Chapter 4 - Buddhism
The Buddha of the Western Paradise is
Amitabha.
The Indian ruler who spread Buddhist teaching widely was
Ashoka
Zen traces itself back to a legendary founder named
Bodhidharma.
Buddhism came to Tibet from
India
Buddhism began in
India.
In China, the various Mahayana sects tended to blend. But they have remained separate in
Japan.
The Japanese monk who studied in China and established Shingon Buddhism in Japan was
Kukai (Kobo Daishi).
The "Sutras on the Perfection of Wisdom" have what Sanskrit name?
Prajnaparamita
The school of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, which sees the Buddha as a divine savior, whose name the believer must constantly repeat with devotion, is
Pure Land.
Besides Tibetan Buddhism, another form of Vajrayana Buddhism is
Shingon Buddhism.
Buddhism developed into several branches. The branch that spread into Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia is
Theravada.
The essential collection of sacred books of Buddhism is called
Tripitaka (Tipitaka).
Elements of Buddhism, as interpreted in Japanese woodblock prints, influenced which artist?
Vincent Van Gogh
In Tibetan Buddhism, a vajra is frequently used together with
a bell
A key practice of Nicheren Buddhism is
a chant to the Lotus Sutra.
Vinaya refers to
a collection of rules for monks and nuns.
An important practice in Shingon Buddhism is
a fire ritual with historic links to the Vedic fire ceremony.
A koan is
a question.
Vimalakirti was
a rich but compassionate and wise layman.
Regarding his social class, the Buddha was
an aristocrat.
The ideal of the Theravada branch is the
arhat (arahat).
Literally, Mahayana means
big vehicle.
Nirvana seems to come from a word that means
blow out.
A person of great compassion, willing to be reborn constantly to help others, is called
bodhisattva.
The dissatisfaction and sorrow that life brings is called
dukkha
What is most important in Zen is
enlightened awareness.
One of the essential Buddhist teachings is
everything is changing.
The Buddha lived about this time.
fifth century b.c.e.
Siddhartha Gautama is the name of
he person who became known as the Buddha.
A major goal of Buddhism is
inner peace
The Chan/Zen virtues are especially
intuition and naturalness.
To lessen suffering, the Buddha recommended
lessening desire.
Buddhism focuses especially on
maintaining inner peace.
Tibetan Buddhism
makes great use of ritual.
An essential practice in Zen is
manual labor
Zen comes from a word that means
meditation
In China, Buddhism was sometimes criticized because
monks and nuns had no children.
Tradition holds that which relative of the Buddha died soon after the birth of the Buddha?
mother
The unconditioned state of reality that is the highest goal of Buddhism is called
nirvana.
Concerning words, Zen stresses that words are
not adequate.
The name for the Buddhist community of monks and nuns is
sangha.
Enlightened awareness in Zen is called
satori.
Tibetan Buddhism includes elements of
shamanism
The type of beauty that Zen particularly values emphasizes is
simplicity.
The Buddha was particularly troubled by the problem of
suffering and death.
The general name for that category of books that is said to give the words of the Buddha is
sutra
Tendai Buddhism is known for
systematizing varied Buddhist teachings into a progressive hierarchy.
he basic outlook on life, formulated by Buddhism, is contained in
the Four Noble Truths
The Buddha opposed
the caste system.
In regard to the common belief in a permanent soul, the Buddha seems to have taught that
there is none.
