Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Religious violence includes indirect means such as inducing famine.
2. All religions view the world as significant and would view the loss of a viable home for humanity as a tragedy.
3. Buddhism teaches that anyone can become enlightened, even become a buddha.
4. A statue of Gautama at the end of his period of fasting shows him very thin, as almost “skin and bones.”
5. In Buddhism, the Three Refuges are the Vinaya Pitaka, the Sutta Pitaka, and the Abhidamma Pitaka.
1. TRUE - Religious violence can be carried out by individuals or groups. It can be by direct attack, or by indirect means such as inducing famine.
2. TRUE - All religions view the world as significant and would view the loss of a viable home for humanity as a tragedy.
3. TRUE - Buddhism teaches that anyone can become enlightened, even become a buddha. Gautama is the model Buddha, but many Buddhists believe that he taught his followers to think for themselves and carefully examine the teachings of the religion to determine what is right for them. When anyone becomes fully enlightened, that person is a buddha, too.
4. TRUE - Many large temples have this statue; it does indeed show him as emaciated following his period of fasting and extreme asceticism, which did not bring him enlightenment.
5. FALSE - Laypeople are called upon to "take refuge" not only in the Buddha and in his teaching (dharma), but also in the monastic community (sangha). These are called the Three Refuges, or sometimes the Three Jewels.
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