Be prepared to describe or identify the following terms and names:
anatman
A. T. Ariyaratne
Aung San Suu Kyi
avidya
bodhi
Bodhisattva
Buddha
Dalai Lama
deva
dharma
dukkha
Engaged Buddhism
enlightenment
four noble truths
Hinayana
Jataka Tales
Mahayana
metta
metta bhavana
Nagarjuna
nirvana
parinirvana
sangha
Theravada
Thich Nhat Hanh
Vajrayana
The
central Buddhist doctrine or insight is called the four noble
truths. List and explain them. Give enough detail so that they
make sense.
If there is no eternal Atman, what gets “reborn”?
Distinguish three forms of Buddhism: Theravadan, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.
How do the older Buddhist rituals differ from theistic rituals like Jewish, Christian, and Muslim rituals?
When
Spiro studied Burmese Buddhism concentrating on the “little tradition”
(what common people actually believed), what three attitudes did he
find people held about how their present actions affected their present
or future happiness? That is, what three possible goals did he find
people worked to achieve, and how did they expect their actions to
achieve it?
List and describe the five steps of “metta bhavana.”
Describe and explain Joanna Macy's prayer-exercises “Breathing Through the World’s Pain” and "The Great Ball of Merit."
How did Nagarjuna say we should choose between or connect individual enlightenment and social action?
What are the four foundational principles of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Tiep Hien order?