What is the name of the place where Buddha gave his first sermon?

Where did Buddha attain his Enlightenment?

What is the name of the place where Buddha attained Parinibbāna?

At what age did Prince Siddhattha renounce to go forth?

After the Buddha's enlightenment, what did he do?

What is the name of the Buddha's first sermon?

Name the tree that Buddha got enlightened and the place.

Who was the first of the Buddha's five companions that attained the Dhammacakku (Dhamma Eye)?

Name the sequence how Buddha converted his first group of disciples?

The Buddha taught the Noble Eightfold Path and is divided into three trainings. What are they?

Name the four verbal unwholesome speech.

(A) false speech, harmful speech

(B) engaging speech, harsh speech.

(C) false speech, slanderous speech,

(D) harsh speech, frivolous talk.

Name the three unwholesome bodily actions.

(A) Killing living beings, taking things not given, and sexual misconduct.

(B) Killing living beings, lying, and taking drugs.

(C) Killing living beings, cheating, and sexual misconduct.

In Ambalaṭṭhika Rāhulovāda Sutta (Majjhima Nikāya 61), the Buddha taught his son,

Rāhula before speaking or acting, he must reflect upon three conditions.  What are they?

Name the four Buddhist sacred sites in India & Nepal and explain briefly its significance.

The Buddha established first Bhikkhuni Order. Who was the first bhikkhunī who joined the Order, and who was responsible to persuade the Buddha to allow women to join the Order.

The Ven. Ānanda, after requesting the Buddha thrice, finally got His consent to establish the Bhikkhuni Order. The Buddha gave eight specific rules. What is it called in Pāli?

The Buddha established the Fourfold Assembly (Catuparisā).

Select the correct Fourfold Assembly composition.

In Theravada Buddhism, the Pāṭimokkha is the basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of ___ rules for fully ordained monks (bhikkhū) and ___ for nuns (bhikkhuṇī).

In which Sutta (name its Nikāya and sutta number) the Buddha taught the brahmin Sigālo. (This sutta is commonly known as the Buddhsit Code of Conduct for Laypeople).

Who was the king who spread Buddhism beyond India?

Who was the monk King Asoka met that changed him to convert to Buddhism?

Name the first Buddhist nun who was ordained by the Buddha.

The Buddha's initial reluctance to accept female into the Order is

for practical reasons. What are the reasons? Select the correct answers.

Who was the monk that persuaded the Buddha to allow women to be ordained?

The Buddha told his disciples (all arahants) to set-off to spread the Dhamma saying: "Let no two of you go in the same direction." How many arahants were there?

Name the 2 disciples that later known as Sāriputta and Mahā Moggallāna?

After King Suddhodana died, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī decided to join the Order. She and 500 Sakyan ladies walked from ____________ to ______ to meet the Buddha seeking ordination.

The Bhikkhunī Sangha was founded in the __ (th) Vassāna year of the Buddha?

The role of the Sangha towards the laypeople are mentioned in which sutta?

In Sigalova Sutta (DN 31), the Buddha told Sigalo that in five ways should a householder minister to ascetics and brahmans as the Zenith quarter. What are the five ways?

The Buddha instructed Sigalo to worship the six quarters or directions in the discipline of the noble. Name the quarters for Parents & Children, and Ascetics & Laypeople.

In Sigalovada Sutta (DN 31), the parents thus ministered to as the East by their children, show their compassion. What are the five ways?

The Buddha taught Ten Pāramis to attain full enlightenment?

Select the correct five.

What are the three types of Dāna taught by the Buddha?

What are the three-evil roots in Buddhism?

When performing generosity, what are the three factors on the side of the Giver (Donor)?

The giver (donor) gives in .........., .........., and ........... . Select the correct answer.

The Buddha taught the Eightfold Noble Path. The Right Mindfulness appears as the ______ factor and is known in Pāli _____ -____. Select the correct answers.

The Threefold Training consists of three essential components

for spiritual development. Select the correct answers.

Mindfulness helps us in the practice of morality (sīla). What are the three components of morality (sīla) in the right sequence/order.

The Buddha taught the Four Foundation of Mindfulness. They are:

(1) Mindfulness of Body (Kāyānupassanā)

(2) Mindfulness of Feeling (Vedanānupassanā)

(3) Mindfulness of Mind (Cittānupassanā)

(4) Mindfulness of Dhammas (Dhammānupassanā)

Is the above TRUE or FALSE

One day, Prince Siddhatta persuaded his charioteer, Channa, to take him out of the palace, and there he saw four things that transformed his life. What are the four sights? Select the correct answers.

The Buddha said: “In the past, monks, and also now, I teach suffering and the cessation of suffering.”

What are the four sights the Buddha taught?

The Pāli word for 'everything that exists is constantly changing' means....

The Buddha taught the 10 Perfections (Dasa Pāramī). Select the correct answers.

One of the following is false of the 8 Precepts : the . . . . . .

One of the following is the 2nd of the virtue of the Sangha?

If we can practise the 5 Precepts seriously we are basically practising the Perfection of . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . refers to a 'Worthy One'?

Three evil roots caused by thoughts of . . . . . . .

What is/are the Virtues of the Buddha?

How many benefits are there in practising Metta meditation?

Which of these benefits are false.

The Metta Sutta teaches the cultivation of loving-kindness as an antidote to overcome

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings." In which sutta you can find this phrase?

How many lotus steps before Price Siddhattha declared as chief of the people?

"The Buddha's Teaching was first recorded in the ............baskets." It is called Tipitaka which consists of :-

The Buddha was born at (1) ....................................., attained enlightenment at the age of (2) ..................., teach the first sermon at (3) .......................................and pass into Mahāparinibbāna at (4) ..............................

   "What is the path which the Buddha shared to end the suffering"?

Summarize the life story of the Buddha.

(1) At what age Prince Siddhattha's got married?

(2) At what age he renounced?

(3) At what age he attained enlightenment?

(4) How long did the Buddha teach?

(5) At what age when Buddha passed away?

What is the name of the place where Buddha gave his first sermon?

How many great qualities found in the Buddha?

How many great qualities found in the Dhamma?

How many great qualities found in the Sangha?

The Buddha's birth mother is (1) M_______ (reborn in the T_____ heaven as a deva known as Santusita). The Buddha expounded the gift of D_____, she attained the first stage of enlightenment stream-enterer (sotāpanna).

It was in the __(th) that the Buddha converted the notorious murderer Angulimāla; his original name was (2) ______, and he eventually attained _______-ship?

The chief male benefactor (1) _________ to the Buddha bought the park belonging to Prince (2) ______ and erected the famous (3) ______ monastery at great cost and offered to the Buddha.

The chief female benefactor (1) __________ donated the Migāramātupāsāda in the east of Sāvatthi to the Buddha. She is also known as (2) _____________.

In Buddhism, mothers and fathers are called (1)_________ and they are considered as (2) _________ .

During the ploughing festival, the young Prince Siddhatta meditated under the (1) _______tree and he gained one-pointedness of the mind and developed the (2) ______ jhāna.

The Buddha taught the Dhamma to his mother in order to make her the greatest act of generosity, the gift of Dhamma. In Dhammapada verse 354, select the correct answer.