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43 Cards in this Set
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What is the code of training rules that regulates the behavior of Buddhist monks and nuns in the Sangha? |
Prati-Moksha (Towards Liberation) -governs rules within Vinaya (3 Baskets) |
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What does Vipassana mean? |
Insight Meditation Mahayana Meditation - insight into empty nature |
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What does Shamatha refer to? |
Calm-Abiding meditation |
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What is the Buddhist term for meditation? |
Bhavana (to cultivate, to grow) |
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Means to cultivate, to grow |
Bhavana |
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How is the World Parliament of Religion (in 1893) significant in History of Buddhism? |
First time Buddhism was introduced to the US by a japanese monk |
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What is a mandala? |
Sacred Circle that represents the Dharma |
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Identifying with a particular holy being in Vajrayana Buddhism means identifying with? |
Yidam (can be good or bad Yidams)` |
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Why did the Buddha have reservations of women becoming Monastics? |
-Sexual relations within the Sangha -Dangerous for women to walk alone |
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What is the doctrine of Non-Violence called? |
Ahimsa |
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Mental Afflictions/Defilements/Obscurations are called? |
Kleshas |
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What are the five precepts in Buddhism |
1. Not killing. 2. Not engage in false speech. 3. Not engaging in sexual relations. 4.Not taking intoxicants. 5.Refrainging from Stealing |
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What does Sila refer to? |
Buddhist Ethics |
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Faith in Buddhism is called? |
Sradda, faith comes after direct experience |
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What are the several prominent Buddhist pilgrimage sites? |
1. Lumbini (birthplace of Siddhartha) 2. Sarnath (where the 1st. turning of the Dhama was given) 3.Bodh Gaya - where the Bodhi tree sits |
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What was Nalanda? |
Ancient center for higher learning (eventually destroyed) |
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What is Bon? |
Indigenous religion of the Tibetan people pilot to Buddhism |
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What is the Japanese word for Meditation? |
Zen |
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Zazen = |
Sitting Meditation |
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Chinese word for meditation |
Chan |
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Who was Guru Rinpoche |
Brought Buddhism to Tibet |
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Who brought Buddhism into China? |
Bodhi-Dharma |
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What was the indigenous religion of Japan |
Shintoism |
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Paying reverence to the Buddha is referred to as? |
Puja |
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"I am going to Puja" means |
I am going to honor the Buddha |
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What form of Buddhism uses the chant "nama amid butsu" |
Pure Land Buddhism chant |
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What is the symbolic gesture used in Buddhism/Hinduism performed with ones hands? |
The Mudra |
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Mudra = |
Hands |
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Mantra = |
speech chant |
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What is the significant feature of Nichren Buddhism? |
Devotion to the the Lotus Sutra |
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Bhaisajra Guru is also known as the ____ Buddha? |
Medicine Buddha |
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The Goddess of Mercy is the female version/emantion of Avalokitesvara is called? |
Kuan-Yin. (Yin means feminine in Chinese_ |
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Bhikku and Bhikkuni refer to what? |
Monks and Nuns |
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The ___ invasion was one of the primary reasons Buddhism declined in INdia |
Muslim Invasions |
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After the decline of the ___ dynasty. Buddhism became popular in China |
Han Dynasty |
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What does Tulku represent? |
Title given to Lama that has reincarnated |
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Refuge in Theravada Buddhism? |
Refuge in authentic Buddha, Dharma, Sangha |
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Refuge in Mahayana Buddhism? |
Refuge in Buddha, Bodhisattvas, holy beings |
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What is the first perfection (Parasite) on the path of the Bodhisattva? |
perfection of generosity, (Dana) |
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Pindipata or Alms-round refers to what? |
Reaching out to community for financial support |
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____ means to "warp, loom, or weave through" in Vahrayana Buddhism |
Tantra |
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Sacred words of spiritual power used to invoke the Dharamas are called? |
Mantras |
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Why is Arthur Schopenhauer important in BUddhism |
First mention of Buddhism to European people |
