| Question | Answer |
| The Four Passing Sights | the Old Man, the Dead Man, the Diseased man, and the Holy man. |
| The Four Noble Truths | To live is to suffer; suffering is caused by desire; the cessation of suffering can be achieved; the solution is the Noble Eigthfold Path. |
| The Noble Eightfold Path | right views, right intentions, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right meditation. |
| The Three Jewels | Buddha, Dharma(the Buddhist teachings), and the Sangha (the Buddhist monastic community) |
| The Three Branches of Buddhism | Mahayana, "the Great Vehicle" prevalent in China Japan and Korea; Theravada- "way of the elders" prevalent in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand; Vajarayyana- "Vehicle of the Diamond" named for Buddha's scepter. prevalent in Tibet. |
| Three Marks of Existence | Anatta- means no ultimate reality within. Anicca- "impermanence." Focuses on idea that existence is constantly changin. Dukkha- "suffering" |
| The Five Precepts | do not take life, do not take what is not given, do not engage in sensuous misconduct, do not use false speech, do not drink intoxicants |
| Doctrine of the Middle Way | A basic buddhist teaching that rejects both pleasures of sensual indulgence and self-denial of asceticism, focusing instead on a practical approach to spiritual attainment. |
| Dali Lama | The Spiritual Leader of the Vajryana Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. |
| Nirvana | The ultimate goal of all Buddhists, the extinction of desire and any sense of individual selfhood, resulting in liberation from samsara and its limiting conditions. |
