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Hint	Answer	% Correct
abortion goes against the concept of	ahimsa	50%
war goes against the first precept and principle of	ahimsa	50%
application of ahimsa to	animals	50%
monks have a further 5 precepts to follow e,g	celibacy	50%
greed anger and ignorance represented by animals	cockerel, snake, pig	50%
(mahayana) monks and nun do not have to	cut ties with family	50%
6 realms of becoming	god, demi god , human, animal, hungry ghost, hell	50%
hungry ghosts dominant karmic cause?	greed	50%
THE BUDDHA Theravada belief about the nature of the Buddha	historical and non contactable, teacher not god	50%
only realm from which you can reach enlightenment	human realm	50%
however for cold Nepal climate and Japanese fishing villages, vegetarianism may be?	impractical	50%
AHIMSA	non violence	50%
how many bodhisattva vows are there?	10	0%
circle 4	12 links of dependent arising	0%
global members?	3 million	0%
circle 3	6 realms of rebecoming	0%
Buddhist text that deals with the nature of nirvana	80th dilemma of king milinda	0%
description	able to withstand and accepting the truth of suffering	0%
but the dalai llama says :	"abortion should be approved or disapproved of according to each circumstance"	0%
tibetian view =	abortion wastes a precious human rebirth	0%
first precept	abstain from killing	0%
5 precepts	abstain from killing abstain from taking what is not given abstain from sexual misconduct abstain from wrong speech abstain from intoxication	0%
(mahayana) lay people can also	achieve enlightenment	0%
description of pali canon	a collection of Buddhist scriptures that contain teachings of the buddha	0%
definition of canon	a collection of scriptures that hold authority	0%
karma literal translation	action	0%
the buddha teaching about skilful means	adapt teachings to suit the receiver	0%
parinirvana definition	after death no residue	0%
unskilful means	akusala	0%
quote about impermanence	all conditioned things are impermanent	0%
the dalai llama's explanation of dependent arising	all events in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others	0%
first noble truth	all life involves suffering	0%
emptiness of independent self means?	all sentient beings are interconnected	0%
mahayana belief about who has buddha nature	all sentinet beings	0%
emptiness of all phenomena means?	all things lack an independent self not just sentient beings	0%
(therevada) monks take part in their community	alms rounds	0%
analogy in the questions of king milinda	analogy of a chariot	0%
buddha quote about arhats	an arhat is free from moral defilements	0%
relationship with anicca	anatta is the personal expression of anicca	0%
hell realm karmic cause?	anger / hatred	0%
realm of demi gods who are?	angry beings constantly at war	0%
can calm down?	angry people or ghosts	0%
what story demonstrates that non violence is stronger than violence ?	angulimala	0%
a bodhisattva is?	a person dedicated to attaining perfect buddahood to compassionately help others	0%
logic of the analogy	applies reductionist analysis to inanimate objects	0%
Theravada belief about the Buddha as a role model	a principle rather than a person and has authority as an advanced spiritual being	0%
buddhist cardinal virtues	araga adosa amoha	0%
arhats and rebirth	arhats will no longer be reborn when dead	0%
The buddha nature needs stimulation to begin the bodhisattva path	arising of bodhicitta	0%
images of the buddha and bodhisattvas what do sculptures remind Buddhists of	aspects of the buddhas life and teachings	0%
nagasena proceeds to use analogies to describe qualities of nirvana (1)	as the lotus is untarnished by water nirvana is untarnished by evil dispositions	0%
what is karma not?	a system of reward and punishment	0%
what do you need in order to meditate ?	a teacher	0%
3 ties (fetters)	attachment to self view, attachment to rites and doubt about the buddha	0%
prominent bodhisattva	avalokitesvara	0%
bodhicitta translation	awakening mind	0%
killing pests =	bad karmic results	0%
goal of the mahayana buddhist	become a bodhisattva	0%
MEANING OF LIFE therevadan buddhist purpose of life	become an arhat	0%
mahayana attitude towards him	believe he is the voice of the inferior tradition	0%
adosa	benevolance	0%
Buddhist belief about perception of nirvana	beyond human perception	0%
what does it celebrate ?	birth enlightenment and death of the buddha	0%
thai sangha undertakes ceremonies	blessing unions, blessing homes	0%
therevada shrines always contain images of the buddha, but mahayana shrines may have an image of a?	bodhisattva	0%
description	bodily and mental feelings, positive negative and neutral	0%
mahayana buddhist belief about nirvana and samsara	both exist within the framework of the two truths	0%
to achieve enlightenment and follow to eightfold path you need to develop?	both types	0%
monks and nuns shoudl accept meat in alms bowls	buddha referred to meat given this way as blameless	0%
dharmakaya example	buddhas description as tathagata - one who has become the dharma	0%
what does parinirvana day celebrate?	buddhas release from samsara through death	0%
nirmanakaya explanation	buddhas show living beings the path to enlightenment as an act of compassion	0%
5 aggregates or khandas are described as?	bundles of fuel that burn the fires of dukka	0%
samatha meditation aim	calmness and tranquility	0%
quote about suffering and clinging	categories affected by clinging are suffering	0%
intention	cetana	0%
gross level of change definition	change that is obvious seasons weather decay	0%
what does acceptance of impermanent self stop?	clinging and craving to 5 aggregates	0%
qualities of the thai monastic life	communal, disciplined , ordered	0%
purpose?	communication	0%
SANGHA the sangha definition	community	0%
(therevada) viharas contribute as	community centres, schools, banks	0%
buddhist belief about compassion	compassion for all living things not just humans	0%
4 types of modern meditation	concentrative generative receptive reflective	0%
mahayana development of anicca	concept of sunyata emptiness	0%
role of third	contains philosophical discourses and scholarly commentary	0%
role of first	contains rules and regulations for monks and nuns 227 for monks 311 for nuns	0%
role of second	contains stories and teachings of gotama buddha	0%
suffering is not overcome by?	contemplating freedom	0%
by choosing to do what?	continue in the cycle of samsara	0%
the two truths	conventional truth and ultimate truth	0%
interpretations of samsara	could be completely psychological different karmic actions contribute to metaphysical existence	0%
presentation of him in the lotus sutra	counterpoint to the wisdom of the teacher	0%
description	courageous effort to realise enlightenment	0%
description	cultivate the mind	0%
variations in features based on?	culture and tradition	0%
SAMSARA samsara definition	cycle of life death and rebirth	0%
who gave an office block analogy for samsara?	Damien Keown	0%
(4)	deliberately formed conceptions	0%
animals realm dominant karmic cause?	delusion	0%
buddhist vision of the nature of reality	dependent arising	0%
the understanding that all things are not independent of each other	dependent origination	0%
5 hindrances to meditation	desire, ill-will, lethargy, restlessness, fear of commitment	0%
description	developing selfless compassion	0%
buddhahood in the mahayana tradition	development of nirvana	0%
the abbot	dhammajayo	0%
voiced by who?	dhammananda	0%
scripture the quote is from	dhammapada	0%
mudras vary based on tradition- example	dhyana mudra	0%
description	direct realisation of sunyata	0%
mahayana view on vegetarianism	disagree the buddha allowed eating meat	0%
buddhist ethics teachings are never	dogmatic	0%
SUFFERING	dukka	0%
the three marks of existence	dukka anicca anatta	0%
3 types of dukka	dukka dukka, viparmina dukka, sankara dukka	0%
universal consensus among Buddhist ethicists about preventing abortion =	education about birth control and contraception	0%
animals karma as a result of intention is not as intense, as their minds are clouded by ignorance	e.g lion killing zebra for food is unaware of the suffering it is inflicting	0%
ahimsa and application to	embryos and abortion	0%
ultimate truths of the middle way	emptiness and interdependence	0%
mahayana belief on what types of emptiness are	emptiness of self, emptiness of all phenomena , supreme emptiness	0%
fourth perfection	energy	0%
sambhogakaya translation	enjoyment body	0%
dominant karmic cause of this realm?	envy	0%
who should follow the 5 precepts?	everyone who follows the buddhist path	0%
conditioned existence	everything comes into existence through causes and conditions	0%
buddhist belief about impermanence	everything in existence is impermanent	0%
king milinda ask nagasena to?	explain nirvana	0%
negative descriptions of nirvana	extinction cessation	0%
NIRVANA nirvana literal translation	extinguishing	0%
buddhists are against extreme treatment of animals e.g	factory farming ,bloodsports ,zoos for entertainment not conservation	0%
but you can counteract this by doing karmically fruitful deeds, e.g	farmer killing crop pests to feed community	0%
non returner description (in relation to the ties)	first 5 ties cut off but higher 5 ties remain	0%
therevada meditation/mindfulness is not?	'floating away'	0%
common symbol for impermanence	flowers	0%
offerings include?	flowers water incense	0%
importance of chanting	focus for meditation, shared religious commitment, calming	0%
development of bodhisattva path	following the 6 perfections	0%
vinaya monastic code in the pali canon -	forbids monks and nuns assisting in abortions	0%
nirmanakaya translation	form body or transformation body	0%
after the first 6 perfections, later?	four more were added	0%
nirvana key definition in the mahayana tradition	freedom from samsara attained through the realisation of anatta	0%
karma would be unfair if there was not?	free will	0%
mahayana buddhist ultimate aim	full buddhahood	0%
meaning that nirvana is?	fundamentally accessible to all	0%
meditation is not?	generic	0%
first perfection	generosity	0%
examples of what there might be mudras for	generosity meditation fearlessness	0%
(mahayana) 6 perfections/ paramitas are a part of good moral conduct as they help you become a bodhisattva	generosity morality patience energy meditation wisdom	0%
abbott compared himself to a ?	god like figure	0%
buddhist belief about samsara and human action	good actions lead to positive rebirths and experiences and vice versa	0%
good moral conduct =	good karmic merit	0%
refers to extinguishing the fires of the 3 poisons which are?	greed hatred ignorance	0%
significance of worship?	guidance, realise dharma, increased understanding, community	0%
mudras	hand gestures	0%
buddhist belief about change	happens on 2 levels, gross and momentary	0%
also impacting foetuses chance of reaching enlightenment	harvey quote	0%
the buddha on conflict	hatred never ends through hatred	0%
thai sangha provides education programmes	historically was only option for educating children	0%
significance of pali canon for therevada buddhists	holds more significance than it does for other sects	0%
a chariot relies on the sum of its parts for its existence	humans rely on the khandhas	0%
description of the hungry ghosts realm	hungry ghosts suffer severely from unfulfilled desires	0%
which may have ?	images and offerings	0%
Mahayana belief about images of the Buddha	images are "infused with the power of the being they represent"	0%
mahayana belief about images	images are said to have a spirit or soul	0%
momentary level of change definition	imperceptible subtle change	0%
ANICCA	impermanence	0%
qualities of the self	impermanent and conditioned	0%
nagasena says this is?	impossible	0%
importance of chores and cleanliness for	improving medative state	0%
all life is scared	including foetuses	0%
who was the bodhisattva of?	infinite compassion and mercy	0%
controversy about the abbot?	in hiding for money laundering allegations	0%
nirvana definition	in life with residue	0%
importance of the pali canon	insight into core teachings, used in worship and recitals, gives guidance in daily life	0%
vipassana meditation aim	insight to stop spiritual ignorance	0%
therevada belief about statues and images	inspiration and reminders	0%
(3)	introspective awareness	0%
significance of the second section in relation to the buddha	it is buddhavacana which means word or doctrine of the buddha	0%
hell realm is different from Abrahamic religions because?	it is temporary until karmic merit is redeemed	0%
mahayana concept of nirvana and buddhahood	it is within everyone	0%
and can also generate?	karmic fruitfulness	0%
intention is critical as it impacts?	karmic result	0%
compassion	karuna	0%
compassion	karuna	0%
sutra in which he condemned the practice	lankavatara sutra	0%
(therevada) monks and nuns have a unique opportunity to work towards enlightenment	lay people cannot achieve enlightenment	0%
but this is controversial because	less karmic merit for helping a mae chi than a nun	0%
(2)	like cool water that removes the heat and thirst of desire	0%
the current dalai llama is where?	living as a refugee in india after fleeing tibet	0%
yama is?	lord of death and monster of impermanence	0%
instead of nuns, women become	mae chis	0%
description	making sense of what we perceive	0%
scholar harvey says its a?	marvellous opportunity for spiritual growth	0%
description	material aspect of existence made up of physical elements	0%
when is wesak celebrated ?	may	0%
role of sangha council	mediates between royalty and govt, consulted in legal changes	0%
however, in some cases it is permitted to use animals for human benefits	medical experiments, xenotransplantation, pets	0%
(2)	medicine that puts an end to all suffering	0%
fifth perfection	meditation	0%
description	mental formations and activity including karma	0%
description	mental labelling recognition and interpretation	0%
loving kindness	metta	0%
middle way philosophy description	middle way between believing things really exist and nothing exists	0%
japanese ritual to counteract negetive karmic effects of abortion	mizuko kuyo	0%
MEDITATION practiced by?	monastic and lay buddhists	0%
their main emphasis is on?	money and donations	0%
second perfection	morality	0%
unintentional killing of an insect is?	morally neutral	0%
size and intelligence of animal killed matters	more bad karma for killing elephant than ant	0%
why is parinirvana day different from wesak?	more reflective as buddhists consider their own mortality	0%
Indian scholar that founded the middle way philosophy	nagarjuna	0%
written as a dialogue between king milinda and a buddhist philosopher	nagasena	0%
belief about his compassion	named the bodhisattva of compassion as so much karuna	0%
so there would be ?	negative karmic consequences	0%
the therevada tradition only accepts one of the trikaya to be true	nirmanakaya	0%
3 manifestations	nirmanakaya sambhogakaya dharmakaya	0%
supreme emptiness	nirvana	0%
and this helps us reach?	nirvana	0%
therevada buddhists believe in 2 types of nirvana	nirvana and parinirvana	0%
mahayana buddhist view on nirvana and buddhahood	nirvana is a temporary goal on the road to full buddhahood	0%
cycle of samsara means what for existence?	no beginning or end	0%
what does this mean in terms of karma?	no karmic seeds but yes karmic results	0%
anatta definition	no self	0%
araga	no selfish desires	0%
disucssion with thai govt about whether	nuns ordained internationally could be recognised in thailand	0%
to be ordained as a monk or nun, you have to have at least 10 monks or nuns to perform the ordination, as a result	ordination of nuns died out in thailand	0%
limits of the pali canon	outdated sexist abhidhamma not accessible oral tradition limited scope 45 years	0%
4th noble truth = overcome desires =	overcome dukka	0%
basis for therevada chants	pali canon	0%
pali canon and sutras are specific to different tradtions	pali canon = therevada sutras= mahayana	0%
mahayana sutra about upaya kusala	parable of the burning house	0%
parable to explain mahayana concept of two stages of nirvana	parable of the phantom city	0%
goal of the therevada buddhist	parinirvana	0%
once returner description	partially enlightened person, has weakened the fourth and fifth fetters	0%
arhat (worthy one)	path is complete any residual trace of self falls away	0%
third perfection	patience	0%
what is an arhat ?	perfected person who has overcome the 3 poisons	0%
nirvana is achieved but what remains?	physical body	0%
first meaning	plain suffering like childbirth,grief,death	0%
political roles	political figurehead for tibetan freedom	0%
these aren't hard rules, more like?	practical guidelines	0%
wisdom	prajna	0%
a bodhisattva combines the qualities of?	prajna karuna kusala	0%
chanting purpose ?	prepare the mind for meditation	0%
dominant karmic cause of this realm?	pride	0%
chants can also be used for?	protection	0%
(2)	protective awareness	0%
but it is better to kill one large animal (cow) than many small animals (chickens) when	providing food	0%
lay sangha supports bhikkus by?	providing food clothing and accommodation	0%
dharmakaya explanation	pure, formless and within everything but we cannot perceive it as we are stuck in delusioned reality	0%
Theravada views on vegetarianism	rare but admired	0%
how may buddhists celebrate?	reading scriptures visiting temples lantern festivals	0%
in relation to anatta?	realisation that anatta extends to all phenomena	0%
in relation to sunyata?	realisation that sunyata is in the nature of all things	0%
bhikkus may?	recite sermons	0%
very important in mahayana traditions but also?	recognised in therevada tradition	0%
how may Buddhists celebrate?	releasing caged birds or paper lanterns	0%
positive metaphors for nirvana (1)	relieves fever of passions	0%
the sangha in thailand has ?	religious and political roles	0%
Mahayana belief about nature of the Buddha	remains active and can be accessed through meditations and visions	0%
Therevada belief about images of the Buddha	reminders of the buddha and help focus of spiritual qualities	0%
therevada acts of devotion/respect in temple ?	remove shoes, dress in white, sit with feet tucked	0%
main mudras can be used to?	represent points in the buddhas life	0%
what do they say their aim is?	revive traditional buddhism using modern technology	0%
the eightfold path gives guidelines on good moral conduct	right action right livelihood right speech	0%
right effort + right mindfulness leads to	right concentration	0%
first aggregate	rupa / form	0%
scholar who said this:	rupert gethin	0%
meditative concentration	samadhi	0%
2 types of meditation	samatha and vipassana	0%
Buddhist scripture the quote is from	samyutta nikaya	0%
fourth aggregate	sankharas / formations	0%
third aggregate	sanna / perception	0%
the wisest disciple of the buddha in therevadan tradition	sariputra	0%
buddha quote on meditation teachers	saw it as the "most powerful external factor" to gaining enlightenment	0%
the accounts are kept?	secret	0%
stream enterer description	seen the dhamma, first direct insight into selflessness, dropped the 3 fetters	0%
but buddhists have been prepared to use violence in	self defence	0%
4ht and 5th ties	sensual desire and ill will	0%
circle 2	shows people going to good or bad realms	0%
DEVOTION people may keep in their homes?	shrines	0%
GOOD CONDUCT moral virtue	sila	0%
4 aspects of mindfulness (1)	simple awareness	0%
description	sincere desire to benefit others without selfishness	0%
free will and moral responsibility - how do buddhists view freedom?	soft determinism	0%
the nature of the arhat path	solitary journey	0%
3 refuges explanation	sources of authority for all buddhists	0%
sambhogakaya explanation	spiritual body which mahayana buddhists can pray to	0%
lay people receive in return from bhikkus (monks and nuns)	spiritual guidance	0%
mahayana belief about statues	statues will have organs made inside them as seen as living entity	0%
the pali canon recognizes 4 stages to becoming an arhat	stream enterer, once returner, non returner , arhat	0%
second	suffering as a result of change and transience of life	0%
third	suffering due to conditioned existence, subtle and fundamental	0%
sambhogakaya example	sukhavati pure land of amitaba	0%
desires	tanha	0%
his female aspect is called?	tara	0%
what may be attached to monastries?	temples and stupas	0%
meaning arhats have overcome what?	the 10 fetters	0%
the dalai llama is an honorary title for?	the 14th rebirth of avalokitesvara	0%
consequently vegetarianism is required in?	the bodhisattva precepts	0%
Denise Kush quote of nirvana and the buddha	the buddha gave us the map to nirvana but we must get there ourselves	0%
3 refuges definition	the buddha the dharma the sangha	0%
dharmakaya definition	the complete realisation of truth and reality	0%
(2)?	the cycle of samsara	0%
sambhogakaya definition	the dimension of energy and light in which enlightened beings can choose to dwell	0%
Mark Epstein :	"the entire wheel is a representation of neurotic suffering"	0%
analogy of a tree	the existence of a tree is not dependent on the continued existence of its parts	0%
what do they refer to themselves as?	the face of modern thai buddhism	0%
mahayana sutra concerning fundamental emptiness	the heart sutra	0%
nirmanakaya example	the historical buddha was already enlightened and chose to take on human form	0%
parinirvana means person is free from (1)?	the last fruit of karma (body)	0%
once the bodhicitta is aroused	the person undertakes vows	0%
nirmanakaya definition	the physical manifestation of an enlightened being seen in physical form of the 5 aggregates	0%
so conception is?	the point of rebirth	0%
as the khandhas are constantly changing so?	there can be no permanent self	0%
godly realm is blissful but?	there is no motivation to reach nirvana	0%
ANATTA quote about buddhism and the lack of self	there is no primary substance to remain constant	0%
Nagarjuna quote about nirvana and samsara	there is not the slightest difference between the two	0%
what tradition?	therevada	0%
mahayana buddhists use upaya to know ?	the right action to help beings towards liberation	0%
TRIKAYA mahayanan buddology	the trikaya doctrine	0%
fourth noble truth	the way to overcome suffering is the eightfold path	0%
pictoral way to understand samsara (mahayana)	the wheel of life	0%
so they benefit ?	the whole community	0%
non returner description cont.	the worst hindrances like hatred and greed drop away but a trace of self remains	0%
bodhicitta commitment	they are dedicated to the liberation of all beings	0%
conventional truth on nirvana and samsara	they are different and are defined as opposites	0%
ultimate truth on nirvana and samsara	they are empty of independent nature and therefore share the same nature	0%
mahayana belief about karma and bodhisattvas	they are free from karma	0%
what is it instead described as?	thorough and undistorted observation	0%
trikaya defintion	three bodies of the buddha	0%
circle 1	three poisons	0%
how does it vary (therevada)	thumbs placed against palms	0%
(mahayana)	thumbs pointing upwards	0%
PALI CANON	tipitaka	0%
why?	to help others achieve enlightenment	0%
dharmakaya translation	truth body or dharma body	0%
why?	ultimate liberation and freedom from samsara	0%
amoha	understanding	0%
the relationship between nirvana and anicca	understanding anicca is necessary to achieve nirvana, but nirvana is the only thing unaffected by anicca	0%
hell realm description	unimaginable suffering	0%
akusala actions	unwholesome as come from 3 poisons	0%
skilful means	upaya kusala	0%
skilful means	upaya kusala	0%
so they are able to?	use their bodhicitta to choose their rebirth	0%
second aggregate	vedana / feeling	0%
chants selected based on?	vibrations	0%
monastic life	vinaya	0%
split into 3 sections	vinaya pitaka sutta pitaka abhidhamma pitaka	0%
fifth aggregate	vinnana / consciousness	0%
ahimsa in application to	war	0%
literal translation	water child memorial service	0%
controversial buddhist monastery	watt phra dhammakaya	0%
definite opposition to	weapons of mass destruction	0%
2 main festivals	wesak and parinirvana day	0%
4 noble truths	what the buddha realized from the 4 sights	0%
4 sights	what the buddha saw when he left the palace old man, sick man, dead man , holy man	0%
importance of anicca	when we forget anicca, we become attached which causes dukka	0%
kusala actions	wholesome actions as healthy intention	0%
basis for mahayana chants	wide range of sources	0%
sixth perfection	wisdom	0%
parable of the poisoned arrow explained how ?	worrying about whether you are free or not is a waste of time	0%
motivation is important as selfish reasons=	worse karma	0%
arhat literal translation	worthy one	0%
holding the wheel	yama	0%