Starter quiz
- What is one role of Dhamma in Buddhism?
- It serves as a guide for reducing suffering. ✓
- It is the name of the Buddha’s palace.
- It represents wealth and success.
- It is a form of physical exercise for Buddhists.
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- What is the Pali Canon?
- A sacred temple in Buddhism.
- A collection of teachings written in the early language of Buddhism. ✓
- A set of Buddhist rituals.
- A holy tree where the Buddha meditated.
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- Why do Buddhists recite the Three Refuges?
- to worship material possessions
- to seek guidance and support in their spiritual journey ✓
- to celebrate specific festivals
- to gain physical strength for meditation
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- The Three Refuges include the Buddha, the Sangha, and the ...
- 'Dhamma' ✓
- Dhamma aims to reduce the impact of ______ in a Buddhist’s life.
- 'dukkha' ✓
- The teachings of the Buddha were first shared through word of ...
- 'mouth' ✓
Exit quiz
- What does the concept of dependent arising mean in Buddhism?
- the belief that everything happens randomly
- the idea that nothing is connected
- the belief that everything is interconnected ✓
- the view that all life is an illusion
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- What does the Tibetan Wheel of Life represent?
- the Eightfold Path
- the cycle of samsara ✓
- enlightenment after one lifetime
- the Buddha’s first teachings
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- Which of the following best describes the nidanas in Buddhism?
- twelve links explaining the causes of suffering ✓
- six levels of meditation
- three practices of enlightenment
- a sacred Buddhist text
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- Dependent arising is often compared to a ______ effect to show how one event leads to another.
- 'domino' ✓
- The Tibetan Wheel of Life shows the twelve ______ that explain the cycle of samsara.
- 'nidanas' ✓
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Key learning points
- Dependent arising is a fundamental concept across schools of Buddhism.
- Everything arises and exists in dependence on multiple causes and conditions.
- There is a 12 link chain of causation.
- The twelve links include matters of thought, feeling and change.
Common misconception
That dependent arising means everything exists in a deterministic way and that all things are fixed and dependent on conditions.
Dependent arising emphasises the interdependent nature of all things.
Keywords
Dependent arising - the belief that everything exists because other things do; everything is interconnected and everyone affects everyone else
Kamma - the belief in cause and effect, intentions and actions will affect the future
Nidanas - twelve links of causation
Samsara - the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth
Tibetan wheel of life - a symbolic representation of the cycle of samsara
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