Living World Religions Test 3

What us the Buddha also known as

Buddhism - “Awakened One”

What are Siddhartha’s four sights?

Buddhism -

• an old man

• a sick person

• a funeral precession

• a monk begging for food

Siddhartha found ____ between self-indulgence and self mortification under a bo (fig) tree

Buddhism - Middle Path

Who was upset with the thought of Siddhartha achieving enlightenment and sending his three daughters to seduce him. 

Buddhism - Maru (The Tempter)

What is “sangha”

Buddhism - a community of monks

what are the four Nobel truths

Buddhism -

• There is suffering

• Cravings produce suffering

• Get rid of cravings end suffering

• all pain can be stopped by following the eight-fold path

What is written on palm leaves and placed in three baskets?

Buddhist scripture called “The Three Baskets” or Tripitaka

what is another word for focal point?

Buddhism - Yidam

What is “Vipassana” Meditation?

Buddhism - Focuses on the Breath

What does Mahayana mean?

Buddhism - “Big Raft”

Who are the people who achieve nirvana but delay it to help others?

Buddhism - Boddhisatva 

Propagated by Soka Gakkai International means what?

"Buddhism - “Values Creation Society”

Zen literature says the founder is a 6th century CE Indian Buddhist named what?

Buddhism - “Bodhidharma”

What are the points of contrast for Buddhism?

Buddhism -

• The Christian response to suffering as redemptive

• Grace vs Karma

• Historical foundation of Christian Faith

The Japji prayer is also called what?

Sikh - “Mul Mahtar” or (“Root Mantra”)

What is anthromorphism?

Sikh - The tendency to describe the Devine with human terms (The Sikh’s renounce it)

What is Sat Nam?

Sikh - “True Name”

What is Ekankar?

Sikh - “one-om-lord”

what is Waheguru?

Sikh - “Wonderous Lord”

Short Answer: “Taking Hukam” refers to?

Sikh - Opening Guru Granth Sahib randomly and reading the first passage one sees, accepting the message as a special instruction for the day.

The most dedicated Sikh’s embrace what?

Sikh - The five K’s

What are the five K’s?

Sikh -

• Kes (uncut hair)

• Kangha (small comb)

• Kirpan (small dagger)

• Katcha (Knee-length underpants)

• Kara (steel bracelet)

What is the current year on the Baha’i Calendar?

Baha’i - 182 BE or Baha’i Era

What are the Oneness’s? 

Baha’i - 

• Oneness of God

• Oneness or Humanity

• Oneness of Religion

What are the Tirthankara’s?

Jains - ford finders or enlightened ones who teach others how to cross over the stream of existence into nirvana

Who was the first Tirthankara and what was he like?

Jains - His name was Rishabh and he was 70 trillion years old and 3000 feet tall.

What are the sacred texts called for Jains?

Jains - Agmas (“Tradition”) or Siddhanta (“Doctrine)

What are the divisions in Jainism and what are they over?

Jains - The division is over the appropriate dress for monks

• Digambaras (“Sky-Clad”) - Believe monks should wear nothing (although they wear robes in public)

• Sertambaras (“White-Clad”) - Monks wear white robes

What are Jains main act of worship?

Jains - Washing and decorating images of the tirthankaras, always depicted naked, with creeping vines allowed to grow all over them.

Know a the story of “A Very Bad Day” as well as its moral.

Jains - The moral: Don’t let one drop of sweetness lure you into a world of desire.

What are the three key principles Jains emphasize to explain their faith in north America?

Jains - 

• Non-violence: don’t harm anything

• Non-absolutism: don’t claim to know anything with absolute certainty

• Non-possessiveness: don’t cling to anything

What are the Jain symbols?

Jains - 

• Swastika - Represents four possible states of Being

• Three dots (at top) - Represents the “Three Jewels” or right faith