Unit 6 Buddism Review Puzzle

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  1. 4. Theravada Buddhism holds up the _____ as the ideal.
  2. 5. Phrases or syllables chanted to evoke a deity or to enhance meditation.
  3. 7. The basic method of Zen meditation.
  4. 11. The language of the earliest Buddhist scriptures.
  5. 12. Patterned icons that visually excite; used in Vajrayana Buddhism to enhance meditation.
  6. 14. The teaching of the “_____ way” stresses that extreme indulgence and asceticism are to be avoided.
  7. 16. Theravada Buddhism tends to emphasize the Buddha as a _____.
  8. 18. Theravada Buddhism tends to emphasize _____ as the key virtue.
  9. 20. Verbal puzzles designed to short-circuit the workings of the rational, logical mind.
  10. 21. The Zen experience of enlightenment; a flash of insight in which the true nature of one’s being is known directly.
  11. 22. The ultimate goal of all Buddhists; the extinction of desire and any sense of individual selfhood, resulting in liberation from samsara.
  12. 23. A collection of sayings or sermons of the Buddha.
  13. 24. The “Four Passing Sights” refers to Siddhartha Gautama seeing a decrepit old man, a man racked with disease, a _____ and an ascetic.
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  1. 1. Mahayana Buddhism holds up the _____ as the ideal.
  2. 2. Means “desire” or “craving”; the selfish desire which causes dukkha.
  3. 3. The most well-known of the Buddhist scriptures.
  4. 6. Means “awakened one”; one who has attained perfect enlightenment.
  5. 8. Vajrayana Buddhism is sometimes called _____ Buddhism.
  6. 9. Mahayana Buddhism tends to emphasize _____ as the key virtue.
  7. 10. The Dalai Lama is most revered in _____ Buddhism.
  8. 13. _____ Buddhism emphasizes direct experience that goes beyond all words and logic.
  9. 14. Choreographed hand movements used in the rituals of Vajrayana Buddhism.
  10. 15. Means “suffering” or “dislocation”; the basic Buddhist insight that suffering is part of the human condition.
  11. 17. After his enlightenment, Siddhartha Gautama did not enter nirvana, but rather chose to stay behind to teach others his insights. This choice demonstrates his _____.
  12. 19. Mahayana Buddhism tends to emphasize the Buddha as a divine _____.