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World Studies
Buddhism (world studies quiz)
Question | Answer |
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Enlightenment | A final blessed state marked by the obscence of desire or suffering |
Mantra | A chant used when many Buddhists pray |
Dharma | The laws of nature |
Samsara (edit a) | The circle of birth and death |
Karma | The force by a person's actions to perpetuate transmigration and it's ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence |
Nirvana | The final beatitude that transcends suffering,karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness |
Reincarnation | Rebirth of a soul in another body |
Right understanding | Strive to understand the noble truths and working of own mind (8 fold path) |
Right thought | Concentrate of what is happening now/not future/think kindly of others |
Right speech | Speak kindly and truthfully;don't say negative things; always be positive |
Right action | Be kind towards nature/ living things;don't be attached to something that doesn't go your way |
Right work | Have a job that doesn't harm others; don't perform evil in job |
Right effort | Be motivated to have clear mind/ have clear thoughts |
Right mindfulness | Be concerned of yourself/others and do not harm others |
Right concentration | Focus on what you are doing,don't multi task, focus on one situation at a time |
8 fold path | Right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right work, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration |
dukka | noble truth of suffering, life is full of suffering and undergo suffering |
samudava | noble truth of the cause;people suffer because they desire things/have envy |
niradma | noble truth of the end of suffering; possible to end suffering if one is aware of own suffering and gets rid of them |
magga | noble truth of the path by changing one's thinking; once your realize your desire, you need to change it to end suffering |