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World History Buddhism
World History Buddhism
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12th Grade
10/05/2009

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Siddharta Guatama's father had 3 different palaces-one for each season: __, __, and __
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cool house, hot house, and monsoon house
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Siddhartha had studied under 5 different ascetics, but these 5 became __ followers
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Siddhartha's
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__ was the leader of the evil spirits who brought an entire army to try and scare Siddhartha under the Banyan tree
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Mara
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Mara got 3 beautiful women to dance in front of Siddhartha and try to entice him with __

-but he ignored it and began to teach what he discovered
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sex
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Siddhartha became known as the "__"
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enlightened one
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Siddhartha died when he was __
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80 years old
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After Siddhartha died, __ of his followers came together in a council
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500
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Tenzen was trained by the monks since he was __
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5
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Since Buddha, there has been __ Dalai Lama’s
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14
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__ was raised to be the living spirit of Buddha on Earth
When he was 15, he became the religious and political leader of Tibet – till he was 23
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Tenzen
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A communist Chinese army destroyed hundreds of Tibetan temples and hundreds of Tibetan Monasteries, and threatened the life of the __ – since he knew he was the reincarnated spirit of Buddha, he took 20 of his closest advisers over the Himalaya’s into India
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Dalai Lama
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__ are Buddhist priests
Chant in their prayer service – meet just like monks would
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Lamas
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The __ is the Dalai Lama we have today
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14th
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__ is a design or picture you can focus on in meditation
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mantra
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__ are chants used in mediation
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Ohms
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__ was a Buddhist emperor in 268 BC
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Asoka
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__ converted to Buddhism after leading a long bloody war of conquest in India, rejected violence, became a vegetarian, limited Hindu animal sacrifices, sent missionares to spread Buddhism across India and to Sir lanka, promised to rule by moral example, set up stone pillars/Buddhist shrines, and built roads w/ Bayan trees
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Asoka
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__ is a sculpture of 4 Indian lions standing back to back; originally placed atop pillar now in India, still in its original location
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Lion Capial of Ashoka (Asoka Column)
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The __ from Sarnath has been adopted as a national emblem of India and the wheel of Asoka Chakra from its base was placed onto the center of the nation Flag of India
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Lion Capital of Ashoka
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both Buddhism and Hinduism belive in __, __, __, both follow __
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Karma, reincarnation, Dharma, non violence
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Buddhism today: primarily in __, __, and __
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China, Japan, Korea
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Two different kinds of Buddhism: __ and __
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Theravada and Mahayana
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Theravada Buddhism: __, __, __
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India, Tibet, China
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__Buddhism: Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia.
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Mahayana
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Buddhism was chased out by Muslims; Muslims threatened Hinduism; Hinduism chased out __
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Muslims- Muslims
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Buddha has become a __ god; today Buddha is only strong primarily in __
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Hindu-Tibet
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__ represents the complete purification of the body, mind, and speech; symbols of purity; one of Buddha’s most significant symbols; represents enlightenment; it has roots in the mud and blossoms on the surface (this is why it represents reincarnation); 8 petals represent the Eightfold Path
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lotus blossom
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__ used often as a mantra in mediation; has 8 spokes representing the Eightfold Path; made up of 108 pieces- to symbolize the 108 human characteristics
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Dharama Wheel (often seen in Hinduism)
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__ represents idea of continual prayer; spin the stick in your hand and the drum spins around on the string; open up the drum and put a Buddhist prayer/thought inside; helps to pray and focus on the prayer inside
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prayer wheel
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wear __ around the wrist; use as prayer beads to help them focus
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beads
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each flag is a different __; the flags blow in the wind and the wind carries the prayers off
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prayer
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Buddhist were the first to wear this thing called __; inherited from the Hindus; represents cosmic energy
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Swastika
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who is reborn whenever there is trouble on earth?
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Vishnu
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