QUIZ 519

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. Vesak is the day marking the birth, enlightenment, and passing away of the Buddha, which according to traditional accounts all occurred on the full-moon day of May.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. During these past lives, the future Buddha is referred to as a bodhisattva, an aspirant to the full enlightenment of Buddhahood.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. According to the teaching of rebirth, as per Buddhism, at birth our mind is not a blank slate but brings along all the qualities and tendencies we have fashioned in our previous lives.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. The Bodhi tree under which Siddhartha got enlightenment was by the bank of the Nerañjara River, near the town of Gaya.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. Asoka's own son, the monk Mahinda, and his daughter, the nun Sanghamitta brought the Theravada form of Buddhism, to Sri Lanka, which prevails there even to this day.

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