Buddhism

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