Siddhartha Gautama is the name of |
he person who became known as the Buddha. |
he basic outlook on life, formulated by Buddhism, is contained in |
the Four Noble Truths |
One of the essential Buddhist teachings is |
everything is changing. |
In regard to the common belief in a permanent soul, the Buddha seems to have taught that |
there is none. |
Buddhism began in |
India. |
Nirvana seems to come from a word that means |
blow out. |
A major goal of Buddhism is |
inner peace |
Buddhism developed into several branches. The branch that spread into Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia is |
Theravada. |
Literally, Mahayana means |
big vehicle. |
A person of great compassion, willing to be reborn constantly to help others, is called |
bodhisattva. |
The essential collection of sacred books of Buddhism is called |
Tripitaka (Tipitaka). |
Tradition holds that which relative of the Buddha died soon after the birth of the Buddha? |
mother |
Zen comes from a word that means |
meditation |
The ideal of the Theravada branch is the |
arhat (arahat). |
Tibetan Buddhism includes elements of |
shamanism |
The general name for that category of books that is said to give the words of the Buddha is |
sutra |
The unconditioned state of reality that is the highest goal of Buddhism is called |
nirvana. |
The dissatisfaction and sorrow that life brings is called |
dukkha |
Tibetan Buddhism |
makes great use of ritual. |
Buddhism came to Tibet from |
India |
In Tibetan Buddhism, a vajra is frequently used together with |
a bell |
The Chan/Zen virtues are especially |
intuition and naturalness. |
Regarding his social class, the Buddha was |
an aristocrat. |
The school of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, which sees the Buddha as a divine savior, whose name the believer must constantly repeat with devotion, is |
Pure Land. |
Concerning words, Zen stresses that words are |
not adequate. |
What is most important in Zen is |
enlightened awareness. |
A koan is |
a question. |
The type of beauty that Zen particularly values emphasizes is |
simplicity. |
The Buddha of the Western Paradise is |
Amitabha. |
The name for the Buddhist community of monks and nuns is |
sangha. |
To lessen suffering, the Buddha recommended |
lessening desire. |
Buddhism focuses especially on |
maintaining inner peace. |
The Buddha opposed |
the caste system. |
The Buddha lived about this time. |
fifth century b.c.e. |
The Indian ruler who spread Buddhist teaching widely was |
Ashoka |
Vinaya refers to |
a collection of rules for monks and nuns. |
Vimalakirti was |
a rich but compassionate and wise layman. |
The "Sutras on the Perfection of Wisdom" have what Sanskrit name? |
Prajnaparamita |
In China, Buddhism was sometimes criticized because |
monks and nuns had no children. |
In China, the various Mahayana sects tended to blend. But they have remained separate in |
Japan. |
The Japanese monk who studied in China and established Shingon Buddhism in Japan was |
Kukai (Kobo Daishi). |
Zen traces itself back to a legendary founder named |
Bodhidharma. |
Besides Tibetan Buddhism, another form of Vajrayana Buddhism is |
Shingon Buddhism. |
Elements of Buddhism, as interpreted in Japanese woodblock prints, influenced which artist? |
Vincent Van Gogh |
The Buddha was particularly troubled by the problem of |
suffering and death. |
Enlightened awareness in Zen is called |
satori. |
An essential practice in Zen is |
manual labor |
A key practice of Nicheren Buddhism is |
a chant to the Lotus Sutra. |
Tendai Buddhism is known for |
systematizing varied Buddhist teachings into a progressive hierarchy. |
An important practice in Shingon Buddhism is |
a fire ritual with historic links to the Vedic fire ceremony. |
Chapter 4 – Buddhism
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