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WorksheetsBuddhist Ethics GCSE AQA Paper 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What word explains how a person’s actions lead to either happiness or suffering?
Metta
Kamma
Karuna
Rebirth
What leads to happiness according to Buddhists?
The consequences of unskillful actions
Enlightenment
Unskillful actions
Skilful actions
Give a reason why kamma empowers Buddhists (helps them feel in control)
Because they can change their future through their own actions
Because it is an attitude of loving kindness to all
Because what will be, will be
Because they cannot change the results of kamma
What are unskillful actions rooted in?
The Five Moral Precepts
The three watches of the night
Generosity, compassion and understanding
The three poisons, ignorance, hate and greed
What is affected by actions in this life?
Life now and future lives (rebirth)
Only other people, not yourself
Only rebirth
Only the present life
What does karuna mean?
Enlightenment
Compassion to those who suffer
Loving-kindness for all people
Perfection
How did Buddha show compassion?
Buddha was the example of someone who suffered
Buddha practised loving-kindness meditation
Buddha witnessed suffering in the three watches of the night
Buddha shared his teachings about suffering and how to overcome it
Which Buddhist charity is based on compassion?
Christian Aid
The Red Crescent
ROKPA
Tearfund
What is metta?
A monastery
The law of consequences
An attitude of loving kindness to all people
Compassion towards those who are suffering
What is the third step in loving- kindness meditation?
Visualising happiness for yourself
Visualising happiness for all people
Visualising happiness for someone you find difficult
Visualising happiness for a close friend
Visualising happiness to a neutral person (someone you know but don’t have strong feelings about)
What does metta teach Buddhists to develop in their lives?
A habit of good will towards others
Using wisdom and compassion together
Feeling angry about everything
Morality
What are the principles that instruct Buddhists to live ethically and morally?
Karuna
Kamma
The Five moral precepts
The six perfections
What is needed to become a Bohisattva?
The five moral precepts
Kamma
The six perfections
The Four Noble Truths
The five moral precepts apply to...
Meditation
Both actions and thoughts
Thoughts only
Actions only
Which of the six perfections requires a Buddhist to give away material things?
Wisdom
Generosity
Patience
Morality
Energy
Which of these is not one of the four sublime states?
loving kindness
compassion
sympathetic joy
energy
equanimity
Why do Buddhists follow the five moral precepts?
because they are afraid of being punished
because it will purify their mind from greed, hatred and ignorance
because they will be patient instead of being angry
because they are generous with their time and money
What does 'abstain from wrong speech' mean for Buddhists?
Not to lie
Not to gossip about other people
Speak kindly
Speak truthfully at the right time
All of these
Putting effort and enthusiasm into Buddhist practice is one of the six perfections - Energy. True or false?
True
False
The first five perfections contribute to the development of the sixth - what is it?
Generosity
Patience
Wisdom
Morality
Patience
Why do Mahayana Buddhists practise the six perfections?
To become an Arhat
To enter Sukhavati
To end kamma
To become a Bodhisattva
