11sor Unit 1 Topic 1 World Sacred Texts Exam Revision Questions And Answers New Update 2024/2025 Top Ranked A+ Best Exam

First period of Hinduism {Ans: Indus Valley civilisation}Abhidhamma Pitaka {Ans: 'Basket of Higher Teaching; contains metaphysical and philosophical doctrines that are highly complex to read and understand}The Vedas {Ans: Early Indian sacred 'knowledge' -the literal meaning of the term-long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down. Hymns, songs, prayers, ritual instructions. A shruti text}Mahayana Buddhism: Accepted Canon {Ans: The 3 Baskets that form the Pali Canon PLUS additional sections such as commentaries, analysis. Mahayana Buddhism has also increased the number of sutras found in the Sutra/Sutta Pitaka e.g. Diamond Sutra, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra etc.}Examples of Dreaming/Creation Stories {Ans: The Rainbow Serpent, Story of The Glasshouse Mountains, Tiddalick The Frog}The Dhammapada {Ans: The best-known of the Buddhist texts. The essence of Buddha's teachings often in contrasting 'pairs'. A collection of short sayings attributed to the Buddha. Significant text for Theravadin Buddhists}Sutra {Ans: 'Thread'; refers to the Buddha's teachings being sewn together into collections}Sutra/Sutta Pitaka {Ans: 'Basket of Threads'. Collection of myths, stories, sayings and teachings related to Buddha; records some actual words of Buddha; also contains some of his first teachings after receiving Enlightenment. The Dhammapada is the