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| What is the Eight Fold Path? |
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Right View
Right Aim
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Living
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration
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What are the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
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1- Life is Suffering (Dukha)
2- The Cause of Suffering is the ego or craving (Tanha)
3- End of suffering is getting rid of the ego, craving, and grasping
4- The Method to end suffering is called the 8 fold path |
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| What are the Four Sights which caused Siddhartha to leave his life of luxury? |
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*A diseased handicapped person
*A dead man with wheeping mourners
*A destitute homeless begar
*A content ascetic monk |
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| What are the Five Skandhas of Buddhism? |
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Form or Matter- Physical world is an illusion
Sensation or Feeling- Feelings are neither pleasant nor unpleasant for that entails attachment
Perception or Discrimination- how you perceive a situation which entails attachment
Mental Formations or Volition- When your ideas and opinions are triggered by your perception of things
Consciouness- what supports all experience- the self |
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What are the Three Fires of Buddhism?
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| What are the three main divisions of the Tripitaka? |
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Vinaya or the Discipline Basket- 227 rules for monks
Sutras or Discourse Basket- Teachings of Buddha on subjects in discourses
Further Teachings or the Abbidharmas- Interpretation of teachings
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What does a Thervadin Buddhist Believe in?
6 points |
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*Buddha is the ideal HUMAN
*An individual can reach Nirvana in this life
*Life is for the now
*The you is not retained after death
*The Monk life is best
*Meditation is key. |
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What does a Mahayanist Buddhist believe?
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*Buddha is a Savior of sorts
*Pray for others
*Baddhisavtas are best
*The You is retained after death |
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| What are Koans and what type of Buddhism uses them? |
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| Koans are puzzles and Zen Buddhism uses them |
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| What type of Buddhism believes in grace through Amida and no works to salvation? |
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| What is Divine Command Morality? |
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| Is something good because God commands it? |
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| What is Natural Law Theory? |
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| Does God command something because it is good? |
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| What is perfect being theology |
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| God is omnipotent, omniscience, omnibenevolent |
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| The world began and will come to a cataclysmic end |
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| "Do Nothing" principle. We will do more without exerting ourself |
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| What religion uses the practice of Wu Wei? |
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| What are the three treasures of Taoism? |
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| Mercy to gain courage, Frugrality to gain abundance, and Humility to gain prominence |
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| What is clinging in Taoism? |
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| Clinging is holding yourself or attaching yourself with something from this world or things around us that hold us back from being one with another and one with the Dao. |
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What does philosophical Taoism believe in?
6 points |
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*Godless
*Practical Way of living
*rejects govts/societal norms
*Allows Tao to flow within you
*Be virtous by allowing people to live differently
*Leader was Zhang Zi |
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What does religious Taoism believe in?
3 Points
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*Teachers are like Gods
*Focuses on immortality and the the secrets thereof
*The Practice of alchemy and magic to attain immortality |
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| What is the main problem for humans in Taoism? |
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| Our disharmony with the universe caused by departing from a simple natural way of the universe and attaching ourself to the world |
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| What is the solution to our problem in Taoism? |
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| Living a simple life, and living with harmony with nature by not attaching ourselves with things of the world |
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| Yijing, Dao De Jin, Zhuangzi |
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| Name 3 Confucianist scriptures |
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| The Analects, The Four Books, and the Li Ji |
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| What was confucius' main goal? |
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| To inform, form and reform society. To change corrupt societies. To bring morality back to china through the example of the chinzu |
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| What are the Five relationships of Confucianism? |
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*Ruler-Subject
*Husband-Wife
*Father-Son
*Older Brother-Younger Brother
*Elder Friend-Younger Friend |
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| What are the 5 virtures of the Chuntzu? |
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*Humans will be upright regardless of outward circumstances.
*Humans noble, forgiving, and are not ruled by laws but by internal principles
*Humans are sincere in speech and keep their word
*Humans are earnest and work hard
*Humans are benevolent and generous and charitable |
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| The way of the universe or finding harmony in fellow men and the universe |
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| What religion or religions believe in the Dao? |
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| The Female side of the Dao; Dark; Moon; Wet- exists in balance with the Yang |
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| The male side of the Dao; dry; sun; light; heaven; aggressive- Is in balance with the Yin |
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| The mandate of heaven. A duty that needs to be performed |
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| The Junzi is a morally superior man; the example of virtue |
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| Deep Empathy for humans; What it is to be fully human |
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| Righteousness; Conformity to prevailing customs, etiquette, manners |
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| Treating others as you would like to be treated? |
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| Stories representing conversations between supernatural and human |
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| A long narrative about the acts and feaths of a legendary hero |
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| Sacred prescribed religous ceremonies |
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| What are rites of passage? |
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| Rituals or ceremonial acts or series of acts that a person is moving from one stage of life to another |
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| Belief in at least one diety |
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| Belief that the universe is God or Gods; Everything you see is God |
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| Believes there may be more than one diety but one is supreme |
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| Belief that there is proof there is no way there is a God or Gods |
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| A belief that there could or could not be diety but there is no proof either way |
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| Doubt concerning basic religious principles |
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| No organized religion. God gave reason to man to act for themselves. |
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| AKA Faithism; Faith is the correct way. Reason is at odds |
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| All living things are interconnected |
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| Ideals of humanity are paramount and humanity has all they need to perfect society now |
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| All is one substance; Unity in any given field |
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| No individual soul; collective soul |
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| What goes around comes around |
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| Law of the Universe taught by Buddha |
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| Walking enlightened ones; those who are qualified to enter Nirvana but choose to put Nirvana off for a time to help others in this life reach Nirvana |
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| Being free of ego, separateness; Joy & Peace |
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| Craving or grasping that leads to suffering |
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| What religion believes in Anatman? |
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| What religion believes in Dukka? |
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| What religion believes in Karma? |
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| What religion believes in Dharma? |
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| What religion believes in Nirvana? |
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| What religion believes in Samsara? |
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| What religion believes in Tanha? |
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| What religion believes in Tianming? |
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| What religion believes in Ren? |
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| What religion believes in Li? |
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| What religion believes in Shu? |
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