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Chapter 4: Buddhism
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- 1Siddhartha’s encounters with an old man, a sick man, a corpse, and a wandering holy man, which prompted him to leave his luxurious and carefree life, are called the ____.Four Passing Sights
- 2After Siddhartha spent an entire night meditating under a full moon, he finally achieved insight into release from suffering and rebirth. Buddhists believe that he reached a profound understanding, called his ____.enlightenment
- 3At the core of what is generally regarded as basic to ____ are the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.Buddhism
- 4According to Buddhism, reality manifests three characteristics: constant change, lack of permanent identity, and the existence of ____.suffering
- 5According to a view common to all forms of Buddhism, reality manifests constant change. This view is the foundation for the ____ and the ____.Four Noble Truths / Noble Eightfold Path
- 6In Buddhism, as in Hinduism, ____ suggest(s) decay and pain.samsara
- 7Liberation from decay and pain is called ____.nirvana
- 8The key notions of ____ Buddhism are trikaya (the “three-body doctrine”), shunyata (“emptiness”), and tathata (“thatness”).Mahayana
- 9The Buddha of the Western Paradise, a bliss-body Buddha in MahayanaAmitabha Buddha
- 10“No self”; the doctrine that there is no soul or permanent essence in people and thingsanatta
- 11Impermanence, constant changeanichcha
- 12In Theravada, a person who has practiced monastic disciplines and reached nirvana, the idealarhat
- 13Enlightenmentbodhi
- 14“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 compassionbodhisattva
- 15The totality of Buddhist teachingDharma
- 16“Meditation”; focusing of the mind; sometimes, stages of trancedhyana
- 17Sorrow, miserydukkha
- 18A circle, usually drawn on paper or wood in a single stroke, indicating enlightened visionenso
- 19A popular bodhisattva of compassion in MahayanaGuanyin
- 20Compassion, empathykaruna
- 21In Chan and Zen Buddhism, a question that cannot be answered logically; a technique used to test consciousness and bring awakeningkoan
- 22A Tibetan Buddhist teacher; a title of honor often given to all Tibetan monkslama
- 23A Buddha (or bodhisattva) expected to appear on earth in the futureMaitreya
- 24A geometrical design containing deities, circles, squares, symbols, and so on that represent totality, the self, or the universemandala
- 25A symbolic hand gesturemudra
- 26The release from suffering and rebirth that brings inner peacenirvana
- 27A state of deep awareness, the result of intensive meditationsamadhi
- 28Constant rebirth and the attendant suffering; the everyday world of changesamsara
- 29The community of monks and nuns; lowercased, sangha refers to an individual monastic communitySangha
- 30In Zen, the enlightened awarenesssatori
- 31The Mahayana notion of emptiness, meaning that the universe is empty of permanent realityshunyata
- 32A shrine, usually in the shape of a dome, used to mark Buddhist relics or sacred sitesstupa
- 33A sacred text, especially one said to record the words of the Buddhasutra
- 34“Thatness,” “thusness,” “suchness”; the uniqueness of each changing moment of realitytathata
- 35The three “bodies” of the Buddha—the Dharmakaya (cosmic Buddha nature), the Nirmanakaya (historical Buddhas), and the Sambhogakaya (celestial Buddhas)trikaya
- 36The three “baskets,” or collections, of Buddhist textsTripitaka
- 37The “diamond” scepter used in Tibetan and other types of Buddhist ritual, symbolizing compassionvajra
- 38The Buddha sat under the _________.Bodhi Tree
- 39The Buddha's first disciples were his former _________.Traveling companions
- 40When the child Gautama was born, he was predicted to be a great king or a great _________.teacher
- 41What Gautama saw as a young man is called the Four _________.Sights
- 42It is said that Gautama was born from his mother's _________.side
- 43The child was born after his mother dreamed of a _________ entering her side.white elephant
- 44Buddhism's beginnings stemmed from this religion in India.Hinduism
- 45This great king converted to Buddhism and spread the nonviolent teachings far and wide.Ashoka
- 46Orange robes of the Hindu monks are worn by this branch of Buddhist monks.Theravada
- 47What branch of Buddhism's name means "big vehicle"?Mahayana
- 48In the three-body doctrine, this is the name of the Buddha yet to come.Maitreya
- 49This branch of Buddhism is based on the 7th step of the eightfold path.zen
- 50Mindfulness and ritual are part of the Japanese custom of the _________ ceremony.tea
- 51Flower arrangements that are sparse and loose are a particular style called _________.ikebana
- 52Zen rock garden design might be considered _________ by some.stark
- 53A meditative symbol that shows up in paintings and in garden design is the _________.mandala
- 54_________ is a seventeen-syllable form of short poem.Haiku
- 55Paintings on cloth are called _________.thangkas
- 56The Dalai Lama received the _________ in 1989 for his work in nonviolence.Nobel Peace Prize
- 57"The Enlightened One" born Siddhartha Gautama, who later founded Buddhism based on mindfulness, moderation, and nonviolenceBuddha
- 58Living in austerity and self-deprivation for the sake of spiritual growth or enlightenmentAsceticism
- 59The entirety of Buddhist teachingsDharma
- 60Monastic community of Buddhist monks and nunsSangha
- 61Pali word denoting the concept of constant change by which the Buddha suggests we should not be surprisedAnichcha
- 62Pali word expressing the every changing self-identity resulting from the Buddha's refusal to accept the Hindu idea of timeless reality, or AtmanAnatta
- 63Pali word meaning suffering; the concept that even in pleasure we know that we are bound to move beyond it again to sufferDukkha
- 64A state of release from suffering and sorrow; similar to the Hindu concept of Moksha, or liberationnirvana
- 65Hindu concept that our actions toward other beings and creatures affect our reincarnations in the futurekarma
- 66Hindu and Buddhist concept of no harm and the basis for nonviolent actionAhimsa
- 67Compassion that might also be translated as empathy or thought of as unity with the universe; is similar to the Jainism ideal of lovekaruna
- 68An enlightened being who has achieved a high level of karuna and whose life is centered on helping othersBodhisattava
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