buddhism multiple choice 1

The Buddha was silent on questions about

topics that were unanswerable.

Each Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism is considered to be

an emanation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

"Enlightenment being"; in Mahayana, a person of deep compassion, especially one who does not enter nirvana but is constantly reborn to help others; a heavenly being of compassion.

bodhisattva

Which did the Buddha not oppose?

detachment

Mahayana Buddhism generally does not advocate

devotion to deities.

Zen is derived from a word referring to one of the steps in the Eightfold Path, whose meaning is

meditation.

Once a person reaches nirvana,

rebirth is finished.

A state of deep awareness, the result of intensive meditation.

samadhi

Mahayana Buddhism

spread north to China and Japan.

A sign of connection between Theravada monks and the wandering Hindu ascetics is

the orange robe.

The Buddha's name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning

to wake up

The three "bodies" of the Buddha—the cosmic Buddha nature, the celestial Buddhas, and the historical Buddhas.

trikaya

According to the Buddha, his teachings must be

experienced in order to be worthwhile.

The Buddha's first disciples were

his five former ascetic companion

Enlightenment.

bodhi