RE - Buddhsim

What is Buddha’s full name?

Siddhartha Gautama

What 3 lifestyles did he live?

luxury/ascetic/middle way

One of the 5 aggregates is ‘form’, what does this mean?

Body

One of the 5 aggregates is ‘sensations’,what does this mean?

feelings

One of the 5 aggregates is ‘mental formations’,what does this mean?

thoughts

One of the 5 aggregates is ‘consciousness ’,what does this mean?

awareness

What does the term ‘Sunyata’ mean

emptiness

What did his mother dream of?

White elephant - holy man

What prophecy was made about him?

Holy man, King

Why did his father ensure his son loved a life of luxery?

To avoid becoming a holy man

Where is the story of his life told?

Jakata Tales 075

What are the four sights?

Old age/Illness/death/holy man

What life did he choose to live after leaving the palace? And why did he reject it later on?

Asceticism - Death/no close to cure

Which life did he settle for in the end?

Middle way

Who tried to distract him whilst he meditated? Give two ways he tried to do this?

Mara - Arrows/king/daughters

What were his three realisations?

Why and How/Cycle/previous

What did he become once enlightened?

Buddha (state of Nirvana)

Annica

impermanence or change

Anatta

the idea that people do not have a permanent soul

The Five Aggregates

1. Form, 2. sensation 3. Perception, 4. Mental Formations, 5 consciousness

Dhamma

refers to the truth the Buddha realise when he became enlightened

dependent arising

Refers to the idea that everything arises in dependence upon conditions

what are the three things called that explain on nature/personality?

Three marks of existence

List three things…

Dukkha, Anicca and Anatta

what is meant by Dukkha?

suffering

what is the term for impermanence?

Anicca

List the five aggregates…

body source perceptions feelings consciousness

how does the story of Kisa Gotami reflect the five aggregate/3 marks of existence?

her son dies – so nothing stays the same

What is mean by Buddha-nature?

ability to become a Buddha

What is Buddhahood?

Becoming a Buddha/enlightened

Which branch of Buddhism believes in Buddhahood?

Mahayana Buddhism

Who created the Pureland?

Amitabha Buddha

How do you get to the Pureland?

Chant Amitabha’s name - head pointing west in coffin

What happens in the Pureland?

Amitabha Buddha teaches us to become enlightened

What is the actual name of the Pureland?

Sukhavati

Is the Pureland Nirvana?

No

What do you called a perfected/enlightened person in the Theravada Buddhism?

Arhat

What is a Bodisattva?

Someone who teaches others to become enlightened

Which branch of Buddhism believes in becoming a Bodhisattva?

Mahayana

First Nobel Truth?

suffering (dukkha)

Second Nobel Truth?

origin of suffering

Third Nobel Truth?

Suffering can end

Fourth Nobel Truth?

cure to end suffering - the eightfold path

what is the first noble truth?

Suffering exists

what is the word for suffering?

Dukkha

The eight aspects of the eightfold path?

Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right understanding and Right intentions

The three fold way

Ethics, meditation and wisdom

three poisons

pig, cockerel, snake

What does the pig represent?

Ignorance

What does the cockerel represent?

greed and desire

what does the snake represent?

anger and hatred

What is the second noble truth?

Cause of Suffering

What is tanha?

Cravings

What are the three posions?

Hatred, Ignornace, Greed

How does attachment to things cause suffering?

Because nothing stays the same

What is the third noble truth?

Suffering can end

What is the fourth noble truth

Cure to end Suffering

What is the eightfold path?

8 rules/Cure of suffering

What does following the eightfold path lead to?

enlightenment

what is the threefold way?

buddhist practice

What is the buddhist word for worship?

Puja

What is a vihara?

Monastery/where monks and nuns live

What is the term for a buddhist statue?

Rupa

Where do buddhist worship?

Temple

Where do his gists take offerings to?

Shrine

How might flowers be a symbolic offering? What do they represent over time?

They wilt and die - shows change

what might you find in a shrine?

candles, flowers, incense

What is a Gompa?

Meditation hall

What is the name for the tiered building in which holy relics are kept?

Pagoda

in what took may a Buddhist study the Buddhas teachings through holy books?

study hall

What does samatha meditation focus on?

Calming the mind/ breathing

What does Vipasana meditation lead to?

Insight/ enlightenment

what type of mediation did Siddhartha use?

Vipassana

What are Kasinas?

Things Buddhists use to help them focus when meditating e.g fire and water

What is the seated meditation called?

Zazen

which type of meditation focuses on breathing?

Samatha

what are the three types of Buddhism? We have looked at in the relation to death ceremonies?

Tibetan, Theravada and pure land

what is a sky burial? In which type of Buddhism does it occur?

leaving a body at the top of the mountain – Tibetan Buddhism

what does it mean to transfer merit/karma?

giving others your good karma on their deathbed

why does some Buddhists choose to have a sky burial?

Give back to nature

do Theravada Buddhist spend a lot of money on funerals? Why?

no – give to charity = good karma

which way do pure landed Buddhist face the head when burying someone?

west

where do pure land Buddhist hope to be reborn to? Why there?

Sukhavati = so they can get taught by Amitabha Buddha

how long do Tibetan Buddhist make yak butter lamps for?

49 days

where are cremated remains kept?

chorten (urn)

Wesak

Commemorates x3 stages in the buddhas life

Parinirvana

Celebrated during February to remember the Buddhas passing into Parinirvana (the final state of Nirvana)

kamma/karma

is a principle that explains how a persons actions and their intentions lead to either suffering or happiness

samsara

to flow

5 principles

not take life, not steal, no sexual misconduct, not say wrong speech, not take drugs