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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. A _____ is a being from a lower realm of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

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

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

4. The dhyanas are levels of _____.

5. Eighty-one types of dharma are _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the thirty-one levels of existence classified? Who resides in these realms?

3. What is dependent arising?

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

5. What is the wheel of becoming?

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

7. What are the five precepts of the lay followers in Buddhism?

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

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

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

Describe the Indian renouncer tradition. What do people who undertake this tradition do? Why do they do this?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of merit or karma in Buddhism. How does this affect the conduct of the Buddhist? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of suffering in Buddhism. What are the three kinds of suffering? What is the significance of each one in Buddhism?

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