The First Noble Truth involves
A. the necessity of wanting a higher life, to become free from suffering and reach nirvana
B. the realization that life is filled with breakdowns in our personal relationships, blocked creativity, impermanence
C. the speaking of the truth, and the avoidance of slander
D. the realization that the solution to suffering is the Eightfold Path
The Second Noble Truth involves
A. the necessity of wanting a higher life, to become free from suffering and reach nirvana
B. the realization that life is filled with breakdowns in our personal relationships, blocked creativity, impermanence
C. the understanding that suffering is caused by the selfish desires, believing that the individual 'self' is real.
D. the realization that the solution to suffering is the Eightfold Path.
The Third Noble Truth is
A. recognizing that the way to end suffering is to end selfish desires, and the belief in the individual self as real
B. the realization that life is filled with breakdowns in our personal relationships, blocked creativity, impermanence
C. the understanding that suffering is caused by selfish desires, believing that the individual 'self' is real
D. the realization that the solution to suffering is the Eightfold Path
The Forth Noble Truth is
A. recognizing that the way to end suffering is to end selfish desires, and the belief in the individual 'self' as real
B. the realization that life is filled with breakdowns in our personal relationships, blacked creativity, impermanence
C. the understanding that suffering is caused by selfish desires, believing that the individual 'self' is real
D. the realization that the solution to suffering is the Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path is also called
A. the Way of the Yoga
B. the way of Salvation
C. the Middle Way
D. the Wheel
In the Eightfold Path, 1. Right Understanding and 2. Right Thought has to do with developing the right attitude:
A. that the 4 Noble Truths are illusion
B. that we are not to steal, kill or indulge in drugs
C. that meditation will calm the mind
D. that we must trust the Buddha's teaching and desire a higher life.
In the Eightfold Path, 3. Right Speech, 4. Right Action, 5. Right Livelihood, reinforce
A. the development of right attitude and the wisdom that comes with the reflection on experience
B. the necessity of moral behaviour or ethical living, so that we strengthen our attitudes
C. the acceptance of life as being full of suffering
D. a life filled with unthinking sensuality, and destructive self-denial
In the Eightfold Path 6. Right Effort, 7. Right Mindfulness, 8. Right Concentration depend on
A. developing of positive mental states, self-awareness, and focusing on the goals of wisdom and enlightenment
B. the necessity of moral behaviour or ethical living, so that we strengthen our attitudes
C. the acceptance of life as being full of suffering
D. a life filled with unthinking sensuality, and destructive self-denial
The term "Buddha" literally means
A. hope
B. enlightenment
C. love
D. God
The Buddha was born into the
A. Brahmin caste
B. skilled laborer caste
C. warrior caste
D. harijan caste
The Buddha's Middle Way was revolutionary in the history of religion because
A. it taught people not to kill
B. it was a compromise with Hindu values
C. it encouraged people to enter a ways of devotion to the Gods
D. it rejected extreme asceticism as harmful to the mind and heart
Three things that Buddha saw that changed his life were
A. poverty, war, plague
B. pleasure, success, duty
C. anger, hatred, jealousy
D. sickness, old age, death
The Buddha received enlightenment
A. by studying for many years
B. while traveling
C. from a teacher
D. while sitting under a fig tree
"Suffering" includes which of the following (more than one)
A. not accepting the transitoriness, the constant change that there is in life
B. accepting that life needs balance
C. not accepting that truly loving someone necessarily involves eventually hurting them
D. the inability to see beyond the senses
For Gautama, the end of suffering will come only when
A. the craving for pleasure is ended
B. all people live in harmony
C. the world ends
D. people lead a simple life
For Siddhartha Gautama the path to enlightenment was
A. through severe ascetical practices
B. through complete rejection of the world
C. through a balanced, discerned life
D. through suffering
Once people have let go of the yearning for false selfhood, along other desires, they will achieve nirvana
A. True
B. False
The Fourth sight of the peaceful monk caused Gautama's ultimate conversion experience
A. True
B. False
In comparing the Buddhist "lost son" and the Christian "Prodigal Son" stories, one would conclude that the path to salvation is the same.
A. True
B. False
The term, Mahayana, refers to
A. Japanese Buddhism
B. Emptiness
C. Heaven
D. A division of Buddhism
Theravadan Buddhism retains which attitude of early Buddhism?
A. it easily embraces other peoples' deities
B. it emphasizes meditation
C. believes the Buddha is a kind of deity
D. it involves levels of belief
Theravada Buddhism encourages community work to achieve salvation.
A. True
B. False
For Theravadan Buddhism nirvana is understood to mean:
A. to extinguish the self into nothingness
B. to lose the self in the service of the other
C. satori
D. severe asceticism
The bodhisattva Guan-yin, is a saintly model who (choose more than one)
A. mediates for all temporal beings who suffer
B. assists those in childbirth, for children
C. lives to grow old
D. dies in youth
The poetry used by Zen Buddhists to help them experience life in a descriptive non-wordy ways is called
A. pali
B. koan
C. haiku
D. ushnisha
Special Thanks to Emma Potter for typing these questions!