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| Question | Answer |
| Book of Basic Beliefs (Contain the teachings of Buddha.) | Tripitaka (Three Baskets) |
| The end of pain and suffering (nothingness). | Nirvana |
| Two main branches of Buddhism | Theravada Mahayana |
| Two sects of Buddhism (+locations) | Zen (Japan) Pureland (Tibeten) |
| The Middle Way of the Eightfold Path to Salvation | Right Views or Understanding Right Resolve or Thought Right Speech Right Conduct or Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration |
| Siddartha Gautama's birth: (Date, Place, Parents, Circumstance) | 563 B.C. | Southern Nepal King Suddhodana | Queen Maya Siddartha was showered with the luxuries of living as a prince. |
| Siddartha's Wife and Son | Wife: Yashodhara Son: Rahula |
| Siddartha's abandonment of wife and son to seek religious enlightenment as a monk. | The Great Renunciation |
| Tree under which The Buddha renounced both his family life and ascetic practices. | The Bodhi Tree |
| Location and name of the Buddha's First Sermon | Sermon given at Benares to five ascetic monks. Called the "turning wheel of Dharma" |
| Death (Place, Age, Circumstance) | Died in Kusinagara. 80 years old. Died between two trees. |
| Three Jewels of Buddhism (What do they mean/represent?) (What are they?) | Represents "The Vows of Buddhists" 1. I take refuge in the Buddha 2. I take refuge in the Dharma 3. I take refuge in the Sangha |
| Location of Mahayana Buddhism | China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia |
| Location of Theravada Buddhism | Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand |
| Religious Orthodoxy of: Mahayana Buddhism | Accepts changes made to the religion after Buddha's death. |
| Religious Orthodoxy of: Theravada Buddhism | Stick to the original teachings of the Buddha |
| View of Siddartha Gautama: Mahayana Buddhism | Siddartha is one of many Buddhas. |
| View of Siddartha Gautama: Theravda | Siddartha is the best Buddha that all of us should follow. |
| Who can achieve Nirvana? Mahayana Buddhism | Anyone can achieve Nirvana. |
| Who can achieve Nirvana? Theravada Buddhism | Only monks and nuns can achieve Nirvana because they live monastic lives. |
| Branch's main value: Mahayana | Compassion - Main value is to help others. Buddha's best "holy souls" (guides) come back to help other people achieve Nirvana. |
| Branch's main value: Theravada | Wisdom - The Monk experiences Nirvana fully when he/she dies. |
| Arhat | A "worthy one" who has reached nirvana and is no longer available to followers. |
| Accepts of Prayers and Rituals: Mahayana | Yes |
| Acceptance of Prayers and Rituals: Theravada | Reject prayers and rituals. |
| Zen Buddhism: Values | 1. Simplicity: Do what you do with simplicity, grace, and digntiy. 2. Nature is central:Humans are the outgrowth of it. 3. Experience: Focus on intuitive experiential understanding in life. 4. Discipline - Be deliberate with tasks. |
| Koan | Achieving enlightenment through intellectually stimulating and insightful paradoxical problems; people are moved beyond rational thought and answer in an intuitive way. |
| Haiku (Three line, seventeen syllables) | Poem used in meditation, with a focus on nature. |
| Dukkha | Life is unsatisfactory and full of suffering. |
| Samudaya | Suffering is caused by people's greed and craving for things. |
| Nirodha | If people overcame their selfish desires and stopped craving, then dukkha would disappear. |
| Magga | The solution to overcoming desire; by following the Middle Way laid down in the Eightfold Path. |
| Theravadan Scriptures TRIPITAKA 'The three baskets' (Name each basket) | 1. Vinaya Pitaka (Discipline) 2. Sutta Pitaka - (Doctrine) 3. Abhidamma Pitaka - (Philosophy) |
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