India at the Time of the Buddha

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The man who became the Buddha was born where?
Northen India or modern day Nepal
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How long ago was the Buddha born?
2,500 years ago
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What was the religion of the people of India at the time of the Buddha?
Hinduism
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Who were competing during the time of the Buddha?
Teachers and Doctrines
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Why was there competition during the time of the Buddha?
As they had different understandings of the world with a number of important ideas beginning to emerge
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What was the soul known as at the time of the Buddha?
Eternal and unchanging, of which was a central belief
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What do earliest Sanskrit texts describe the soul as?
The "Breath of the Divine"
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What texts describe the Soul in much more depth?
Upanishads
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Where is the soul supposed to be found?
All living beings, not only human beings
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What is the soul said to be identical to?
Brahman or the Divine
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What IS the soul?
God
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What is Tat Tvam Asi?
"You are that" or "That thou art" which means all beings are divine
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What is Reincarnation?
The idea that when the body dies the soul lives on transmigrating to another existence
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What did people believe their soul had because of reincarnation?
Thousands of previous lives
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What is the force that drives reincarnation?
Karma
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What does Karma mean?
Action
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Where did people at the time of the Buddha try to liberate their soul to?
Moksha
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What is Renunciation?
A spiritual quest
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What do they give up to renounce their soul?
family, community, possessions, home, sexual relationships, bed etc...
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What is seen as an obstacle when renouncing their souls?
The needs and desires of the physical body
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How do people renounce their souls?
Through ascetics
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What needs to be controlled to renounce the soul?
The mind and body in order to cope with pain
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What are ascetics?
Training themselves to overcome physical pain
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What was the society of Ancient India like?
Heirarchical
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What is ritual purity?
A symbolic state where some are considered more ritually pure than others
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Who is ritual purity associated with?
Elite groups
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How could you damage your ritual purity?
By coming into contact with anyone of a lower class to yours
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What are Brahmins
Priests and scholars, the highest varna of whom were very powerful
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What are Kshatriyas?
Rulers and warriors, the second varna
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What are Vaishyas?
Merchants and farmers, the third varna
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What are the Shudras?
Servants and workers, the fourth varna
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Who are Dalits?
The Untouchables, of whom were extremelly ritually impure
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What is duty?
The idea that someone has a role to play within the universe of which was ordered
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What did they believe would happen if their fulfilled their duty?
That the universe would operate harmoniously
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What is the Sanskrit word for duty?
Dharma
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How is the nature of their duty determined?
By their class
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