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In the earliest forms of Buddhism, whether god existed was seen as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Nibbana in Buddhism literally means the extinguishing of what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha regarded the social world as the creation of whom?Read the answer and worked solution →The sangha was an organisation of whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Buddhist monks who lived on alms were known by what name?Read the answer and worked solution →Who persuaded the Buddha to allow women into the sangha, according to Buddhist texts?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni?Read the answer and worked solution →Women of the sangha who attained liberation and became respected teachers were called what?Read the answer and worked solution →How did the sangha reach decisions if consensus could not be achieved through discussion?Read the answer and worked solution →The Therigatha is a collection of verses composed by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Punna, whose verses appear in the Therigatha, was a woman of what status?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two qualities of the Buddha's teaching, fellow feeling and compassion, drew people to Buddhism?Read the answer and worked solution →Small shrines at sacred trees or rocks were sometimes described as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Where was the Buddha born, according to Buddhist literature?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did the Buddha deliver his first sermon?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ruler erected a pillar at Lumbini about 200 years after the Buddha to mark his visit?Read the answer and worked solution →Stupas were mounds that originally contained what sacred items?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Buddhist text says Asoka distributed relics to every important town and ordered stupas built?Read the answer and worked solution →By the second century BCE, stupas had been built at Bharhut, Sarnath and which other site?Read the answer and worked solution →Inscriptions on stupa railings and pillars record what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In the earliest forms of Buddhism, whether god existed was seen as what?

  1. Proven by pure reason
  2. Forbidden to discuss
  3. Irrelevant to practice
  4. Essential to salvation
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Correct answer: C. Irrelevant to practice

Early Buddhism treated the existence of god as irrelevant, focusing on human effort and conduct.

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Nibbana in Buddhism literally means the extinguishing of what?

  1. Time and space
  2. Ego and desire
  3. Wealth and power
  4. Rebirth and karma
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Correct answer: B. Ego and desire

Nibbana is the extinguishing of the ego and desire, ending the cycle of suffering.

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The Buddha regarded the social world as the creation of whom?

  1. The gods above
  2. Brahmana priests
  3. Humans themselves
  4. Kings and rulers
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Correct answer: C. Humans themselves

He saw society as human-made rather than divine, so he advised kings and gahapatis to be humane and ethical.

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