2008 Dhamma Jnr1 Part 1

• Buddha Gotama received the first Affirmation (niyata vivarana) from
1. Buddha Dipankara
2. Buddha Saranankara
3. Buddha Medhankara
4. Buddha Tanhankara
• Brahmin _________ said "Prince Siddhattha will defilitely be a Buddha"
1. Kondanna
2. Rama
3. Lakkhana
4. Dhaja
• ________ was not one of the four visions that Prince Siddhattha saw on his was to the park with Channa
1. An old man
2. A poor man
3. A sick man
4. A dead body
• Channa said to Prince Siddhattha "to anyone born, the only thing that is certain in the world is
1. Family life
2. Wealth
3. Death
4. Happiness
• The main cause for holding the second Buddhist Council was
1. Disunity of the Sangha
2. Subhadda's words
3. The king's order
4. Ten unlawful points of the vajjan monks
• Reflecting on the impurities of the human body is
1. Dhammassavana
2. Bhavana
3. Samvara sila
4. Ditthijukamma
• A novice in the Buddhist Sangha (samanera) is required to observe ____ precepts
1. Ten
2. Eight
3. Five
4. Two hundered and Twenty
• The name of he new treatise added to the Abhidhamma Pitaka after the third Buddhist Council was
1. Dhammasangani
2. Kathavatthu
3. Vibhanga
4. Dhatukatha
• The item that does not come under the four requisites of a Bhikkhu (catu paccaya) is
1. Robes
2. Money
3. Medicine
4. Shelter
• The Sutta that describes the qualities of the Triple Gem is
1. Maha Mangala Sutta
2. Ratana Sutta
3. Metta Sutta
4. Vasala Sutta

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King Suddhodana worshipped Prince Siddhattha for the second time at the ploughing ceremony

Of the five great observances (vilokana) made by the Bodhisatta from Tusita heaven, one was "kala" (time). the other four were continent, country, clan and mother

The meaning of the name "Siddhattha" was wish fulfilled

The new Buddhist sect formed in Sri Lanka during the time of King Valagamba was Abhyagirivasins

Accoring to the Dhammapada - vigilance is the path to deathlessness; negligence is the path to death