RS 101 Chapter 5 – Flashcards
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The term Buddha means
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awaked one
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Buddhist monks are called
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shoes
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Buddhist nuns are called
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shoenies
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Stories of the buddah's past lives are known as
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iataka tales
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What are the Triple Gem (Three Refuges)
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Buddah, dharma, and sagna
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Collection of ancient scripts used by Theravada Buddhists is called the
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Polycennan
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The form of buddhism that offers faithful prayers to amida Buddah is
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Pure Land Buddhism
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In Mahayana Buddhism, being dedicated to attaing enlightment is called
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A bodasatra
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The Japanese teacher Nichiren believed that the essence of Buddhsim could be found in
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lotustra
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Siddhartha was born in the mountains of Japan
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Like many noteworthy figures, the Buddah only lived into his early 30s
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The Buddha appointed his discipline Ananda to be his successor
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Buddhism accepts the Hindu caste system
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Buddhism is often described as a non-theistic religion.
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The Buddha encouraged gossip as a harmless way to analyze one's feelings towards others.
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There have always been about as many Buddhist monks as there are nuns
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Tibetan Buddhism suffered persecution at the hands of communist China
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Contemporary Buddhists do not think that Buddhism can provide answers for social problems.
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Contemporary Buddhists do not think that Buddhism can provide answers for social problems
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Zen Buddhism is said to preserve the Buddah's teachings through mind to mind transmission rather than scripts
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Vesak is the most important Buddhist festival
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Chan Buddhism focuses predominately on Mediation
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Buddhism was brought to the west through missionaries.
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The founder of Buddhism was a contemporary of
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Mahavira
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The term Anatman means
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No eternal soul
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In which country would you likely not find Theravada Buddhist practitioners
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China
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Theravada mindfulness meditation techniques are known as
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Vinassana
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Dukkha means
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Suffering
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According to Mahayana Buddhism, the Buddha is present
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As enlightened wisdom which is formless, as a celestial bliss body, and as a transformamtion body which can take human form
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Which of the following is not one of the Three Root Afflictions
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Renunciation
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Buddhist teaching differs from Hindu teaching in that
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It rejects the idea of an enternal soul
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Vajrana Buddhism is
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a form of Buddhism which promises a speeded up path to enlightenment
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Buddhist temples serve as
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Centers of community identity and intergration, the location of ceremonies blessing the deities, and places to celebrate festivals
