WorksheetsBuddhist Beliefs
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is nirvana?
A state of perfect peace
Heaven
Paradise
A state of evil
What is the belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life?
Karma
Dharma
Brahman
Atman
What is the Buddhist community of monks and nuns; one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism?
Dharma
Karma
Sangha
Sutra
How should Buddhists follow The Eightfold Path; not too much pleasure, and not too much suffering?
No Doubt
One Direction
Middle Way
Why Don't We
The guiding principles at the heart of Buddha's teachings, such as "suffering is present in all things," is called
The Eightfold Path
The Four Noble Truths
Nirvana
Enlightenment
The prince who questioned the meaning of human life.
Mohandas Gandhi
Tutakhamen
Siddartha Gautama
Ramses the Great
The three forms of suffering that Siddhartha encountered were
Aging, greed, and health
Sickness, knowledge, and aging
Aging, sickness, and death
Death, persecution, and sickness
A person who gives up worldly pleasures is called an
Absolute
Alms giver
Authority
Ascetic
Which of the following is one of the 4 noble truths?
Study leads to wisdom
Joy is achieved by prayer
Only death can end cravings
Suffering is caused by desires
Which is of the four sights is not linked to suffering?
Old Age
Sickness
Death
Holy Man
What did the Four sights encourage Buddha to do?
Have a massive argument with his father about controlling his life.
Leave the palace and set out on journey seeking truth and find an answer to the problem of suffering
Pretend he hadn't seen any of them
Run back to the palace and not leave for fear that the four sights would affect him
Why did Buddha leave the palace?
Because living a lavish lifestyle with everything perfect had not helped him realise about suffering nor would it help him focus on finding a solution
He wanted to run away from the four sights
He had an argument with his father
He wanted to be a great leader
What is Dhamma (Dharma) ?
The Buddha's teachings
A type of suffering
The Buddhist Community
A name for the Buddha himself
What is the Sangha ?
The Buddha's teachings
A type of suffering
The Buddhist Community
A name for the Buddha himself
What is the Dependent arising?
The bottom rung on the Tibetan Wheel
The idea that all things arise in dependence upon conditions
A way to achieve Nibbana
One of the three watched
What is the repeating cycle of birth, death and rebirth called?
Nidanas
Samsara
Kamma
Nibanna
What is the idea that skilful actions result in happiness and unskilful ones in suffering?
Nidanas
Samsara
Kamma (Karma)
Nibanna
Which is NOT one of the three marks of existence?
Dukkha
Annica
Kamma
Annata
What is Dukkha?
Suffering
Ultimate love
Impermanence
Having no fixed self or soul
What is Anatta?
Suffering
Ultimate love
Impermanence
Having no fixed self or soul
What are the five aggregates (kandhas)?
The first five followers of Buddha
The five aspects that make up a person
Five teachings Buddha taught after becoming enlightened
One of the three refuges
Which is NOT one of the four noble truths?
Kamma - Skilfull action is important
Dukkha - There is suffering
Samudaya - There are causes of suffering
Magga - The Eightfold Path
Nirodhi - suffering can be stopped
Buddhists _______________in a relationship between humanity and God.
Do not believe
Believe
Sort of believe
Believed
Which form of Buddhism allows people more ways to reach enlightenment and Bodhisattvas can help you reach enlightenment.
Theravada
Mahayana
Conservative
Sunni
What does the word "Buddha" mean?
One who has become free
One who has become strong in the force
One who has been driven to the dark side
the Enlightened One
Which Buddhist branch tried to follow Buddha's teachings exactly as he had stated them and is practiced in countries such as Thailand?
Theravada
Mahayana
Orthodox
Reform
How many of the pancha sila do regular Buddhists follow?
4
5
6
8
Which activity can be done to achieve 'Right concentration'?
Sleeping
Studying
Meditation
Playing games
The first Noble Truth that everybody suffers
The second Noble Truth that suffering has a cause. Which is caused by tanha
The third Noble Truth that suffering can end
The fourth Noble Truth that there is a cure to suffering by following the 8fold path
The first Noble Truth that everybody suffers
The second Noble Truth that suffering has a cause, which is caused by tanha
The third Noble Truth that suffering can end
The fourth Noble Truth that there is a cure to suffering by following the 8fold path
The 3 things that keep us trapped in this life. Greed, ignorance and hate
What is a person called who has achieved enlightenment but stays in samsara out of compassion to help others to achieve enlightenment?
Bodhisattva
Buddha
Yogi
Vishnu
People suffer because they desire worldly things and self-satisfaction
People suffer because they are mean
People suffer because they don't go to school
People suffer because they want to
The eightfold path is divided into 3 sections. What are those sections?
Panna cotta (wisdom), Sila (Ethics), Samadhi (meditation)
Panna (wisdom), Silly (Ethics), Samadhi (meditation)
Panna (wisdom), Sila (Ethics), Samsara (meditation)
Panna (wisdom), Sila (Ethics), Samadhi (meditation)
Buddha was born as a ________.
Pauper
Prince
King
Servant
What is Buddhism?
A religion founded around 2,500 years ago by Siddhartha Gautama which has no God
A belief system that follows one God
A belief system that follows many gods
A belief system that worships the Buddha as a god
What are the six paramitas?
Generosity, Morality, Patience, Energy, Meditation, Wisdom
Generosity, Maintenance, Patience, Energy, Meditation, Wisdom
Generosity, Morality, Practice, Energy, Meditation, Wisdom
Generosity, Morality, Patience, Energy, Memorising, Wisdom
What does pancha sila mean?
6 ethical principles
5 ethical principles
7 ethical principles
4 ethical principles
What is the first precept of the pancha sila?
I will be moderate in my harm of others
I will harm all living beings
I will sometimes harm others
I will not harm any living beings
What does the word tathagatagarbha mean?
The belief that everyone has the seed of buddhahood within
The belief that some people have the seed of buddhahood within
The belief that noone has the seed of buddhahood within
The belief that the minority have the seed of the buddhahood within
What is an arhat?
An imperfected person who has achieved enlightenment
A perfected person who hasn't achieved enlightenment
A perfected person who has achieved enlightenment
An imperfected person who hasn't achieved enlightenment
Which group of Buddhists believe only monks can achieve enlightenment and become arhats?
Theravada Buddhists
Zen Buddhists
Mahayana Buddhists
Three jewel Buddhists
Why do that group of Buddhists believe only monks can become arhats?
Because they do 9 rather than 4 of the precepts (rules)
Because they do 23 rather than13 of the precepts (rules)
Because they do 11 rather than 6 of the precepts (rules)
Because they do 10 rather than 5 of the precepts (rules)
What is metta?
Kindness to all
Justice for all
Equality for all
Happiness for all
What animal represents the poison of tanha?
Rooster
Dog
Cat
Fish
Which group of Buddhists believe in tathagatagarbha?
Mahayana Buddhists
No Buddhists
Some Buddhists
Theravada Buddhists
