The Little Buddha

Questions

1. What three principles does the story of the goat illustrate?
2. What was the importance of the monk’s dream?
3. Why do the Tibetans not live in Tibet?
4. What do Buddhists believe happens to people on death?
5. What special purpose do some serve?
6. What was the Buddha’s name?
7. When was the Buddha born and where?
8. Who was his mother?
9. What happened in her dream when Siddhartha was conceived?
10. What happened when her birth pains came on?
11. What was special about the birth?
12. What does Siddhartha mean?
13. Who was the unexpected guest and what did he say? What was the king’s response?
14. What happened a week after that?
15. What did Jesse do on the train and what might event in Jesus’ life might be similar?
16. How did Siddhartha live?
17. When Jesse visited the Dharma Centre what were monks doing?
18. What two signs did Jesse give that he might be the reborn lama?
19. How did the king prepare for Siddhartha’s trip into the city beyond the palace?
20. What were strange sights Siddhartha saw which he had never seen before?
21. What did Siddhartha learn about and discover?
22. What was the meaning of the broken teacup?
23. What does Siddhartha want to learn/discover?
24. What does the father perceive as the curse of life?
25. What important event happened on the night Siddhartha left?
26. Why was it easy for Siddhartha to escape despite his father’s wishes?
27. Who were the first people Siddhartha saw, what do they do and why?
28. Why does Siddhartha join them?
29. Why did the ascetics become his first disciples?
30. What was the lesson of the musician that held a great truth for Siddhartha? What did Siddhartha call it?
31. What was the sign that he was on the right track?
32. What were the signs that the little girl might be the reincarnation of the lama?
33. Describe the final challenges?
34. How did he win?
35. What does the Buddha mean?
36. What is a mandala and why was it made of sand?
37. What is the most important thing of all?
38. How were the lama’s ashes disposed of?