Starter quiz
- What type of actions cause good kamma?
- skilful ✓
- unskilful
- neutral
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- Which keyword describes 'nothing is independent or without cause'?
- dependent qualities
- dependent beings
- dependent origination ✓
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- What are the four Brahmaviharas?
- loving-kindness, equanimity, sympathetic joy and comparison
- compassion, loving-kindness, unsympathetic joy and equanimity
- compassion, loving-kindness, sympathetic joy and equality
- loving-kindness, equanimity, sympathetic joy and compassion ✓
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- What are skilful actions rooted in?
- generosity ✓
- ignorance
- compassion ✓
- understanding ✓
- hatred
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- What are unskilful actions rooted in?
- wisdom
- craving ✓
- hatred ✓
- ignorance ✓
- dhamma
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- What are virtues?
- unskilful actions
- positive qualities ✓
- negative qualities
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Exit quiz
- What does the key word 'refrain' mean?
- concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour
- resist doing something ✓
- a rule or direction, often with some religious basis, dictating behaviour
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- How many moral precepts do most Buddhists follow?
- three
- four
- five ✓
- eight
- ten
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- What are the moral precepts?
- commitments that most Buddhists promise to make ✓
- commandments that all Buddhists must follow
- conditions that all Buddhists must follow at least once a day
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- What must Buddhist monks and nuns refrain from?
- taking donations
- eating after midday ✓
- accepting food
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- Match the precept to those that are applicable to all Buddhists and those that only apply to monks and nuns.
- all Buddhists⇔refrain from taking life ✓
- all Buddhists⇔refrain from wrong speech ✓
- all Buddhists⇔refrain from taking what is not given ✓
- Buddhist monks and nuns⇔refrain from luxurious beds or chairs ✓
- Buddhist monks and nuns⇔refrain from possessing money, silver and gold ✓
- Buddhist monks and nuns⇔refrain from dancing, singing and music ✓
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Key learning points
- The Buddha taught five moral precepts that Buddhists may try to live by.
- Precepts are based on positive states of mind that avoid bad kamma and aim to remove suffering.
- The precepts include behaviours to avoid and behaviours to develop.
- There are additional precepts that may be followed by monks/nuns.
Common misconception
The five precepts are a set of rules like the ten commandments.
They are more things to avoid to keep a positive mental state than rules to follow.
Keywords
Moral - concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour
Precept - a rule or direction, often with some religious basis, dictating a way you should act or behave
Refrain - resist doing something
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