Buddhism - Religious figures and Sacred texts

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How many years after Buddha was the Pali Canon written physically after being chanted?

300 years after

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Who wrote the first Buddhist scriptures?

Therevada monks in Pali language

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What were the first Buddhist texts written on?

Palm leaves

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What is Therevada called? (TWOTE)

The Way of the Elders

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What is the last surviving school that uses only the Pali Canon?

Therevada Buddhism

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What does Vinaya mean?

Doctrine

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What does Sutta mean?

Discourse/thread

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Where are the Jataka tales found?

The Sutta Pitaka

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What does the Dhammapada contain?

Buddha's birth story

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What is the Abidhamma Pitaka?

Learned commentaries on the teachings of the Buddha. For experienced monks

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Where is the patimokkha found?

The Vinaya Pitaka

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Where are the Pairs and Evil found?

Chapters 1 and 9 of the Dhammapada

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Where is the Dhammacakkappavttana Sutta found?

The Sutta Pitaka

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The rules are not so much prohibitions but...

aids to spiritual development

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How is the importance of the Vinaya Pitaka shown?

It is chanted on observance days aka uposatha days

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Which monks attend the ceremony?

Every monk

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How many Nikayas are the suttas grouped into?

5 nikayas

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What are the samyutta nikaya?

The Grouped Discourses

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What texts are in the Samyutta Nikaya?

8FP, 4NT, Skhandas

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"If a man speaks holy words but he speaks and does not, this thoughtless man cannot enjoy the life of holiness"

Dhammapada

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Which Buddhist sect primarily studies the Sutta Pitaka?

Therevada Buddhists

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What does "Abidhamma" mean?

Higher teaching

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What does Buddhavacana mean?

The word of the Buddha

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How important is the Pali Canon for Mahayana Buddhists?

Less important because they are more likely to follow Mahayana scriptures

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What do schools of Mahayana Buddhism like Zen prefer over reading scriptures?

Meditating

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Why could the Pali Canon be seen as less authentic?

Because it was passed down by oral tradition

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What are the implications of the Pali Canon being passed down orally?

Could be less reliable therefore isn't Buddhavacana

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What harmony does Harvey believe the Pali Canon has?

Overall harmony. It is mainly corroborative which suggests it is largely in line with the original suttas

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Does authority matter to Buddhists. Give answer for yes it does

If the scriptures are Buddhavacana then they are very important as Siddhartha was a sammasambuddha

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What sort of tradition does the Pali Canon hold?

Due to the Pali Canon being a 2500 year religion, the sense of belonging to a community with rich history is important to many Buddhists

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What do Therevada Buddhists believe about the importance of Buddha's personal history?

The message matters more than the man

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How does the parable of the raft illustrate the importance or lack of importance of Buddha's teachings

The teachings should be used relatively to the situation and skillfully (upaya)

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What is one of the earliest Mahayana scriptures?

The prajnaparamita

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What is the Diamond Sutra?

Elaborates the mental attachment and illusions that blind the mind to the nature of samsara

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What is the heart sutra?

The description of Avalokitesvaras insight into sunyata (emptiness)

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The Heart Sutra is a teaching by...

Avalokitesvara the bodhisattva of compassion (karuna)

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What does the heart sutra contain?

Teachings about sunya/sunyata (emptiness). The skhandas, the cycle of samsara, the four noble truths

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"Form is emptiness...

emptiness is form" - Heart Sutra

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What are the five skandhas

form, sensation, perception, mental formation, consciousness

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Are the skandhas dependent on eachother

Yes

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Right Understanding

understanding suffering is caused by wanting things to go your way or wanting things not to change

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Right thoughts

Gautama explained these as including thoughts of renunciation, goodwill and "non-harming".

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Right Speech

Speak kindly and truthfully "noble silence" rahula

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Right Action

Don't steal from or harm others

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Right livelihood

Respect life

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Right effort

Prevent evil and do good

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Right Mindfulness

"walk as if your feet are kissing the ground" Every action should be considerate

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Right Meditation

Developing tranquillity and concentration of mind, which lead to insight into reality

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"If you are a poet, you will clearly see that...

there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper" Thich Nhat Hanh

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What argument from philosophy could you draw parallels with to the argument on interdependence?

The Cosmological Argument

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Who highly values the Lotus Sutra?

Mahayana Buddhists

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What does the lotus sutra incentivise?

The use of upaya

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Which parable explains the importance of upaya?

The Parable of the Burning House

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What does the burning house represent in the parable of the burning house?

The cycle of samsara

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What does the father represent in the parable of the burning house?

Buddha

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Who do the children represent in the parable of the burning house?

The children represent humanity who are stuck in samsara (The house)

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What does the cart of toys represent in the parable of the burning house?

Earthly pleasures which lead to attatchment