Theravada Buddhism

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Sri Ramakrishna

• Ramana Maharshi

What the word Buddha means?

• High priest

• Awakened

• Wanderer

• Hermit

What do Nirvana mean?

• Quenching or Blowing out

• Ceasing of suffering

• Path to enlightenment

• Paradise or Heaven

What do Law of Dependent Origination in Buddhism mean?

• Everything came from something

• Everything originated from Buddha

• Everything is dependent to Buddha

• Everything has been caused into existence.

What do the word Theravada mean?

• Gaining enlightenment

• The Middle Way

• Doctrine of the Elders

• Followers of Buddha

The situation of the human person according to the teachings of Theravada Buddhism is permanent.

• True

• False

The Buddha has described three types of desire; desire for sense pleasures, desire for becoming and desire of non-becoming.

• True

• False

Craving and Ignorance are the reason why people suffer.

• True

• False

What do the four noble truths telling us?

• There are things that make us suffer and once that we get rid of it we will be happy.

• The truth of life is suffering due to desire and ignorance and can be cease by eightfold paths.

• Happiness is the goal of life so suffering must be eradicated by the eightfold paths.

• The Buddha use this to describe life so that everyone will be aware of it.

Nirvana refers to the awakening or ultimate liberation of the mind and freedom from samsara for one to go to heaven.

• True

• False