christianity + buddhism

• what are the 4 key features about the nature of god

  omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, just
• where in the bible does god show his 3 main qualities


  just - judgement day / final judgement / parable of the sheep and goats

  omnipotent - genesis + miracles

  omnibenevolent - incarnation + crucifixion
• what is Epicurus' trilemma


  if god is unable to prevent all evil he is not all powerful
• 'it is evil men who make this evil world' Augustine
• why do christians believe we suffer

  free will

  life is a test

  brings us closer to god

  we ruined the earth with sin

  we cannot understand god

  punishment for sin

  original sin

  ireneaus believed it will help us grow in gods likeness
• what are the 3 parts of the trinity

  god the father - the creator

  god the son - the saviour god the holy spirit - the sustainer
• what are the different accounts of creation


  genesis 1 - 7 day summary, 'God created the heavens and earth' johns gospel - word was at present creation genesis 2 - 6th day, adam and eve
• what are the main interpretations of the creation account

  fundamental, allegorical, myth
• what were the four sights

  old man, sick man, dead man, holy man
• miracles at the buddhas birthinclude: queen maya's dream, prophecy, walk, talk, lotus flowers
• what are the 3 watches of the night

  past lives, samsara, case of suffering understood
• what are the 3 refuges

  dhamma, buddha, sangha
• the dhamma


  teachings of the buddha, universal teachings of the world, spiritual laws of the universe, wiser and more compassionate, reduces suffering
• what is dependent arising

  idea everything depends on other things, nothing exists independently , everything is always changing, kamma is an example
• samsara


  cycle of death and rebirth, we are dependent on our past life and arise from our new life, escape by generating good kamma - priest and the goat
• nibbana


  escaping samsara, realising and accepting the four noble truths, some believe you be boddhisatvas - mahayana
• what is a buddhist place of worship?

  a temple / vihara
• where do therevada monks live?

  a gompa
• what are 3 key things you’d find a temple

  buddha rupa

  prayer wheel + flags

  bell
• what are some things that aid buddhists in worship?

  mala beads

  mandalas

  deity visualisations

  kasinas
• samatha meditation : focuses on breathing and sensations of the body, leads to deeper concentration
• vipassana : insight meditation, gain realisation and understand impermanence ( anicca ), focus on concentration + exploration, nature of reality
• what type of funeral to tibetan buddhists have?


  sky burial + merit making
• what type of funeral do pure land buddhists have?


  coffin faces west to the pure land, chopsticks to pick bones out of the ash, reading from buddhist scripture
• what type of funeral do therevada buddhists have?


  monks, merit transfer through donating cloth to monks + money to charity
• wesak is celebrated in may, commemorates buddhas birth + enlightenment + death, releasing of paper lanterns, celebrations, releasing caged birds
• parinirvana day is celebrated on february 15, commemorates the buddhas death, mahayana buddhists, reflective + somber, think about own immorality, may go on pilgrimage to kushinagar
• buddhists believe that all life forms are interconnected, karma affects future lives, rebirth happens when consciousness leaves body at death, reborn as human or animal depending on past actions, cycle continues until nirvana reached
• the four noble truths are suffering exists, cause of suffering is craving/attachment, end of suffering is nirvana, path to end suffering is eightfold path
• the three marks of existence are impermanance, suffering, non-self
• christianity 4 main types of worship are..


  liturgical

  non liturgical

  informal

  private
• 2 examples of prayer

  lords prayer

  hail mary
• what are the 5 basic components of prayer?

  adoration

  confession

  thanksgiving

  supplication

  intercession
• baptism is a sacrament where christians believe they receive gods grace and it is practiced by almost all denominations
• infant baptism 


  orthodox > total immersion

  catholics

  cleanses of original sin

  have support of the church from infancy

  prayers + teachings read

  promises from parents + god parents

  lit candle given to child's guardians
• believers baptism


  baptists

  pentecostals

  given a choice therefore stronger faith

  jesus baptised as an adult

  fully submerge
• the eucharist / holy communion is a sacrament and it commemorates the last supper
• beliefs about communion


  catholics > transubstantiation

  baptists > symbols to bring people together

  orthodox > jesus mystically present, iconostasis

  church of england > spiritual presence of jesus

  others > purely re-enactment, symbolic of his death
• catholics and orthodox christians hold eucharist more often than other denominations e.g methodists
• places of pilgrimage include

  lourdes > bernadette

  iona > monastery built by monk

  jerusalem > jesus

  rome > vatican