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So What’s The Difference – BUDDHISM
(Chapter 7, pp. 98-107)
1. Who is the founder of Buddhism? What was he originally?
2. According to tradition, why did he grow up in a palace?
3. Did this plan work?
4. List the things that Gautama did to try to solve the “riddle of life?”
5. Put in chronological order as to when they started: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
6. What did Gautama do for 40 days/nights? What happened at the end?
7. Who/what tried to get Gautama to give up his “quest?”
8. What is Nirvana?
9. What was Gautama then called? What does that name mean?
10. What is the Sangha?
11. What did Gautama teach about the Vedas & Upanishads?
12. What other Hindu concepts did Buddha reject?
13. Who else did Buddha say was eligible to achieve enlightenment?
14. What Hindu teachings did Gautama accept?
15. State the 4 Noble truths.
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c.
b.
d.
16. List out the steps of the Noble Eightfold Path
a.
d.
b.
e.
c.
f.
g.
h.
17. Briefly explain the difference between a Hindu understanding of pain and life, and a Buddhist
understanding of pain and life.
18. Approximately how many Buddhists are there in the Orient?
19. Name the three main branches of Buddhism.
a.
b.
c.
20. Which of the three branches is called the Lesser Way? Why? What name was it later given?
21. Which of those three is called the Greater Way? Why? What are their “savior gods” called?
22. What is a major form of Mahayana Buddhism called in the west? What is the main goal of it?
23. Briefly describe Tantrism.
24. In what two countries would you primarily find Tantrism?
25. How did Buddha teach that one conquers desire?
26. What does a Christian have as a source of strength?
27. Summarize what Buddhism teaches about the following:
a. God
b. Jesus
c. Sin
d. Salvation