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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. The repository manuals related to the sutras are called the _____.

2. The four _____ are from the realm of the Supreme Gods.

3. Who is the father of the Madhyamaka or middle school?

4. In terms of karma, one's state of mind is important and constitutes a _____.

5. Meditation is the cultivation of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the boddhisattva turn away from samsara and yet turn back to the world?

2. What is access concentration in meditation?

3. Why was vegetarianism not an explicit tenet of early Buddhism? What questions did this bring up?

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

5. How are the lower and higher realms of existence different from each other in Buddhism?

6. How is faith compared to a gem and a stream in Buddhism?

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

8. What is bhavanga?

9. What happens as the path of the bodhisattva progresses?

10. What does Nagasena tell the king about the self?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the written tradition of Buddhism. How did it come about? Compare it to the oral tradition.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the grounds for expulsion from the Sangha. What is the role of sexuality? What is the role of opinion?

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