Buddhism Quiz #1

Soullessness, a characteristic of all things, including people

Impermanence, a fundamental characteristic of all things except Nirvana

An enlightened being who will be reborn no more

The “cankers” of sensual desire, desire to exist, wrong views and ignorance that poison the mind

“The awakened one.” An enlightened person who teaches others but did not have a teacher.

The laws of the universe, truth, the components of existence

Unsatisfactoriness, suffering

An action that has good or bad results for the doer based on their intention

The five aggregates out of which humans are made: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness

The extinguishing of desire resulting in the release from suffering and cessation of rebirth

The language of the earliest Buddhist texts from the Theravada School

The permanent bliss after death of an enlightened person

Dependent origination, the chain of causality that connects one moment with the next

The continual cycle of rebirth driven by karma

The community of monks and nuns

The sacred language of the Hindus, and also the language of later Buddhist texts, especially those from the Mahayana School

The older, more conservative form of Buddhism of Southeast Asia. A thera is an elder monk

• 1. Rupa- physical form
• 2. vedana- physical sensations
• 3. sanna- perceptions
• 4. sankhara- mental formations and emotions
• 5. Vinnana-consciousness

• 1. Life is suffering
• 2. Suffering arises from desire
• 3. getting rid or your desires will cease your suffering
• 4. To get rid of suffering follow the Eightfold Path.

• 1. Anicca- impermanence
• 2. Anatta- no soul
• 3. Dukkha- suffering

- These all lead to suffering

• 1. Moral behavior
• 2. Wisdom
• 3. Mediator

A physical/spiritual law that means everything is here for a reason.

Spiritual Practice

• 1. An old man
• 2. A sick man
• 3. A dead man
• 4. An ascetic

• 1. Brahmins- Priets
• 2. Kshatriya- Warriors/nobility
• 3. Vaishya- Merchants/farmers
• 4. Shudra- Servants
• -The Buddha was part of the nobility caste

• - Born in 563 BCE
• - Died in 483 BCE when he was 80 years old.

• - come from the north
• - speak Sanskrit
• - sacred texts are the Vedas

"The Great Vehicle" meaning the religion is a vehible into which reach the afterlife. Happened in the 1st century. Popular in China and Korea

The cycle of rebirths

Heaven, asuras, human, animals, preta (ghosts), and hell. None of these rebirths are permanent, they are purgatories.

You are rewarded accordingly to your actions. There are no gods that control karma. Only humans can make new karma.