A Quiz About Buddhism

Thank you Steely Dan for teaching me " Bodhisattva". And to Reddit for teaching me all about karma.

Because Buddhism teaches that there is no permanent self or soul and, indeed, that all things are impermanent, the question regarding the concept that after death the soul enters a new body should be modified to reflect Buddhism's unique teachings about the mechanism of rebirth (i.e., that the impermanent components of what is conventionally called the self continue to change into new forms). It may be difficult to word such a question in a way that's not clunky, but I think it's necessary to avoid the misleading implication that Buddhism teaches the existence of a soul.

Could you accept metempsychosis for reincarnation and accept Swastik without the a?

Fun fact: The first cat I adopted was named Buddha.

Could you please also add alternative spellings for "bodhisattva"? I tried the -sattva ending so many times unsuccessfully...

I would like to see similar quizzes for all the major world religions, preferably made by an adherent rather than someone like me who would just look up the facts and probably miss important parts.

I keep reading the title as A Quiz About Breaddhism...

I can't do this I don't know anything about buddhism

Your definition of bodhisattva is not technically wrong, but it misses the essence of the term by such a wide margin that it's effectively wrong. It's too generic and broad. (For example, in Theravada Buddhism--and the bodhisattva is especially a Mahayana Buddhist ideal--the monks and nuns in the Sangam are on their way to [see answer to the clue above (s.a.t.t.c.a.)], as is everyone else following their [see answer to clue 3 below].) A bodhisattva is one who stops just short of attaining [s.a.t.t.c.a.] out of compassion in order to dedicate their existence towards helping everyone else achieve [s.a.t.t.c.a.], too.

This definition of karma is wrong. "What goes around comes around" is a bastardized misinterpretation by westerners. This is a quiz about Buddhism, so it should probably reflect what karma actually refers to in Buddhism, no?

Karma is the "intentional actions" one takes. The law of karma refers to the idea that one's karma will affect the "fruit of their karma", karmaphala. The cycle of rebirth, or reincarnation, is based on karmaphala. Your lot in life is based on your karmaphala, since the morally bad karma will carry on in rebirth and likewise for morally good karma.

Even interpreting the law of karma to mean "what goes around comes around" is an oversimplification. But, since we want people to get to type in the familiar word, the answer should be "The law of __________," where the blank is "karma".

I couldn't for the life of me remember what the tree the Buddha sat under was called, then bam it appeared 4 questions down! Thanks!

Should be "higher than 90%" instead of just "90%".

Thailand is 93% and Cambodia is 97%.