Friday, September 12, 2014

Buddha and Buddhism

DharmaQuiz Session 297: 12-Sep-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1871: Apart from Siddharta Gautama, give one other famous name of Buddha. Ans: Shakyamuni as he was from Shakya family. Also, Tathagata and Dipankara considered.

#DharmaQuiz 1872: When Buddhism went to China from India, China already had a well developed family oriented religion/ philosophy. Name that. Ans: Confucianism. But Taoism is also considered.

#DharmaQuiz 1873: What was the name for "Zen" in China, before that form of Buddhism reached Japan? Ans: Chan.

#DharmaQuiz 1874: Which is the oldest surviving branch of Buddhism? It translates to English as
"teaching of the elders". Ans: Theravada. In Sanskrit: स्थविरवाद and in Pali: थेरवाद.

#DharmaQuiz 1875: What was Buddha's only son's name? Ans: Rahula.

Scores for session 297:
  1. @Simuntweets : 5
  2. @meenabg : 5

  1. @ramitmkaul : 2
  2. @punam1punam : 2
  3. @PulivendulaK : 2
  4. @tradetoday99 : 2
  1. @R_Bhartiya : 1
  2. ‏@keshavaram : 1
  3. @ramesh_katte : 1
  4. @patnaikt : 1
  5. @deshi_mangoman : 1
  6. @IndianKashmiri : 1
  7. @eternit96426605 : 1
  8. @A31X64Vijay : 1
  9. @VedanshKanojia : 1
  10. ‏@sidsun2013 : 1
  11. @sonitarun1 : 1
  12. @ganeshmahnar : 1
  13. @nandaakumar : 1
  14. @AjithRamanath : 1
  15. @maulik_doshi : 1
  16. @peeyushmalhotra : 1
  17. @HerrBains : 1
  18. @a_gopinathan : 1
  19. @mamtakejriwal75 : 1
  20. ‏@Susri1210 : 1
  21. @shashipratap85 : 1
  22. @immanishgupta : 1
  23. @anamika_99 : 1
Have a good weekend.

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