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  • Q: What example did the Buddha use to explain anatta?
    A: The story of Nagasena and the chariot – just like a chariot is made of parts, a person is made of different elements and has no fixed self.
  • Q: What is anatta?
    A: The idea that there is no permanent self or soul.
  • Q: How does sunyata relate to anatta?
    A: Both suggest that nothing has a permanent self or identity.
  • Q: What is nibbana?
    A: The state of enlightenment, free from suffering and rebirth.
  • Q: How does anicca relate to suffering?
    A: Attachment to things that change causes suffering when they are lost.
  • Q: Name one step from each part of the Eightfold Path.
    A: Sila – Right Speech, Samadhi – Right Concentration, Panna – Right View.
  • Q: What is kamma (karma) in Buddhism?
    A: The law of cause and effect – good actions lead to good consequences, and bad actions lead to suffering.
  • Q: Who holds the Wheel of Life?
    A: Yama, the Lord of Death.
  • What is the significance of the lotus flower in Buddhism?
    A: It grows from muddy water, symbolizing enlightenment rising from suffering.
  • Q: How does kamma affect rebirth?
    A: Good kamma leads to a better rebirth, bad kamma leads to a worse rebirth.
  • Q: What are the Three Marks of Existence?
    A: Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (suffering), and Anatta (no fixed self).
  • Q: What is the Fourth Noble Truth (Magga)?
    A: The Eightfold Path – the way to end suffering.
  • Q: How is nibbana different from heaven?
    A: It is not a place but a state of being free from attachment and suffering.
  • Q: How does Right Livelihood support the Buddhist path?
    A: By choosing a job that does not cause harm, such as avoiding weapons trade or slaughtering animals.
  • Q: How can suffering be ended according to the Third Noble Truth (Nirodha)?
    A: By overcoming craving and reaching nibbana.
  • Q: What keeps beings trapped in samsara?
    A: Kamma (karma) and craving (tanha).
  • Q: What causes suffering according to the Second Noble Truth (Samudaya)?
    A: Tanha – craving or attachment.
  • Q: What is Buddha-nature?
    A: The idea that all beings have the potential to become Buddhas.
  • Q: What is at the center of the Wheel of Life?
    A: The Three Poisons – greed, hatred, and ignorance.
  • Q: How does dependent arising relate to suffering?
    A: Suffering arises from craving and attachment, which are caused by conditions in life.
  • Q: What are the Three Poisons that fuel craving?
    A: Greed (rooster), hatred (snake), and ignorance (pig).
  • Q: What does the Wheel of Life represent?
    A: The cycle of samsara and dependent arising.
  • Q: What is the ultimate goal in Buddhism to escape samsara?
    A: To achieve nibbana (nirvana).
  • Q: What qualities does an enlightened person (arhat) have?
    A: Wisdom, compassion, and freedom from craving.
  • Q: What are the three sections of the Eightfold Path?
    A: Ethics (sila), Meditation (samadhi), and Wisdom (panna).
  • Q: What is samsara?
    A: The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
  • Q: Why is Right Concentration important in Buddhism?
    A: It develops focus in meditation, leading to wisdom.
  • Q: What does anicca mean?
    A: Impermanence – everything is constantly changing.
  • Q: What is Buddhahood?
    A: The state of being fully enlightened, like the Buddha.
  • Q: What are the Four Noble Truths?
    A: Dukkha (suffering), Samudaya (the cause of suffering), Nirodha (the end of suffering), and Magga (the path to end suffering).
  • Q: What does Right Action involve?
    A: Acting ethically – avoiding harm, stealing, and misconduct.
  • Q: What are the twelve nidanas?
    A: Links in the chain of dependent arising that show how beings are trapped in samsara.
  • Q: What is dependent arising?
    A: The idea that everything arises because of conditions and ceases when those conditions change.
  • Q: What is the Mahayana belief about Bodhisattvas?
    A: They delay their own enlightenment to help others reach nibbana.
  • Q: What does the outer ring of the Wheel of Life show?
    A: The different realms of existence, such as the human realm and the god realm.
  • Q: What is sunyata?
    A: The concept of emptiness – everything lacks an independent, fixed self.
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