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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.

2. An awareness of ourselves as thinking subjects is called _____.

3. The classifying and sorting of experiences is called _____.

4. When he ascended to heaven after performing the miracle, under which tree did he sit to do his teaching?

5. One of the basic critiques of self in Buddhism that implies a constant that Buddhism believes is not constant is _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the wheel of becoming?

2. What two things does abhidharma refer to in Buddhist tradition?

3. What is the Buddhist view of faith on the cognitive and effective modes?

4. How does the sense of self spring from delusion?

5. What did the Buddha do after performing the miracle after his awakening?

6. What is dependent arising?

7. What is causal connectedness?

8. What attitudes do the Mahayana sutras display toward the bodhisattva?

9. What did the Buddha say of the beginning of samsara?

10. What components, according to Buddhist thought, comprise a world-sphere?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the brahmanical tradition. Where did the people who founded this tradition in India come from? What effect did they have on Indian society?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism. How does it relate to the Theraveda tradition of Buddhism? How did it originate? Who practices this form of Buddhism?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Theraveda tradition of Buddhism. Where is it practiced? How does it relate in doctrine and practice to ancient Buddhism?

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