Buddhism Questions

1. Siddhartha
2. An old man, a sick man, a corpse, and a wandering ascetic. They showed Buddha that life was suffering and prompted him to adopt asceticism to try to nullify suffering.
3. The Middle Way is sort of like the phrase 'moderation in all things'. It stresses physical and spiritual health and denies the extremes of gluttony and asceticism.
4. He was sitting under a fig tree and underwent three watches during his meditation through the night in which he was tempted by the devil but resisted and eventually reached enlightenment.
5. The Sangha is the Buddhist religious community of monks and nuns.
6. The buddha, dharma, and sangha
7. Samsara, moksha/enlightenment, karma, and the Gods.
8. The Buddha rejected Hinduism because he didn't think the sannyasin stage of life (asceticism) or any part of Hinduism could eliminate suffering, it only reduced it to the lowest level, from which it would eventually come back. He also rejected Hinduism's institutional structure.
9. Anatta, anicca, and dukkha. Anatta and anicca are similar in that they relate to the impermanence of reality and absence of essence, and they combine to support dukkha, which states that reality is suffering.
10. anatta is the antithesis of Atman and states that there is no eternal self or reality.
11. a bundle of energy. karma determines the pattern and trajectory of that energy.
12. Don't take life, do not take what is not given, do not engage in sensuous misconduct, do not use false speech, do not drink intoxicants,
Do not eat after noon, do not watch dancing or shows, do not use garlands, perfumes, or ornaments, do not use a high or soft bed, do not accept gold or silver.
13. Suffering, dislocation  discomfort, frustration. It is a reference to the problem of reality, which is the discord between the magnitude of our desires and reality's inability to satisfy them.
14. tanha is that desire which leads to dukkha
15. right views, right intentions, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right meditation .
16. Buddhas do not need a model to provide teachings leading to their awakening.
17. An arhat is a living person who has realized the truth of the "no-self" and has perfect compassion for all living things.
18. Blowing out. It shows that nirvana is not the culmination of life and joy, but rather the cessation of suffering.
19. Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana
20. The teachings of Buddhism.
21. The greater vehicle. It means that it is the larger, more popular form of Buddhism.
22. It uses desire to eliminate itself, thus eliminating suffering.
23. The Dalai Lama is the constantly reincarnated leader of Vajrayana Buddhism. The Dalai Lama is chosen at the age of three by going through a series of tests after the last Lama dies.
24. Vajrayana is in Tibet and Mahayana and Theravada are prominent in India and China.