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BUDDHISM EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
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BUDDHISM EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%VERIFIED ANSWERS
Buddha - ANSWER An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama, who
renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened'
(the meaning of Buddha) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism.
nirvana - ANSWER "blowing out" - the ultimate goal of all Buddhists,
the extinction of desire and any sense of individual selfhood, resulting in
liberation from samsara and its limiting conditions.
samsara - ANSWER (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of
birth and suffering and death and rebirth
Budhi - ANSWER to awaken
Siddhartha Gautama - ANSWER founder of Buddhism, ca. 560 BCE
Four sights - ANSWER 1. an old man (age), 2. a very sick man
(illness), 3. a corpse (death), 4. a wandering holy man without
possessions (asceticism)
ascetic - ANSWER A person who renounces material comforts to live a
self-disciplined live
bodhi tree - ANSWER The tree under which Sidartha Gautama
achieved enlightenment; at the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, India.
middle way - ANSWER A basic Buddhist teaching that rejects both the
pleasures of sensual indulgence and the self-denial of asceticism,
focusing instead on a practical approach to spiritual attainment.
sangha - ANSWER "assemblage" - the Buddhist community of monks
and nuns; one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
relics - ANSWER items of religious devotion, especially a piece of the
body or personal items of an important religious figure
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