Like Hinduism, Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism uses _________, which are repeated Sanskrit phrases.
Choose one answer.

a. mudras

b. skandhas

c. atmans

d. mantras

2
Like Hinduism, Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism uses _________, which are repeated Sanskrit phrases
Choose one answer.

a. finding a way to love humanity.

b. the true definition of God.

c. how to find a way to overcome suffering

d. how to act morally and correctly in all circumstances.

3
Hinduism is older than Buddhism.
Choose one answer.

a. True

b. False

c. They are approximately the same age.

4
After attaining enlightenment, the Buddha starved himself to death.
Answer:
True False

5

Mahayana means the _____ vehicle.
Choose one answer.

a. tantric

b. small

c. thunderbolt

d. great

6
True or False? In Buddhism, you end suffering in this life through knowledge of the truth and the pursuing sensual pleasures.
Choose one answer.

a. True
b. False
8

A mind to mind transmission outside the scriptures:
Choose one answer.
a. Theravada

b. Mahayana

c. Zen

d. Vajrayana

9
The ultimate goal of Mahayna Buddhism is to
Choose one answer.

a. attain material and personal benefit

b. get rid of ignorance and achieve Nirvana individually

c. become a self-disciplined person

d. assist all living beings to achieve enlightenment

10
Match the following:
Sangha

Dharma

Buddha

11
Unlike Hinduism, Buddhism believes that________
Choose one answer.

a. there is no soul.

b. all living beings have the same soul.

c. the individual soul is really part of a greater soul.

d. None of the above

12
Theravada Buddhism differs from Mahayana Buddhism in its ______ .
Choose one answer.

a. belief in life after death

b. belief in one god

c. belief in salvation through one’s own efforts

d. all of the above

13
For Buddhists, everything that seems to exist is really made up of the five
Choose one answer.

a. jewels

b. dharmas

c. teachings

d. skandhas

14
The Buddha’s teachings on the truths of reality and right conduct are called
Choose one answer.

a. the samsara

b. the karma

c. the dharma

d. the Tripitika

15
_______ the cause of suffering.
Choose one answer.

a. Tests are

b. Karma is

c. Not living a holy life is

d. Craving is

16
In Buddhism, the Buddha is considered _____
Choose one answer.

a. God.

b. a great teacher; the one who woke up.

c. part of the Hindu trinity.

d. the messiah.

17
In Zen Buddhism, zazen, a term that means ___________, is an important method of experiencing the Buddha-nature.
Choose one answer.

a. standing meditation

b. walking meditation

c. mindfulness meditation

d. sitting meditation

18
An enlightened individual who could enter nirvana but decides instead to be reborn to help other humans achieve nirvana is known as a ________.
Choose one answer.

a. bodhisattva

b. bhramin

c. prajna

d. bhagavan

19
The word for the order of monks and nuns founded by the Buddha is the _______
Choose one answer.

a. Mahayana

b. Theravada

c. Bhavachakra

d. Sangha

Buddha means “blessed”
Answer:
True False

22

Buddhism is considered the Middle Way because ______
Choose one answer.

a. it avoids the extremes of hedonism and asceticism.

b. it doesn’t tell you what to believe but lets you figure it out for yourself.

c. Buddhists use all of the eightfold path to reach enlightenment.

d. people have both negative and positive karma.

23

Which values are most closely associated with Buddhism?
Choose one answer.

a. Democracy

b. Giving up desires

c. Education

d. Maintaining the caste system

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27. Hindus believe that the sum effect of a person’s deeds and actions during life, called _____, shape that person’s next life.
A. dharma
B. devas
C. karma
D. moksha

38. In Hinduism, the eternal being that created and preserves the world is called
A. Vishnu
B. Brahman
C. Rama
D. Siva
49. In Hinduism, escape from the cycle of rebirth is called
A. moksha
B. karma
C. samsara
D. dharma

50. How did Buddhism change after Buddha’s death?
A. It developed an institutional hierarchy.
B. It began to emphasize Buddha’s descent from God.
C. It split into three main traditions.
D. It began to require that Buddhists give up all their earthly possessions.

64. The Buddha taught
A. following your desires leads to enlightenment.
B. suffering is not part of human life.
C. it is best to avoid meditation.
D. those who follow the Eightfold Path can attain nirvana.

75. Right attitude, right effort, and right mindfulness are all part of the
A. Four Noble Truths
B. Eightfold Path
C. Middle Way
D. Great Departure

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Our mind IS the source of our happiness and our suffering !!
The Dharma teaches humanity how to work with the mind and emotions effectively. How to subdue disturbing thoughts/emotions and how to enhance all the positive wholesome mental faculties, such as Patience, peace, gentleness, self-control, No Harm toward others, forgiveness, happiness, etc.
Each of us want to be happy and to do our best to avoid pain and suffering. Our mind - our thoughts, attitudes, intensions, views and emotions, are the primary factors contributing to our experiences of pain, suffering, and peace, happiness.
Working with Emotions: The Dharma teaches us so much concerning working successfully with our emotions. It teaches how the cultivation of Patience and loving-kindness opposses and erradicates anger; and wisdom demolishes
ignorance. It teaches insight which dispels pride; mindfulness meditation dispels anxiety and depression;meditating on compassion counter-acts a poor self-esteem.READtheDharma!

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As I ride above these states
a stewardess asks my name
I calmly reply "my name is but a name",
as reality touches down I give the
woman a kiss on the cheek
and whisper "I’m twelve miles high".
I’m simply sitting on twelve different
mountain peaks,
twelve different truths
in various hues and shapes.
As the sun-dried breeze caresses the face
so in the same way did I caress you,
and lit the sun in men’s hearts
so that their gardens may explode with color
and desire artistic wonder
I’m journeying on to the Ellis Island of the west
the west I thought had died
a virtual desert in intellectual thought and
literary expansion for the
eager mind in fruitless abandon.
The ferry is the cold steel of industrial
ambition freezing and gray
while the sharp winds send me along
with a stamped ticket proving my place
among the tourists
no one wishes me near them
I’m worn dirty and my hair wild
(this breeze that I speak of doesn’t
improve my situation).
I reach the island at mid-morning
and before boarding this behemoth
that I will be straddling at the very tip
I unpack my dirty used chimes and
clang clang clang!
I have now witnessed in the wispy fog as
it breezes past coolly and indifferent to
my intrusive nature
I gaze out on the sea and wind
biting my cheeks raw I let out
a "Hoo!"
Unchallenged and unafraid I stride to the top
this is my Peak
my Mountain
could this be that I have witnessed the truth
in God’s dharma?
Twelve and each one gazes from their
different peaks like wise chinese sages
all radiantly transcendent in their own
specific ways?
Smiling and wrinkled with youth and age
with their own individual truths scrawled behind
them on the mountain wall?
I lay down my pack
my head soon follows
and on the top of this island
I sip hot tea
and chew macaroni from a can
a fellow’s simple feast
warm and filled with utter euphoric happiness
do I finally sleep
on the peak of this golden mountain.

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