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Tibetan	What type of Buddhism adds a fourth refuge?
essence.	The Three Jewels are preceived as possessed of an eternal and unchanging what?
The Three Jewels	What has an irreversable effect?
Gautama Buddha	Who presented himself as a model?
Dharma	What offers a refuge by providing guidelines for the alleviation of suffering?
Sangha	What provides refuge by preserving the authentic teachings of the Buddha?
Śīla	What is an action committed through the body and involves intentional effort?
pāramitā	Sila is the second what?
keeping the precepts	What keeps the cultivator from rebirth in the four realms of existance?
Śīla	What is the foundation of Samadhi/Bhavana?
keeping the precepts	What promotes not only the peace of mind but also peace in the community?
overall principles of ethical behavior	What does sila refer to?
precepts	Lay people tend to live by the five what?
asceticism.	Schools can undertake eight precepts, which add basic what?
training rules	Precepts are not created as imperatives, but as what?
ethical	The cultivation of dana and what kind of conduct refine consciousness?
lower	Even if there is no further Buddhist practice, what heavens is still likely?
third	Of the eight precepts which one is on sexual misconduct?
a precept of celibacy	What is the third strict precept on sexual misconduct?
ten	How many precepts are on the list?
seventh	In the complete list of precepts, which one is partitioned into two?
the ten precepts	How many basic precepts are there for monastics?
vinaya	What is the specific moral code for monks and nuns?
227	How many rules dows the patimokkha have?
vinayapitaka	What are the scriptures on vinaya called?
counts	Regarding the monastic rules, the Buddha reminds his hearers that it is the spirit that what?
life	The rules themselves are designed to assure a satisfying what?
higher attainments	The rules are a perfect springboard for what?
islands unto themselves	Monastics are instructed by the Buddha to live as what?
Mahayana Brahmajala	Distinctive Vinaya and ethics are contained within what sutra?
meat	Bodhisattvas are not encouraged to eat what?
Japan	Where is the monastic vinaya displaced and clergy is allowed to marry?
Zen	In Chinese Buddhism what meditation is more popular?
jhānas	Evidence has shown some lay people got to proficiency in all eight what?
right concentration	What does the word samyaksamadhi mean?
samādhi	Meditation is the primary means of cultivating what?
defilement, calm, tranquil, and luminous	Upon development of samadhi, a person gets rid of what?
jhāna	What is powerful concentration called?
vipassanā	What is the term when the mind is ready to penetrate and gain insight?
insight	Mindfulness is essential to concentration, which is neede to achieve what?
idea	Samatha meditation starts from being mindful of an object or what?
jhāna	What is the term for tranquility?
mind	In Buddhism, samatha meditation can calm the what?
disturbed	Vipassana meditation can reveal how the mind was what?
jñāna	What is the term for insight knowledge?
prajñā	What is the term for understanding?
understanding	What eradicates the defilements completely?
craving	In Theravada Buddhism, what is the cause of human existence and suffering?
defilements	What does craving carry with it?
suffering and stress	Deeply rooted afflictions of the mind create what?
Nibbāna	What is the ultimate goal for Theravadins?
Four	How many Noble Truths are there?
bodhi	Prajna is the wisom that is able to extinguish afflictions and bring about what?
Prajñā	What is listed as the sixth of the six paramitas of the mahayana?
sermons	Initially prajna is attained at a conceptual level by means of listening to what?
at any point	In theory when can one attain Nirvana during practice?
conceptual understanding	What can be applied to daily life once it is attained?
seon	Zen Buddhism is known as what in Korea?
Zen	What form of buddhism lays special emphasis on meditation?
Zen	What form of Buddhism places less emphasis on scriptures?
spiritual	Zen focuses on what type of breakthroughs?
two	Zen Buddhism is divided into how many main schools?
Rinzai	Which schools of Zen likes the use of meditation on the koan for spiritual breakthroughs?
Zen	What Buddhist teachings are often full of paradox?
True Self	What type of self is equated with the Buddha?
Thinking and thought	What is not allowed to confine and bind oneself?
Mahayana	What type of Buddhism is Tibeto-Mongolian based on?
Diamond Vehicle	What is the English term for Vajrayana?
Tantric	What type of Buddhism is concerned with ritual and meditative practices?
ritual	Psycho-physical energy is harnessed through what?
second half of the first millennium BCE	What time period was the beginning of Buddhism?
the shramanas	Scholars believe that karma originated in what?
shramanas	What groups broke with Brahmanic tradition?
non-Vedic	Shramanas were a continuation of what type of trand of Indian thought?
Greater Magadha	Buddhism arose in what area?
Rajagrha	Greater magadha stretched from Sravasti in the north-west to what area in the south-east?
2nd or 3rd centuries	What time period did the eastward spread of Brahmanism start?
in the Upanishads	Movements were influenced by philosophical thought within the Vedic tradition such as what?
Pakudha Kaccayana	The movement included atomists such as what?
Ajnanas	What is the term for agnostics?
Jains	What movement focused on the idea that the sould must be freed from matter?
Vedic animal sacrifice	A criticism the Buddha gave dealing with animals was?
hymn of the cosmic man	The Buddha mocked what hymn of the Vedic?
animal sacrifices	The original Veda of the rishis was altered by a few Brahmins who introduced what?
Vedas	The Buddha refused to pay respect to who, during their time of animal sacrifice?
The reliability	What is in dispute regarding the research into the core of the teachings?
insight	A large problem in the study of early Buddhism is the relationship of dhyana and what else?
Rupa Jhanas	Liberating insight is attained after mastering what?
Majjhima Nikaya	Later edition of texts such as what has the Rupa Jhanas?
rebirth	According the Bronkhorst, intentions and desire are responsible for what?
karma	Bronkhurst says that Buddha had a view of 'what' much different then current day?
dhyana	What was the earliest Buddhism type?
meditative	Buddha's way to release was by means of what type of practices?
fourth	From which jhana did Buddha gain bodhi?
liberating insight	A logic problem arises when noting that the four truths constitute what?
linear	The four truths depict what type of path of practice?
Nirvāna	What is the Sanskrit form of Nibbana?
Nikayas	Many terms for Nibbana can be found throughout the what?
Nirvāna	The desired goal for buddhism is what?
the middle way	A description of the Buddhist path may have been as simplistic as what term?

Tibetan

What type of Buddhism adds a fourth refuge?

essence.

The Three Jewels are preceived as possessed of an eternal and unchanging what?

The Three Jewels

What has an irreversable effect?

Gautama Buddha

Who presented himself as a model?

Dharma

What offers a refuge by providing guidelines for the alleviation of suffering?

Sangha

What provides refuge by preserving the authentic teachings of the Buddha?

Śīla

What is an action committed through the body and involves intentional effort?

pāramitā

Sila is the second what?

keeping the precepts

What keeps the cultivator from rebirth in the four realms of existance?

Śīla

What is the foundation of Samadhi/Bhavana?

keeping the precepts

What promotes not only the peace of mind but also peace in the community?

overall principles of ethical behavior

What does sila refer to?

precepts

Lay people tend to live by the five what?

asceticism.

Schools can undertake eight precepts, which add basic what?

training rules

Precepts are not created as imperatives, but as what?

ethical

The cultivation of dana and what kind of conduct refine consciousness?

lower

Even if there is no further Buddhist practice, what heavens is still likely?

third

Of the eight precepts which one is on sexual misconduct?

a precept of celibacy

What is the third strict precept on sexual misconduct?

ten

How many precepts are on the list?

seventh

In the complete list of precepts, which one is partitioned into two?

the ten precepts

How many basic precepts are there for monastics?

vinaya

What is the specific moral code for monks and nuns?

227

How many rules dows the patimokkha have?

vinayapitaka

What are the scriptures on vinaya called?

counts

Regarding the monastic rules, the Buddha reminds his hearers that it is the spirit that what?

life

The rules themselves are designed to assure a satisfying what?

higher attainments

The rules are a perfect springboard for what?

islands unto themselves

Monastics are instructed by the Buddha to live as what?

Mahayana Brahmajala

Distinctive Vinaya and ethics are contained within what sutra?

meat

Bodhisattvas are not encouraged to eat what?

Japan

Where is the monastic vinaya displaced and clergy is allowed to marry?

Zen

In Chinese Buddhism what meditation is more popular?

jhānas

Evidence has shown some lay people got to proficiency in all eight what?

right concentration

What does the word samyaksamadhi mean?

samādhi

Meditation is the primary means of cultivating what?

defilement, calm, tranquil, and luminous

Upon development of samadhi, a person gets rid of what?

jhāna

What is powerful concentration called?

vipassanā

What is the term when the mind is ready to penetrate and gain insight?

insight

Mindfulness is essential to concentration, which is neede to achieve what?

idea

Samatha meditation starts from being mindful of an object or what?

jhāna

What is the term for tranquility?

mind

In Buddhism, samatha meditation can calm the what?

disturbed

Vipassana meditation can reveal how the mind was what?

jñāna

What is the term for insight knowledge?

prajñā

What is the term for understanding?

understanding

What eradicates the defilements completely?

craving

In Theravada Buddhism, what is the cause of human existence and suffering?

defilements

What does craving carry with it?

suffering and stress

Deeply rooted afflictions of the mind create what?

Nibbāna

What is the ultimate goal for Theravadins?

Four

How many Noble Truths are there?

bodhi

Prajna is the wisom that is able to extinguish afflictions and bring about what?

Prajñā

What is listed as the sixth of the six paramitas of the mahayana?

sermons

Initially prajna is attained at a conceptual level by means of listening to what?

at any point

In theory when can one attain Nirvana during practice?

conceptual understanding

What can be applied to daily life once it is attained?

seon

Zen Buddhism is known as what in Korea?

Zen

What form of buddhism lays special emphasis on meditation?

Zen

What form of Buddhism places less emphasis on scriptures?

spiritual

Zen focuses on what type of breakthroughs?

two

Zen Buddhism is divided into how many main schools?

Rinzai

Which schools of Zen likes the use of meditation on the koan for spiritual breakthroughs?

Zen

What Buddhist teachings are often full of paradox?

True Self

What type of self is equated with the Buddha?

Thinking and thought

What is not allowed to confine and bind oneself?

Mahayana

What type of Buddhism is Tibeto-Mongolian based on?

Diamond Vehicle

What is the English term for Vajrayana?

Tantric

What type of Buddhism is concerned with ritual and meditative practices?

ritual

Psycho-physical energy is harnessed through what?

second half of the first millennium BCE

What time period was the beginning of Buddhism?

the shramanas

Scholars believe that karma originated in what?

shramanas

What groups broke with Brahmanic tradition?

non-Vedic

Shramanas were a continuation of what type of trand of Indian thought?

Greater Magadha

Buddhism arose in what area?

Rajagrha

Greater magadha stretched from Sravasti in the north-west to what area in the south-east?

2nd or 3rd centuries

What time period did the eastward spread of Brahmanism start?

in the Upanishads

Movements were influenced by philosophical thought within the Vedic tradition such as what?

Pakudha Kaccayana

The movement included atomists such as what?

Ajnanas

What is the term for agnostics?

Jains

What movement focused on the idea that the sould must be freed from matter?

Vedic animal sacrifice

A criticism the Buddha gave dealing with animals was?

hymn of the cosmic man

The Buddha mocked what hymn of the Vedic?

animal sacrifices

The original Veda of the rishis was altered by a few Brahmins who introduced what?

Vedas

The Buddha refused to pay respect to who, during their time of animal sacrifice?

The reliability

What is in dispute regarding the research into the core of the teachings?

insight

A large problem in the study of early Buddhism is the relationship of dhyana and what else?

Rupa Jhanas

Liberating insight is attained after mastering what?

Majjhima Nikaya

Later edition of texts such as what has the Rupa Jhanas?

rebirth

According the Bronkhorst, intentions and desire are responsible for what?

karma

Bronkhurst says that Buddha had a view of 'what' much different then current day?

dhyana

What was the earliest Buddhism type?

meditative

Buddha's way to release was by means of what type of practices?

fourth

From which jhana did Buddha gain bodhi?

liberating insight

A logic problem arises when noting that the four truths constitute what?

linear

The four truths depict what type of path of practice?

Nirvāna

What is the Sanskrit form of Nibbana?

Nikayas

Many terms for Nibbana can be found throughout the what?

Nirvāna

The desired goal for buddhism is what?

the middle way

A description of the Buddhist path may have been as simplistic as what term?