1Who became known as the Buddha?
Siddhartha Gautama
2Which relative of the Buddha died soon after their birth?
Maya
3What was the Buddha’s social class?
Aristocrat
4What time period did the Buddha live in?
563-483 BCE
5What problems were the Buddha troubled by?
Suffering and death
6What triggered the Buddha’s religious search?
The Four Passing Sights
7What age did the Buddha leave his home at?
29
8What age was the Buddha enlightened at?
35
9What age did the Buddha die at?
80
10Where is the basic outlook on life contained in?
Four Noble Truths
11What is an essential Buddhist teaching?
Everything is changing
12What did the Buddha believe was false?
Permanence of souls
13Where did Buddhism begin?
India
14Where does the word Nirvana come from?
Blow out
15What is a major goal of Buddhism?
Inner peace
16Which branch of Buddhism spread to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia?
Theravada
17What does Mahayana literally mean?
Big vehicle
18What do you call a person of great compassion who is willing to be reborn constantly to help others?
Bodhisattva
19What is the name of the collection of sacred Buddhist texts called?
Tripitaka
20What does Zen mean?
Meditation
21What is the ideal of the Theravada branch?
Arhat (Arahat)
22What element does Tibetan Buddhism have?
Shamanism
23What is the general name for the one that is said to give the words of the Buddha?
Abhidharma
24What is the highest goal of Buddhism, otherwise known as the unconditioned state of reality?
Nirvana
25What word refers to the dissatisfaction and sorrow that life brings?
Dukkha
26What does Tibetan Buddhism make use of?
Ritual
27Where did Buddhism go?
Tibet
28What is frequently used with a bell in Tibetan Buddhism?
Vajra
29What are the Chan/Zen virtues?
Institution and Naturalness
30What is the school of Japanese and Chinese Buddhism called?
Pure Land
31What does Zen stress about words?
Inadequateness
32What is most important in Zen?
Enlighten Awareness
34What type of beauty does Zen value?
Simplicity
35What is the Buddha of the Western Paradise called?
Amitabha