|
1. Where
did the Buddha's Teachings come from? |
|
|
A. Devaraja Sakya, King of Heaven |
|
|
B. MahaBrahma Sahampati, from the Brahma World |
|
|
C. Both his Master teachers, Alara Kalama &
Uddhaka Ramaputta |
|
|
D. A certain deva who sent him the message from
Heaven |
|
|
E. Deep meditation & develop the knowledge to
comprehend as they really are. |
|
|
|
|
|
2. The Buddha only
teaches two things. what two? |
|
|
A. Heaven & Hell |
|
|
B. Avoid Evil & Doing
Good |
|
|
C. Moderation & Contentment |
|
|
D. Suffering & the End of Suffering |
|
|
E. Cause & Effect |
|
|
|
|
| |
3. What are sufferings? |
|
|
A. Physical & Mental pain |
|
|
B. Changes |
|
|
C. Birth, aging, sick & death |
|
|
D. Encounter with those we dislike, parting with
the love one, failure to fulfill one desire |
|
|
E. Attachment |
|
|
|
|
| |
4. What are the 4 Noble Truths? |
|
|
A. The cause of Suffering is Craving |
|
|
B. The 2nd Truth is the cause,
the 1st is the Effect |
|
|
C. The 3rd Truth is the Effect,
the 4th is the cause |
|
|
D. There is an alternate short
cut to attain Nibbana - End of suffering |
|
|
E. They served as the
Fundamental Teachings in all the branches of Buddhist School of Thought. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
5. What are the lessons
learned from the 4 Noble Truths (Suffering, the Cause, the End & the Path to End
Suffering)? |
|
|
A. the 1st is to be comprehended |
|
|
B. the 2nd is to be eradicated |
|
|
C. the 3rd is to be realized |
|
|
D. the 4th is to be developed |
|
|
E. overall is to be believed |
|
| |
|
|
| |
6. What is the Noble 8 Fold
Path? |
|
|
A. The only path to Enlightenment |
|
|
B. A Path to be balanced with non-indulgence and
non-self mortification |
|
|
C. It is divided into 3 grouping - Dana, Sila &
Samadhi |
|
|
D. It is to be practiced together and not
individually - all the Rights (Understanding, Thought, Action, etc.) |
|
|
E. Moderation is required when walking in this
Middle Path |
|
|
|
|
| |
7. What is correct about the
Noble 8 fold Path? |
|
|
A. Right Understanding is the principle practice
in Buddhism and thus rejecting Right Belief. |
|
|
B. Right Thought consists of Thought of
Renunciation, Thought Loving Kindness and Thought of Doing Good |
|
|
C. Right Speech - refraining from falsehood,
slandering, frivolous speech and promoting pleasant words. |
|
|
D. Right Action - refraining from taking life,
stealing and excessive sensual pleasure. |
|
|
E. Right Livelihood is abandoning worldly life
and go forth to be a monk / nun. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
8. What is correct
about the Noble 8 fold Path? |
|
|
A. Right Effort is to discard evil that has yet
to arise and prevent the un-risen evil. |
|
|
B. Right Effort is also to develop un-risen good
and promote the arisen good |
|
|
C. Right Mindfulness is remain focused regards
to the body, the sensation, the movement and the mind |
|
|
D. Right Concentration is to achieve one-pointedness
of the mind |
|
|
E. If this path is practice negatively can also
lead us to Enlightenment |
|
| |
|
|
| |
9. What is the purpose of
walking on the Middle Path? |
|
|
A. By avoiding evil and doing good, one
accumulated merits that bring one closer to Enlightenment |
|
|
B. By purifying the mind through mindfulness &
concentration it enable us to see things as they really are. |
|
|
C. With the mind focused, insight can be
developed and realization of the characteristics of life is possible |
|
|
D. E=PS2
(Enlightenment = Panna x Sila x Samadhi) |
|
|
E. To reduce our suffering as well as others. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
10. What is Nibbana? |
|
|
A. A place when enlightened beings stay |
|
|
B. The highest realm in the 31 plane of
existence |
|
|
C. When the basic Law of Kamma cease to take
effect eg. do good conditioned nothing - no rebirth |
|
|
D. The un-condition where Kammic results no
longer arise |
|
|
E. The happiest realm a being can attained |
|