Buddhism
Four Sights
The inspiration to become a monk for Siddhartha the Budda, crippled man, a diseased man, a decaying corpse
ascetic
A person who renounces material comforts to live a self-disciplined life
Bodhi tree
At the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya where Siddhartha the Buddha arrived at enlightenment
Mahayana Buddhism
means the great ox cart
pala dynasty
empire that controlled the Indian subcontinent
dalai lama
head ot tibetan buddhism who was the spiritual and political leader of Tibet
lamas
teachers and heads of monasteries
tantric
words to describe Hindu literature written in Sanskrit
Anatma
buddhist doctrine of “no soul” or “not self”
Arhat
sanskrit for worthy one
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t/f: center of the Buddhist beliefs is the Four Noble Truths
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t/f: the Four Noble Truth beliefs and practices are at the heart of Buddhism
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t/f: the first Four Noble truths is “the cause of suffering is desire”
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the first Noble Eightfold Path is the right of understanding which is basically the summation of the Four Noble Truths
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t/f: monks can’t ask for food
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t/f: monks and nun’s rules are pretty much the same
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t/f: the biggest sacred time for Buddhists is the Elephant Festival
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t/f: meditation is a way of transforming the mind
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t/f: meat and fish are eaten by people in Theravada and Mahayana schools of buddhism
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t/f: buddhists don’t pray to a creator god
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t/f: pagodas are sacred temples
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t/f: puja has four different important components
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t/f: Buddhists must pay 5 times every day
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t/f: Vesak celebrates th ebirth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha
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t/f: Vesak is on the first moon day in January
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t/f: Buddhist meditation associates with religion and philosophy
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t/f: There are fifteen things needed to pay as a Buddhist
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t/f: Buddhism was founded 3,500 years ago
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t/f: today there are around 100 milion people that practice it
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t/f: rituals such as mantras and meditation are foundational to understanding Buddhist practices
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t/f: in Buddhism, mantras are sacreds sounds that are believed to possess supernatural powers
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t/f: the word mantra in Sanskrit means “that which protects the mind”
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t/f: Buddhism has no major symbols
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t/f: the Tripitaka is the earlist collection of Buddhist teaching
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t/f: nirvana means to extinguish or to blow out
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t/f: four sights is the inspiration to become a monk
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t/f: a Bodhi tree is a small tree that they worship
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t/f: middle way is the Buddhist teaching of the liberation from samsara
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t/f: dharma is the Sanskrit meaning to believe
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t/f: Nirvana refers to the extinction of suffering, impermanence, delusion, and all that keeps the life cycle going
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t/f: the three sights is the inspiration to become a monk for Siddhartha
Bodhi Tree
the largest tree in the world, gives Buddhists life
Middle Way
Buddhist teaching that liberation from samsara comes through neither ascetical practices nor wild induglences
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t/f: sangha is the name Buddhists use for the saints of their religion
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t/f: relics are items of religious devotion
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t/f: dharma is the name of Buddhist scriptures
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t/f: lamas are the teachers/heads of monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism
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t/f: the Dalai Lama is the Buddhist’s version of Jesus
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t/f: tripitaka means three baskets and also is known as Pali Canon
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t/f: pali canon is the group of Buddhist teachers
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t/f: Lotus Sutra isa Mahayana Buddhist sect where Enlightenment is made available not only to onastics but to all becuase of the great compassion of bodhisattvas
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t/f: Tantric is a word to describe Buddhist literature in the Christian bible
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t/f: in Buddhism there are six precepts
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t/f: one purpose of Buddhism is to be awakened or enlightened about which is real
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t/f: the two major branches of Buddhism are Thervada and Siddhartha
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t/f: the Vinaya Pitka is the code of monastic discipline for monks and nuns which contains 311 rules for monks and 227 for nuns
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t/f: the three jewels are considered the core of Buddhism
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t/f: both Christianity and Buddhism have strong, vibrant monastic traditions
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t/f: one of the most popular scriptures in Mahayana Buddism is the pali canon
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t/f: buddhists have no specific life cycle ceremonies for birth and marriage, but they do have funeral rituals
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t/f: the head of Tibetan Buddhism who was also the spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
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t/f: relics are items of religious devotion, especially a piece of the boyd or personal items of an important religious figure
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t/f: all of the major branches of Buddhism share sacred scriptures
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t/f: according to Theravada Buddhism, an ascetic refers to one who has attained Nirvana in their present lifetime, thus liberated from the cycle of rebirth
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t/f: there is no one person attributed to the founding of Buddhism
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t/f: Buddhism comes from the Sanskirt word budhi meaning to “wake up”
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t/f: The time period when Gupta Empire ruled India was 240-550 CE
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t/f: Buddhism spanned much of Asia in the first centuries of existence
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t/f: Buddhism cannot be traced back to a founder
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t/f: Puja is the routine worship for Buddhists
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t/f: Budhdists have a set schedule of prayer that they follow everyday
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t/f: Meditation is very important to every part of Buddhism
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t/f: Buddhism does not hvae any roots in Hinduism
Northern India
where did Buddhism start?
Dalai lama
who is the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism?
Noble Eightfold path
understanding the four noble truths leads to what?
moral action, meditation, and wisdom
three main practices that categorize the Noble Eightfold Path
sanga, dharma, and Buddha
three jewels of Buddhism
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
sangha
buddhist community of monks and nuns
dharma
the teacehing of buddha
pala dynasty
the empire that controlled the indian subcontinent from teh 8th to the 12th centuries
Bodhisattva
a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana to save others
Tripitaka
means three baskets
Siddhartha Guatama
the origin of Buddhism begins with the birth of
India
where did Buddhism have its first great strides
four noble truths
what is the center of all buddhist beliefs
