Buddhism: Study Guide

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Gentlemen: This is a brief overview of what we covered in class. Please review your notes for the information.
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- Five Stages of Buddha’s Life as outlined in class (not in text book)
o Siddhartha Gautama
• Son of a Chief
- The “Enlightened one” – at what point in his life?
- Passes through 1st two stages of life
o What does he recognize as he lives with Kamala? The ferry-boat man?

- Age 29: What happens to Buddha? What does he do?
- Abandons Yoga and extreme asceticism (Stage II)
- Leaves wife and child (Stage III)
- Where does he then go?

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313 Million Buddhists in today’s world;
- 558,000 in North America
- Can you identify some ‘famous’ American Buddhists?
Creation of Buddhism:
- When does this happen?
- How does this happen?
- Reaction in world of India/China?
o Be able to discuss India’s immediate reaction
o Does China initially accept Buddhism? What about the China of today? What about China and Tibet?
Your textbook explains the Buddha in a particular way.
- Explain how the Buddha is described.
- What are some of his qualities?
- What are some of his attributes?

- What is the primary concern of Buddhism?

Know the Four Noble truths.

Know the Eightfold Path
- What are all the elements of the Eightfold Path?

Views Points on Eightfold Path:
- Theravada
o What countries are they located in (map in notes)
- Mahayana
o What countries is this located in (see map in notes)

What is the “Way of the Buddha?”
- What are the differences of Hinduism and Buddhism?
- Rejection of Hinduism – What are the elements?


Buddhist Monks
- Be able to identify the different types of Buddhists monks, if I were to present pictures to you.
- How were they created?
- Why were they created?
- What was Buddha regarded as? (ie: his persona)
- Where are the majority of the monks today?
- What is their primary focus or duties?

Different kinds of Buddhism & their qualities:
- Many different offshoots
o Theravada
o Mahayana
o Tantric
o Zen
o Tibetan Buddhism (General things, NOT the article in the back of your notes. That will be a separate test).


Buddhist Scriptures (Know the short section found in your textbook)