buddhism jainism & religious movement Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (d)

The Jains believe that the natural and supernatural things of the universe can be traced back to seven fundamental elements. They are jiva, ajivaa, astikaya, bandha, samvara, nirjana, and moksa. Substances like body which exist and envelope (like a cover) are astïkaya. Anastikayas like ‘time’ have no body at all. The substance is the basis of attributes (qualities).

The attributes that we find in a substance are known as dharmas. The Jainas believe that things or substance have attributes. These attributes also change with the change of kala (time). From their point of view, the attributes of a substance are essential, and eternal or unchangeable. Without essential attributes, a thing cannot exist.

So they are always present in everything. For example, consciousness (chetana) is the essence of the soul; desire, happiness and sorrow are its changeable attributes.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

Mahavira added Brahmacharya (Celibacy) to the Chaturyama system established by the twenty-third Tirthankara Parshvanath.

Thus, he based it on five principles–Ahinsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha.

Answer: (c)

Tripitaka is a Pali word meaning three baskets. It is the traditional term used by Buddhist traditions to describe their various canons of scriptures. The expression three baskets originally referred to three receptacles containing the scrolls on which the Buddhist scriptures were originally preserved.

Hence, the Tripitaka traditionally contains three “baskets” of teachings: a Sutra Pitaka a Vinaya Pitaka and an Abhidharma Pitaka.

Answer: (a)