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Religious education

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

What are the four noble truths of Buddhism?

What is the eightfold path?

Which festivals do Buddhists celebrate?

Why do Buddhists meditate?

What is life like inside a Buddhist monastery?

Who is the Dalai Lama?

To plan and write an essay about Buddhism (Part 1)

To plan and write an essay about Buddhism (Part 2)

Buddhism

Which of the following require a capital letter? (Tick two to get two points.)

At around 500 BCE Siddhartha Gautama was a royal prince.

Siddhartha Gautama left the palace for a walk when he was 29 years old

Siddhartha Gautama was a royal prince at around 500 BCE.

When he was 29 years old Siddhartha Gautama left the palace for a walk.

Which of the following sentences include a fronted adverbial and therefore require a comma after the fronted adverbial? (Tick two to get 2 points.)

Siddhartha Gautama spent his life learning how to reach enlightenment and then used this knowledge to teach his followers how to become enlightened.

Siddhartha Gautama taught his followers by speaking to them directly.

Siddhartha Gautama's journey to enlightenment taught him about the power of meditation.

Which of these sentences is a closing statement that links information from a paragraph about Siddhartha Gautama reaching enlightenment and another about  teaching his followers.

The Buddha taught that reincarnation is painful and causes suffering.

What type of being do Buddhists believe one has to be reborn as, in order to escape the cycle of samsara?

The Buddha wrote all of his teachings down. True or false?

Which of the following make up the three baskets of wisdom from the Tipitaka?

Theravada is the youngest school of Buddhism.

Buddhists follow the Threefold Path to Enlightenment.  "Ethics" matches to which word in Pali?

Buddhists follow the Threefold Path to Enlightenment. "Meditation" matches to which word in Pali?

Buddhists follow the Threefold Path to Enlightenment. "Wisdom" matches to which word in Pali?

Exit Quiz

Which of the following require a capital letter? (Tick two to get two points.)