Why did the Buddha decide not to escape into enlightenment right away?

He wanted to teach people the path he had found.

Which of the following is one of the Four Noble Truths?

Suffering is caused by desires.

Why did the Buddha decide to follow a "middle way"?

Neither riches nor being an ascetic led to nirvana.

The king chose to prevent his son from seeing suffering because

he wanted his son to become a king.

When did Siddhartha become known as the Buddha?

When he reached enlightenment and discovered the Four Noble Truths.

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

the prince who became the Buddha

Why did the Buddha become thin from lack of food?

He fasted for spiritual reasons.

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To gladly take in ideas, beliefs, or opinions.
predictions
embraced
suffering
fasting
2
A person who gives up worldly pleasures
nirvana
karma
ascetic
monism
3
The four basic doctrines, or principles of Buddhism
Four Little Truths
Four Paths
Four Noble Truths
Four Nirvana Truths
4
An ideal state of happiness and peace
prediction
suffering
nirvana
seeking
5
The teachings of "right understanding," "right action," and "right concentration" are part of the
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
Hindu religion
ascetic lifestyle
6
The state of gaining spiritual insight and finding universal truth; the goal of Buddhists
peace
ascetic
nirvana
enlightenment
7
What did the Buddha discover under the Bodhi tree?
a wise man who guided him
a chest filled with jewels
basic truths for living
the entrance to a deep cave
8
To actively search for something or someone
seek
abandon
embrace
fasting
9
To change in appearance or character
pilgrimage
transformed
seeking
embraced
10
Why did the Buddha decide not to escape into enlightenment right away?
He preferred to follow a middle way.
He wanted to teach people the path he had found.
He forgot his dream when he woke up.
He did not want to leave his wife and child behind.
11
A Sanskrit word meaning "enlightened" the name given to the man who founded Buddhism.
Siddhartha
Buddha
Nirvana
Prince
12
What is the idea behind the Four Noble Truths?
All things stay the same.
All things change.
Suffering never ends.
Happiness can last forever.
13
Which of the following is one of the Four Noble Truths?
Study leads to wisdom.
Joy is achieved by praying.
Suffering is caused by desires.
Only death can end cravings.
14
Why did the Buddha decide to follow a "middle way"?
Neither riches nor being an ascetic led to nirvana.
Neither life on Earth nor life after death seemed most important.
Neither struggle nor acceptance summed up all of life.
Neither the Four Truths nor the Eightfold Path worked without the other.
15
A guess as to what will happen in the future
awakened
alms
prediction
transformed
16
To hold back and refuse something
prediction
denied
transformed
privilege
17
The three forms of suffering that Siddhartha encountered were
death, persecution, and sickness
aging, greed, and health
sickness, knowledge, and aging
aging, sickness and death
18
If you decided to live as an ascetic, what would you have to do?
give up most of what you own
become ruler of a kingdom
abandon your religion
become a parent of a large family
19
Goods or money given to the poor
enlightenment
alms
ascetic
embraced
20
The name “Buddha” meant one who was
everlasting.
awakened.
all-powerful.
sorrowful.
21
The king chose to prevent his son from seeing suffering because
he wanted his son to follow ascetics.
he wanted his son to become a king.
he was afraid his son would become ill.
he was preparing his son to become a priest.
22
Which of these beliefs did Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?
making pilgrimages
many lifetimes
many gods
ritual bathing
23
When did Siddhartha become known as the Buddha?
When be became an ascetic.
When he traveled outside of his palace and saw suffering.
When he became a prince.
When he reached enlightenment and discovered the Four Noble Truths.
24
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
the prince who became the Buddha
the priest who taught about the Buddha
the enemy who was defeated by the Buddha
the leader who organized the Buddha's followers
25
Why did the Buddha become thin from lack of food?
He fasted for spiritual reasons.
He was locked away in a tower.
Famine spread over the country.
Nobody would give him alms.
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A key idea of Buddhism followers should live their lives according to these eight teachings
enlightenment
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
Buddhism

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