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Chapter 16 Study Guide
1. The name “Buddha” meant one who was…
2. If you decided to live as an ascetic, what would you do?
3. What was the time range during when the Buddha lived?
4. Why did the Buddha become thin from lack of food?
5. Why had the Buddha not learned about suffering as a child?
6. What do Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?
7. What did the Buddha discover under the Bodhi tree?
8. What goal did Buddhism teach people to move toward?
9. What troubled the Buddha on his first few trips out into the world?
10. Why did the Buddha decide not to escape into enlightenment right away?
11. According to Buddhist tradition, what happened to the Buddha’s mother before he was
born?
12. The Eightfold Path of Buddhism is most similar to what Hindu belief?
13. Why did the Buddha decide to follow a “middle way”?
14. Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
15. What are the main events in Buddha’s life? Write them in order.
16. What are the Four Noble Truths?