QUIZ 510

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. Devadatta, a cousin of Gautama who became a monk but not an arahant, more than once tried to kill him.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. According to the Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Pali canon, at the age of 80, the Buddha announced that he would soon reach Parinirvana.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. Parinirvana is the final deathless state.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. Buddha ate his last meal, which he had received as an offering from a blacksmith named Cunda.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. Ananda protested the Buddha's decision to enter Parinirvana in the abandoned jungles of Kuśināra (present-day Kushinagar, India) of the Malla kingdom.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A