Year 5

What is life like inside a Buddhist monastery?

In this lesson, we will be learning about buddhist monks and nuns. We will learn about the different schools of Buddhism and the journey that Buddhist lay people take to become a 'full monk'. We will learn about daily life in a monastic community and we will compare life in a monastery to our own daily life.

Year 5

What is life like inside a Buddhist monastery?

In this lesson, we will be learning about buddhist monks and nuns. We will learn about the different schools of Buddhism and the journey that Buddhist lay people take to become a 'full monk'. We will learn about daily life in a monastic community and we will compare life in a monastery to our own daily life.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The monastic order within some Buddhist traditions.
  2. The concept of asceticism.
  3. Examples of daily routine within a buddhist monastery.

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6 Questions

Q1.
What are the two definitions of the Buddha?
Nirvana
Siddhartha Gautama
Correct answer: the awakened one
Correct answer: the enlightened one
Q2.
Enlightenment means...
transforming the mind so that all sickness disappears.
transforming the mind so that Buddhists can become the Buddha.
Correct answer: transforming the mind so that the sense of self disappears completely.
Q3.
What do Buddhists sometimes focus on when they meditate?
A book
Correct answer: A candle
Correct answer: A flower
A photograph
Q4.
The Pali term 'prajna' means what?
Ethics
Meditation
Correct answer: Wisdom
Q5.
The Pali term 'shila' means what?
Correct answer: Ethics
Meditation
Wisdom
Q6.
The Pali term 'samadhi' means what?
Ethics
Correct answer: Meditation
Wisdom

5 Questions

Q1.
Where did Buddhism first originate?
China/Tibet
Correct answer: India/Nepal
India/Russia
Nepal/China
Q2.
Which of the following did Siddhartha Gautama see on his walk? (Be careful - you must select four answers to get all four marks!)
Correct answer: A corpse
A family
Correct answer: A frail, old man
Correct answer: A holy man
A holy woman
Correct answer: A sick man
A sick woman
A weak woman
Q3.
Which of the following make up the three baskets of wisdom from the Tipitaka? (Select three to get all three marks!)
Correct answer: The Discipline Basket
Correct answer: The Higher Doctrine Basket
The Meditation Basket
Correct answer: The Teaching Basket
The Wisdom Basket
Q4.
What do Buddhists sometimes focus on when they meditate? (Tick two to get both points.)
A book
Correct answer: A candle
Correct answer: A flower
A photograph
Q5.
Wesak falls on a different day every year because…
Buddhists can’t agree about when the Buddha was born.
It falls on the day of his birth, then the day of his enlightenment and finally the day of his death.
Correct answer: It is based on the cycles of the moon.