Religious Studies 260
Buddhist Thought & Practice
Spring 2006
Quiz 1 Study Sheet

The quiz will consist of fill-in-the-blank sentences based on the following terms:

From Mitchell, chs. 1-2:

Siddhartha Gautama

Upanisads

Vedas

Brahman and Atman

karma

samsara

Sakya clan

Four Sights

Great Renunciation (or Great Departure)

Dharma

asceticism

Mara

Middle Way

Bodhi Tree

Bodhgaya

Awakening (Enlightenment)

Four Meditations (dhyana)

dependent arising (pratitya-samutpada)

nirvana

Sarnath (near Benares)

Deer Park

Three Refuges

bhiksu and bhiksuni

Sariputra

Mahakasyapa

Ananda

First Council

Devadatta

parinirvana

relics

stupa

Three Characteristics

impermanence (anitya)

dissatisfactoriness (duhkha)

no-self (anatman)

Five Aggregates (skandha)

mental formations (samskara)

twelve links (nidana)

ignorance (avidya)

"wholesome" (kusala) and "unwholesome" (akusala)

Three Root Evils

"turning the wheel of the Dharma"

Four Noble Truths

nirodha (cessation)

Eightfold path

wisdom (prajna), morality (sila), concentration (samadhi)

Five Precepts

Others:

Six Realms of Rebirth (levels of samsara)

Tripitaka (3 components)

making a sharing merit

King Asoka

Theravada

Hinayana

Three Characteristics

King Milinda

arhat

5 Precepts

Fourfold Sangha