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BUDDHISM CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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BUDDHISM CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONSAND CORRECT ANSWERS
What was the name of the man who later became the Buddha and
founded the religion of Buddhism? - ANSWER Gautama was the man
who later became the Buddha and founded the religion of Buddhism.
What were the Four Passing Sights? Explain their significance to the
origins of Buddhism. - ANSWER The Four Passing Sights were: a
decrepit old man, a diseased man, a corpse, and a religious ascetic.
Those four sights lead Gautama to live a simple and homeless life in a
world of sadness and gloom. He saw the suffering in the world through
the first three sights and the last one showed how there is hope in the
world.
Explain the doctrine of the Middle Way. - ANSWER The Middle Way is
a basic Buddhist teaching that rejects both the pleasures of sensual
indulgence and the self-denial of asceticism, focusing instead on
spiritual attainment.
Describe the event of Gautama's attainment of enlightenment. -
ANSWER Gautama received enlightenment by overcoming the
distractions of fear and passion, represented in legends by Mara and his
daughters.
What is the Sangha? Who are its members? - ANSWER Sangha is the
Buddhist community of monks and nuns, and is also one of the Three
Jewels of Buddhism.
What are the Three Jewels of Buddhism? - ANSWER the Buddha, the
Dharma, and the Sangha
What features of Buddhist cosmology are shared with Hinduism? -
ANSWER Both Hinduism and Buddhism share time as a cyclical. They
maintain that the universe is eternal, with ages of creation and
destruction that follow one another.
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