Test your basic knowledge |

Buddhist Meditation

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. samma sankappa
'Returning once'
Right intention
Mental contents
Rebirth

2. samma samadhi
Body
Right concentration
Fear
Concentration

3. States of this realm in sequence
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Examining
Realm after the rupajhanas

4. Samadhi
Concentration
Right livelihood
Mental contents
Right mindfulness

5. Schools of Zen
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Body
Consciousness
Mental contents

6. Arhat

7. Panna
Joy
Fear
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Wisdom

8. Siddarttha Gautama
Buddha
Calm-abiding
Four foundations of mindfulness
Insight Buddhism

9. Arupajhanas
Examining
Realm after the rupajhanas
Application
Feelings

10. Vinnana (aggregate)
Four Noble Truths
Rebirth
Volitional formations
Consciousness

11. samma ajiva
Application
Right livelihood
One-pointedness
Right action

12. samma sati
Right mindfulness
Action
Four foundations of mindfulness
Virtues/Precepts

13. 4th turning of the wheel
Volitional formations
Right livelihood
Right effort
Buddha nature

14. samma ditthi
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
One-pointedness
Right mindfulness
Right view

15. Vedana (aggregate)
Loom or Warp
Feeling
Right view
Suffering

16. Vedana
Feelings
Cessation
'Returning once'
Fear

17. Samsara
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Happiness
Rebirth
Joy

18. Dharma
Physical matter
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Right intention
Law

19. Citta
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Mind
Four Noble Truths
Happiness

20. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Loom or Warp
Right intention
Suffering

21. Anatta
Action
Not self
Perception
Right effort

22. Sukha (jhana)
Feeling
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Happiness
Right mindfulness

23. Vicara (jhana)
Examining
Right effort
Right speech
Calm-abiding

24. Three marks of existence
Enlightened one
Four foundations of mindfulness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

25. 1st turning of the wheel
Fear
Four Noble Truths
Calm-abiding
'One who has reached Nirvana'

26. Piti (jhana)
Joy
Suffering
Buddha nature
Realm after the rupajhanas

27. Satipatthana
Desire
Mental contents
Four foundations of mindfulness
Not self

28. Ekaggata (jhana)
Physical matter
Right livelihood
Right effort
One-pointedness

29. Sankhara (aggregate)
Volitional formations
Right view
Virtues/Precepts
'One who has reached Nirvana'

30. Tantra
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Joy
Loom or Warp
Right mindfulness

31. Rupa (aggregate)
Happiness
Volitional formations
Right concentration
Physical matter

32. 3rd turning of the wheel
Yogacara-yoga practice
Happiness
Body
Enlightened one

33. Paticcasamuppada
Rebirth
Buddha nature
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right effort

34. Magga (4NT)
Perception
Volitional formations
Right mindfulness
Path

35. Bodhisattva
Right mindfulness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Enlightened one
Desire

36. 2nd turning of the wheel
Philosophy- Emptiness
Action
Right view
Yogacara-yoga practice

37. Tanha (4NT)
Rebirth
Insight Buddhism
Right mindfulness
Desire

38. Samvega
Fear
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Mind

39. samma vayama
Joy
Buddha nature
Desire
Right effort

40. Samatha
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Four Noble Truths
Calm-abiding
Mind

41. Dukkha (4NT)
Suffering
Wisdom
Perception
'Non returner'

42. samma kammanta
Right action
Right intention
Perception
Right speech

43. Kaya
Calm-abiding
Joy
Enlightened one
Body

44. Karma
Feeling
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Action
Happiness

45. Sotpanna

46. Sakadagamin

47. Dhammas
Right mindfulness
Mental contents
Right view
Buddha nature

48. Sila
Virtues/Precepts
Right livelihood
Body
Right concentration

49. Nirodha (4NT)
Loom or Warp
Application
Fear
Cessation

50. Sanna (aggregate)
Virtues/Precepts
Right concentration
Desire
Perception