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Name: ____________________ 

Boise-Eliot/Humboldt

6th Grade

The Buddha: a PBS documentary

Directions: This assinment !ill be recorded as a "ro#ect mar$ in the radeboo$ since the %ideo

is a com"lete lesson on Buddhism& 't is essential that you com"lete the (uestions as you !atch

the documentary&

)& *hat dream did Buddha+s mother ha%e be,ore he !as born

.& *hy does Buddhism bein !ith su,,erin

& Ho! many years a,ter Buddha+s death !ere the ,irst biora"hies o, Buddha !ritten

0& Describe the early years o, Siddhartha&

1& *hat dream did Siddhartha+s ,ather ha%e ,or him

6& *hat !as re%ealed to Siddhartha durin his ,our tri"s outside o, the "alace

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2& *hat im"act did seein these 0 Truths ha%e on Siddhartha 3*hat did he learn4

5& *hat did Siddhartha name his son *hat does the name mean

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& *hat is the manner o, meditation in the Hindu ,aith *hat is more im"ortant in this

"ractice7 the rituals or the ods

)8& *hat is the only !ay to esca"e su,,erin

))& E9"lain reincarnation& Ho! do "re%ious li%es in,luence Siddhartha

).& *hat is sceticism *hat is the "ur"ose

)& *hat is the im"ortance o, the Bodhi Tree Ho! did the ;ord o, Desire attac$ Siddhartha

here

)0& *hat is Nir%ana

)1& *hat is the Dharma !heel

)6& E9"lain the

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 )5& ccordin to Buddha7 !hy do !e su,,er nd ho! do !e o%ercome su,,erin

)& *hat is the Noble 5-=old Path&

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.8& *hy is the Ganes >i%er im"ortant *hat ha""ens there

.)& *hat is the Buddhist Sanha *hat is its role to the reliion

..& Ho! did the Sanha trans,orm the role o, !omen and the caste system o, Hindu

culture

.& *hat does Buddhism claim is the most im"ortant bene,it o, meditation

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.0& *hat does com"assion come ,rom ?an it be accom"lished i, sel,ishness uides your

li,e

.1& 's the burnin !ithin us ood or bad *hy

.6& *hat are the "oisons *hat are the o""osites

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.2& *hat is the result o, %iolence *as the Buddha "olitically in%ol%ed

.5& *here does the Buddha say chane !ill come ,rom

.& Ho! did the Buddha die

8& ?an anyone be a Buddha ', so7 ho!