 | Term | Definition |
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Four Noble Truths |
All life is suffering, suffering is due to attachments, attachments can be over come, there is a path for accomplishing this |
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What did siddartha guatama become? |
Buddha |
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Ascetic |
The practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from forms of indulgence |
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Middle Way |
Proper attachment |
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Impermanence |
The idea that all things have and end and everything is temporary |
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How many chances does Buddhism give to reach enlightenment? |
As many as you need |
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Buddhists believe that there is no________ God. |
External |
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Tibet is located in what mountain range? |
The Himalayas |
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Why is it easier for Tibetans to reach enlightenment and understand impermanence? |
They are in touch with nature, aren't impressed by technology, they are ba;anced by a belief in rebirth and renewal |
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What signs showed the men searching for the Dalai Lama that they had found him? |
He selected the correct objects, the 13th Lama's head turned to face the direction, and he spoke in their language. |
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How has the Tibetan culture changed? |
They went from a very savage nation prizing death at war to one of the most peaceful ones. |
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75% of the Tibetans money is used for_____? |
Education of the preists |
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The two things done to a body after death are______ and _______? |
Cremation and Sky Burial? |
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Describe sky burial and its meaning? |
Body is on mountain to be eaten by birds to symbolize impermanence. |
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kaalachakra |
A wheel of time, a religious ceremony |
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Mandala |
symbolizes impermanence because it is destroyed, made to heal the heart of crisis. |
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Samsara |
Cycle of life, death and rebirth |
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Buddhism is affected by what other religion? |
Hinduism |
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Enlightenment |
Soul is free from material possessions of the world |
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Dalai Lama, what one are we on now |
The reincarnation of the Buddha, this is the 14th |
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Dalai Lama is the _______ of Tibet. |
Supreme leader both religiously and politically |
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What is the eightfold path similar to in Christian and Jewish religions? |
10 commandments |
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The current Dalai Lama's name is what? |
Tenzin Gyasto |
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Three sections of the eightfold path |
Morality, Meditation and Wisdom |
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Meditation is used to |
Control your mind and understand impermanence |
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Nirvana(when, and what it is) |
After enlightenment instead of becoming a Lama or a teacher you become one with everything and reach enlightenment |
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What things are borrowed from hinduism? |
Reincarnation, Meditation and Samsara |
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Define Mahayana beliefs in (Buddha, where it is, primary practice) |
Buddha is savior, in China Tibet Korea and Japan, mostly prayers |
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Define Theravada beliefs in (Buddha, where it is, primary practice) |
Buddha is role model, in Sri Lanka, Burma Thailand and Cambodia, mostly meditation |
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______ is the more religous form of Buddhism and is affected by confucianism and other things |
Mahayana |
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Zen Buddhism |
Japanese, asks impossible questions |
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