e-Dhamma Learning Initiative
Who is the
Buddha?
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Please note that there are more than one answers for each question.
1.
He is the ...
A
Founder of Buddhism
B
Almighty God.
C
Enlightened Being
D
Human Being
E
Great Messenger of Love and Peace
2.
Why did He renounce His princely life, His wife and His newly born child?
A
In search for a greater kingdom.
B
In search of Truth and peace.
C
Fed up of His princely life.
D
To further study.
E
To find the solution to the un-satisfactoriness of life.
3.
How did He attained Enlightenment?
A
A Divine light shined unto Him from the Heaven.
B
He realized the Four Noble Truth while meditating under the Bodhi Tree.
C
He comprehended the Causal Relation of the Dependent Origination.
D
A certain deva (angel) tipped Him on the Middle Path.
E
He practiced self-restraint, sacrifices and pure ascetisme
4.
Why is He named the "Buddha"?
Because He is ...
A
a Super Man who performed miracle to save others.
B
Omniscient who knows all the way to enlightenment.
C
subdued all His enemies especially the hindrances in the mind.
D
equals to His teachings (Truths).
E
has overcome all the defilements and roots of evils.
5.
In what way did the Buddha use to save us?
A
By knowing how and what to teach each individual for his own benefit according to his own level and capabilities.
B
By using his extraordinary powers to save us.
C
By explaining the truth and make a man realize it.
D
Be a God to save us.
E
By convincing people to be a Buddhist first.
6.
In what circumstances, the Buddha kept noble silence?
A
When the questions themselves were wrongly put in the first place.
B
When the questioner was not in a position to understand the answer because of its profundity.
C
When the question is too tough for the Buddha to answer.
D
When the question will bring the misunderstand of ultimate Truth. (No spiritual development)
E
When the Buddha is impatient to answer the questions.
7.
What is Dhamma?
A
The teachings from the Buddha.
B
Four Noble Truth and The Noble Eight Fold Path are two of the Dhamma teachings.
C
The message for all from the Buddha.
D
A method to develop psychic powers.
E
A tool to help us in spiritual development.
8.
Why we must know Dhamma?
A
To save people
B
To destroy ignorant, greed and hatred. Thus, eliminate suffer.
C
To learn as an extra knowledge but didn't practice it.
D
To purify our mind.
E
To prove that we are good Buddhists.
9.
What is the right attitude Buddhists should practice towards other religions?
A
Criticize the beliefs of other religions.
B
Try the best to convert or convince other religions believers to become Buddhists.
C
Do not condemn the believers of God from other religions.
D
Accept other views if they are useful to explain the reality of the Four Noble Truths.
E
Take a very tolerant view of other beliefs.
10.
How do we know that we are saved?
A
When we feel peaceful in mind.
B
When we are able to determine right and wrong.
C
When we accepted the Buddha as our God.
D
When we accepted Buddha's Noble way of life.
E
When we are able to eradicate all greed, hatred and ignorant.
