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SS Buddhism
Question | Answer |
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When Siddartha left the palace at age 29, what was the first form of suffering he encountered? | Old age |
What did Siddartha find on his second trip? (What form of suffering did he encounter?) | Sickness |
What did Siddartha encounter on his third trip? | Death |
What is the main idea of Buddhism? | All life is suffering. |
What is one of the main ideas in the Four Noble Truths? | Life is suffering because we desire things. |
The Buddha disciples wrote many sacred texts. (T/F) | True. The disciples each had a different idea of the teaching between them. The disciples would go on to form their own types of Buddhism. |
Where did Siddartha live? | India |
Emperor Ashoka sent Missionaires out to South Africa. (T/F) | False, Emperor Ashoka sent Missionaires across Central Asia during his reign because of his beleifs in Buddhism. |
Which Gupta Empire ruler tolerated Buddhaism and helped populerlize it in the Gupta Empire. | Chadgrupta II |
Which emperor built many Buddhist sites in the Mauryan Empire? | Ashoka |
What did the Buddha meditate under for 40 days? | The Bodhi tree, where he reached Nirvana. |
What did the Siddartha become before he was the Buddha? | He became an ascetic, where he threw away his wants and necessities and meditated. But he determined that it was not the way and went to meditate under the Bodhi tree. |
Buddists believe in a god. (T/F) | False. They Buddhists do not believe in any god. |
Buddhists believe in reincarnation. (T/F) | True |
Buddhists also believe in the Karma/Dharma system. (T/F) | True |
Where was Siddartha when he went on his four trips? | Nepal |
What is the main purpose of the Eightfold Path? | To guide people to enlightenment. |