WR - Buddhism

Unlike Hinduism, Buddhism claims that human beings have no permanent soul or self.  This idea is expressed in the term:

• Sunyata

• Annica

• Annata

• Samsara

Not one of the three poisons

• Rejecting

• Embodying

• Grasping

• Ignoring

With which part of the world is Vajrayana Buddhism most associated? 

• Austria

• Japan

• Thailand

• Tibet

This is the most holy place for Buddhists, the site where Siddhartha Gautama achieved enlightenment and became the Buddha.

• Varanasi

• Kapilavastu

• Lumbini

• Bodh Gaya

The birthplace of the Siddhartha Gautama:

• Varanasi

• Kapilavastu

• Lumbini

• Bodh Gaya

What best describes mara?

• A mentally-constructed personification of our own fears

• Cessation of desires

• A form of Zen mediation

• The tree under which Siddhartha attainted enlightenment

‘Mahayana' most literally means:

• Thunderbolt Vehicle

• Small Vehicle

• Way of the Elders

•  Great Vehicle

Which of the following is the best image for 'nirvana'?

• An eight-spoked wheel

•  A wedding banquet

• An extinguished fire

•  A roaring fire

"Buddha" most closely means:

•  Divine One

• Awakened One

•  Savior of the World

•  Messenger

This Zen monk allegedly cut his eyelids off and invented kung fu

• Ashoka

• Joshu

• Bodhidharma

• Avalokiteshvara