The Brief Life
Of The Buddha
By Phramaha
Surasak Suramedhi
3rd Year Student of
Humanities’ Faculty, MCU.NM. 2nd Year
Student of Buddhism’s Faculty, DOU California, USA. Written on November 21,2005.
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Direction
: Read The Brief Life Of The Buddha and answer the questions.
The term Buddha means the Awakened One or the Enlightened One.
He was neither a God
nor a Prophet,
but he is a supreme man.
His personal name was Prince Siddhattha (Siddhartha in
Sanskrit). On the full moon day
of May (the sixth lunarmonth),
known as Visakha Puja Day, before 623 B.C. there was born a young prince, named
Siddhattha at Lumbini park between the borders
of Kabilavatthu City and Thevathaha City. His
father’s name was King Suddhodana, who was the king of Kabilaphattu City.
His mother’s name was Queen Sirimahamaya who lived
in Thevathaha City. She passed away seven days after her son’s birth.
The son was later taken care by Pajabodi (her younger
sister). Later on when he grew up at the age of 7
years, he was sent to study with Visavamit who was a famous and well-known
teacher during that time.
1. Who is the father of Prince Siddhartha?
a.
King Siddhodana b. King Suddhodana c. King Sadthodana d. King Sitthotana
2. Is Rahul Raj Kumar the son of
Prince Siddhartha?
a. yes b. no c.
yes or no d. yes and not
3. Where is Prince Siddhartha was
born?
a.
Runbini park b.
Rumbini park c.
lunbini park d.
lumbini park
4. Who is the mother of Prince Siddhartha?
a. Pajabodi b. Pimpa c. Sirimahamaya d. Queen
Silimahamaya
5. How
many years old the Prince Siddhartha was sent to study?
a. 7 years old b. 16 years old c. 29 years old d. 35 years old
6. When the Queen Sirimahamaya
passed away?
a. days after
her son’s birth. b. days after
her son’s birth.
c.
days after her son’s birth. d.
7 days after her son’s birth.
7. Who is the
Queen Sirimahamaya’s younger sister?
a. Pajabodi b. Pimpa c. Yasotara d. Visakha
8. What is Visakha Puja Day?
a. the birth day of Buddha b. the birth day of Buddhism
c.
the birth day of Bhaddiya d.
the birth day of Mahanama
9. What is the name of first
teaching?
a. Dhamacakkappavattanasutta b. Dhammacakappavattanasutta
c.
Dhamacakkappavattanasutta d.
Dhammacakkappavattanasutta
10. When Prince Siddhartha grew up
at the age of 7 years he was sent to study with who?
a. Alaradabot b. Visavamit c.
Visakha d. Visuda
11. What is the city of the King
Suddhodana?
a.
Kabilaphattu b. Thevathaha c. Malla d. Mongkol
12. What city is hometown of the
Queen Sirimahamaya?
a.
Kabilaphattu b. Thevathaha c. Malla d. Mongkol
13. What is the
Buddha mean?
a. the
suffering b. the distress c. the
enlightened d. the
engineer
14. What is the Prince Siddhartha
saw while traveling to a Royal Garden?
a. old man and
a sick man b. a dead body and
a monk
c.
birth man, old man, a sick man, a dead body, and a monk d. old man, a sick man, a dead body,
and a monk
15. Is the Queen Sirimahamaya’s
mother of Prince Siddhartha?
a. not b. no c.
yes d. yet
16. Is the Prince Siddhartha was
born between the borders of Kabilavatthu
City and Thevathaha City.
a. yes b. not yes c. no d. not no
When he grew up at the age of
16 years, he got married to a very beautiful Princess named Yasodhara or Bimba.
Thirteen years after their marriage, they had one son whose name was Rahula. One
day while traveling to a Royal Garden, he saw four sights, he saw an
old man, a sick man, a dead body, and a monk (a
Brahmin monk). These made him realize that only a luxurious life could not let him reach
the real happiness of life.
When he was 29 years old, he renounced a worldly life to be a homeless monk at
the bank of Anoma river. After being a homeless monk, he wandered from place to
place to seek for the real happiness of life.
17. Why did Prince Siddhartha came
out to ordain?
a. Because he
want to seek for the real happiness of life. b.
Because she want to seek for the real happiness of life.
c.
Because he want to seek for the real his wife of life. d. Because she want to seek for the real her wife of life.
18. Who is the wife of Prince Siddhartha?
a. Queen
Yasotara b. Queen Pimpa c. Queen Sirimahamaya d. Queen
Silimahamaya
19. How many years old the Prince
Siddhartha came out to ordain?
a. 7 years old b. 16 years old c. 29 years old
d. 35 years old
20. What is the Prince Siddhartha
renounced a worldly life to be a homeless monk at the bank of river?
a. at the bank
of Anama river b. at the bank of Anoma
river
c.
at the bank of Anomar river d. at the
bank of Anomo river
21. When is Prince Siddhartha and
Yasodhara or Bimba got married?
a. 16 years old b. 29 years old c.
35 years old d. 45 years old
When he was 35 years old,
on the full moon day of May (the sixth lunar month), he
attained enlightenment which means he
had founded the real happiness of
life. At that time, he was called as the
Buddha which means the Awakened One or the Enlightened One.
Not soon after his enlightenment, he started to
deliver his teachings for the welfare of mankind. He
delivered his first teaching to the Panjavakkiya (the
Group of Five Monks),
Kondhanna, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama, and Assaji. His first teaching was called
the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta (setting into the
motion of the wheel of Dhamma). After his preaching, Kondhanna, the head of the group,
attained the eyes of Dhamma
and later asked for the ordination from the Buddha.The Buddha
ordained him as the first monk in Buddhism. After that he wandered to preach
his teachings for fourty-five years without stopping. When he was 80 years old, on the full
moon day of May (the sixth lunar
month), after he had firmly established his teachings to
his Orders, he then passed away
under the two Sala trees in Kusinara,
Malla state.
22. How many years old Phra
Siddhartha Enlightenment?
a. 16 years old b. 29 years old c.
35 years old d. 45 years old
23. Who is the first monk in
Buddhism?
a. Vappa b. Bhaddiya c. Kondhanna d.
Mahanama
24. How many years the Buddha's
death?
a. 45 years old b. 60 years old c.
70 years old d. 80 years old
25. When Prince Siddhartha grew up
at the age of 7 years he was sent to study with who?
a. Alaradabot b. Visavamit c.
Visakha d. Visuda
26. Which monk not on the Group
of Five Monks?
a. Rappa b. Bhaddiya c. Kondhanna d.
Mahanama
27. How many years the Buddha spread
Buddhism?
a.
16 years old b. 29 years old c. 35 years old d.
45 years old
28. Which state the Buddha passed
away?
a.
kunhtevataha b. kosampee c. malla d. mongkol
29. What is under tree the
Buddha die?
a. sala b. tonsrimahapoe c. salika d. tonkluay
30. How many monk in the
Panjavakkiya?
a. two b. three c. four d. five