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Buddhists call anapanasati what?
the Middle Way
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How old was Gautama when he sat under the Bodhi Tree?
35
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What kind of tree was the Bodhi Tree?
Ficus religiosa
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What did Gautama spend the rest of his life doing after reaching enlightenment?
he spent the rest of his life teaching the path of awakening he had discovered
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How old was the Buddha at the time of his death?
80
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What is the south branch of the tree Gautama sat under called?
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
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What was the tree called he sat under?
Ficus religiosa
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What was the tree renamed that Gautama achieved enlightenment under?
Bodhi Tree
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At what age did Gautama come to pass?
80
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When he was 35 Gautama sat in meditation under what tree?
Bodhi Tree
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What type of tree was the Bodhi Tree?
Ficus religiosa
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What town was the Bodhi Tree in?
Bodh Gaya
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The south branch of the original fig tree is known as?
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
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What is samsara?
the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death
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What is avidya?
ignorance
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What is dukkha?
suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction
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Is liberation from samsara possible?
In the Buddhist view, liberation from samsara is possible by following the Buddhist path.
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The cycle of birth and death is called what in Buddhism?
Samsara
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How many realms of existence are there in Buddhism?
six
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avidya is what kind of samsara?
ignorance
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How can you be freed from samsara?
by following the Buddhist path
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What is samsara defined as?
the continual repetitive cycle of birth and death
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How many realms of existance are within the cycle of rebirths?
six
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Realms can be understood as physical realms of what type of states?
psychological
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Samsara is caused by what?
avidya
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A person can get away from samsara by doing what?
following the Buddhist path
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What does the Sanskrit term Karma translate as?
action, work
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What is karma according to Buddhism?
the force that drives saṃsāra
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What is theavoidance of unwholesome actions and the cultivation of positive actions called?
sīla
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What actions does karma refer to in Buddhism?
actions of body, speech or mind that spring from mental intent
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What is the definition of Karma from Sanskrit?
action, work
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What is the avoidance of bad acts called?
sīla
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Karma's actions come from what?
cetanā
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What is the result of Karma called?
vipāka
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What is Karma?
the force that drives saṃsāra
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Avoidance of unwholesome actions and use of positive actions is called what?
sīla
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what does vipaka mean?
result
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In which branch of Buddhism is it believed that there can be no divine salvation or forgiveness for karma?
Theravada Buddhism
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In Mahayana Buddhism, what are some Mahayana sutras that are believed to remove negative karma just by the hearing of the texts?
the Lotus Sutra, the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
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The reciting of mantras as a means for removing past negative karma is a part of which branch of Buddhism?
Vajrayana
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According to Genshin, who has the power to destroy karma?
Amitābha
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What Buddhism says that salvation is unattainable?
Theravada Buddhism
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Who has the power to destroy bad karma?
Amitābha
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What type of sutra is the Lotus Sutra?
Mahayana
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Some mantras are used for cutting off what type of karma?
negative
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Who was the Japanese Pure Land teacher?
Genshin
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According to Genshin, whats has the power to destroy karma?
Amitābha
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What is the process in which beings go through cycles of lifetimes as many forms of sentient life?
Rebirth
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Which doctrine denies the concept of a permanent self or soul?
The doctrine of anattā (Sanskrit anātman)
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In Buddhism, rebirth into consecutive lives is determined by what?
the laws of cause and effect
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Sentient life according to Buddhism runs between what two points?
from conception to death.
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The laws of cause and effect can also be called?
karma
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What is the name for the process of a succession of lifetimes?
Rebirth
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What doctrine rejects the idea of permanent self?
anatta
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"dependent arising" is the meaning of what word?
pratītyasamutpāda
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Hinduism and Christianity use what term for a permanent self?
eternal soul
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Rebirth into the Śuddhāvāsa Worlds or Pure Abodes can only be attained by who?
skilled Buddhist practitioners known as anāgāmis (non-returners)
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Rebirth into the formless realms can only be attained by who?
those who can meditate on the arūpajhānas, the highest object of meditation
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How many planes of existence are there?
31
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What are the higher heavens called?
Pure Abodes
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What are skilled Buddhists called?
anāgāmis
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What is another name for Ārūpyadhātu?
formless realms
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What is the highest object of meditation called?
arūpajhānas
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How many planes of existence?
31
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Skilled buddhist practictioners that can get to the higher heavens are known as what?
anāgāmis
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What is the highest object of meditation?
arūpajhānas
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What does arupyadhatu mean?
formless realms
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There is a transitional state between one life and the next according to what branches of Buddhism?
East Asian and Tibetan
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What branch of Buddhism rejects that there is a transitional state between lives?
Theravada
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Passages in what teaching support the idea that the Buddha taught of a stage between lives?
Samyutta Nikaya of the Pali Canon
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What is the state called between lives?
bardo
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Which major part of Buddhism rejects bardo?
Theravada
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What book discusses bardo?
Samyutta Nikaya
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Other than Tibetan Buddhism, what other Buddhism supports bardo?
East Asian
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There is an intermediate state between one life and the next according to what Buddism?
East Asian and Tibetan
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What type of Theravada rejects the intermediate state idea?
orthodox
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Some passages of what Canon support the idea of intermediate stages?
Pali
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What is considered to be central to the teachings of Buddhism?
the Four Noble Truths
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What do the Four Noble Truths explain?
the nature of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness), its causes, and how it can be overcome
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What teachings are the most important to Buddhism?
the Four Noble Truths
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What part of Dukkha deals with pain?
suffering
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What is considered central to the teachings of Buddhism?
Four Noble Truths
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The four truths explain the nature of what?
dukkha
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What does the first of the Four Noble Truths explain?
the nature of dukkha
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What is Dukkha?
"suffering", "anxiety", "unsatisfactoriness", "unease", etc.
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What does the first truth cover?
Dukkha
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What is another word for Dukkha?
suffering
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What is another nature of Dukkha?
anxiety
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How many aspects are there to Dukkha?
three
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Dukkha can be translated as what word in regards to unhappiness?
unsatisfactoriness
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Suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness, and unease is the translation of what word?
Dukkha
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How many aspects does dukkha have?
three
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What does the second of the Four Noble Truths explain?
that the origin of dukkha can be known
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What is the origin of dukkha?
craving (Pali: tanha) conditioned by ignorance (Pali: avijja)
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What is the third of the Four Noble Truths explain?
the complete cessation of dukkha is possible
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What is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths explain?
identifies a path to this cessation
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What is the second truth?
dukkha can be known.
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How is the meaning of Dukkha explained?
craving
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What is a contributing factor to Dukkha?
ignorance
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The second truth is?
the origin of dukkha can be known
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