Buddhism Quiz

What is the Budda?

pathfinder, buddhism is nonthestic does not believe in god, simply absent from there relgion does not fully deny god

Three Treasures

Buddha, Dharma, Sanaha

One of three treasures (Buddha)

rejecting luxuary and self denial of ascetics, buddha choose to find the “middle way” between extremes

One of three treasures (Dharma)

after achieving enlightenment, buddha taught his disciples about suffering way to escape it

One of three treasures (Sanaha)

Buddhist community, originally community of celebrate monks and nuns

Four Sights

What the buddha saw when he was curious about life outside of the palace, saw old, sick, corspe, and ascentirc

Middle Way

rejecting luxary and ascentiscism, SG sought middle way of ethical conduct, discipline, and wisdom

Dukkha

suffering

Four Noble Truths

1. human experience dukkha

2. suffering has an orgin

3. suffering can be elimination, active nirvana (blowing out)

4. there is a path of nirvana —> eight fold path

EightFold path

Way to Nirvirna: Ethical Conduct, right spech, right action, right livielhood, Mental Discipline: right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, Wisdom: right understanding, and right though

Nirvana

“blowing out” pure bliss, peace, ultimate happiness, learning to be prsent, be the way you are, cloud anaolgoy, transforms

metaphysical questions

seen in the arrow story, asks question that are unknown, like what happens when die?

Parinirvana

was not reborn, no soul is buddhism

Theravada

older, way of elders (south asia), personal journal, we are one, individual mentoring, achieved arhat

Mahayan

“great vehicile”, type: vajrayana, may have help goal of helping, bodhisttva: almost reach nirvana then help, believe in amitabha budda —> pure land

Graduated Path

awakening to nirvana, many lifetimes, making donantaions the lay people, monks: focos buddhits path, rituals scriptures, next is deep personal mediatation led to awakening

sangha: third treasure

traditions are diverse, common questions, 3 jewels to reconize problems of suffering, world view included impermanence and interdependence