2010 Dhamma Jnr1 Part 1

• Sage Asita smiled and immediately cried after reading Prince Siddhattha's future because
1. Prince would leave the palace and become an Ascetic
2. Asita would not live to see the Prince becoming a Buddha
3. Prince would not become a Universal Monarch
• King Suddhodana stopped old and sich persons entering the city because
1. They would dirty the city
2. they were an unpleasant sight
3. Prince Siddhattha would leave the palace on seeing them
• Reflecting on the impurities of the human body is called in Dhamma
1. Dhamma savanna
2. Bhavana
3. Ditthijukamma
• Dhammapada is a book included in the
1. Digha Nikaya
2. Majjhima Nikaya
3. Khuddaka Nikaya
• The second Buddhist Council was held to settle a dispute over
1. ten wrongful practices of Vajjiputtaka monks
2. repeal of minor vinaya rules
3. divergent views of different sects
• Karaniya Metta Sutta enumerates fifteen virtues to be practiced by
1. a person who wishes his welfare
2. a person who wishes to be born in heaven
3. a person who wishes to do wholesome acts (kusala)
• The Buddha is called "Araham" because
1. He is well disciplined
2. He is worthy of offering
3. He is a Teacher to all Beings
• The first recording of the Dhamma was done in Sri Lanka at
1. Abhayagiri Vihara
2. Maha Vihara
3. Alu Vihara
• A Bodhisatta makes five Great Observances befoer his last birth in the human world. They are time, continent, country, clan and
1. City
2. Mother
3. Father
• The new treatise that was added to the Abhidhamma Pitaka at the Third Buddhist Council was
1. Petavatthu
2. Kathuvatthu
3. Vimanavatthu

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Sakya and Koliya Kings refused to give a bride in marriage to Prince Siddhattha saying in accordance to the family custom, their daughters would not be given to any one who is not an expert in the art of warfare.

Prince Siddhattha's idea of extinguishing lust and attachment was awakened on hearing Kisa Gotami's utterance of the word "Nibbuta"
"Happy indeed is that mother
 Happy indeed is that father
 Happy indeed is that wife
 Who has a husband like this"

The special bodily characteristic found on the body of a Buddha is termed as satapunna characteristic

The Great Commentator who wrote commentaries to many texts of the Tipitaka was Venerable Buddhaghosa

Karaniya Metta Sutta was preached by the Buddha to a group of monks who were looking for a place to stay during the vassana period and were disturmed by the tree deities inhabiting in the forest.