can lead to bad emotions.
What is Tantric Buddha?
400
Written out thousands of times & spun in prayer wheels or placed on prayer flags.
What is mantras?
400
Lord on High, ruler of universe; moral duty to rule the people
What is Shang Ti?
500
The most popular bodhisattva in Asia who symbolizes compassion & refuses help to no one. He is depicted as a male in India (Avalokitesvara) and as a female in East Asia as the giver or protector of babies.
What is Kuan-yin (Guan-yin)?
500
Help to understand things as they are and overcome attachment to things.
What is the Point of Emptiness?
500
The highest tantric practices by the teachers who is also the spiritual and political leader of the people
What is Dali Lama?
500
bodhisattva of mercy, Avalokiteshara; evokes awareness of the "jewel in the lotus of the heart"
What is om mani padme hum?
500
Classic way & power; concern with improving harmony in life
What is Tao te ching?