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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. At what age could Buddha do what he wanted "without going against the path," or practice the "action of non-action," stage of realization that must take place from within?

2. Hanh advises us to leave a job where we are not allowed to do what?

3. "To practice social justice and non-exploitation, we have to use __________________."

4. Right Action is related to Right Livelihood, or what?

5. The fifth Mindfulness training is associated with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is used to understand the Four Noble Truths?

2. Why does Siddhartha Gutama sit under a bodhi tree? What happens while he is sitting here?

3. For how long does Buddha teach the Eightfold Path?

4. What comprises Buddhism?

5. What are two of the Miracles of Mindfulness? What is the importance of the first four Miracles of Mindfulness?

6. What does Buddha think of perception?

7. What does Buddha say about suffering and nirvana?

8. What is the third turning?

9. What is a misunderstanding about suffering?

10. How can one avoid unwholesome thoughts? How can one touch the seeds of joy and peace and transform our suffering?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Buddha said we feed our happiness or suffering with four nutriments.

Part 1) What are the four nutriments? Are these good? Why or why not?

Part 2) What is the importance of these nutriments? What nutriments do you feed in your own life?

Part 3) How could you feed your happiness in your own life that would follow the principles of Buddhism?

Essay Topic 2

There are many "Rights" discussed in this book.

Part 1) What are these Rights? How are they connected and intertwined?

Part 2) How do these Rights pertain to your own life?

Part 3) How do you know when you are right? Is there a way to know? Can what is right for you be wrong for another? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

There are Five Aggregates.

Part 1) What are the Five Aggregates? Do you agree that these Five Aggregates make up a human being? Why or why not?

Part 2) How are these Five Aggregates tied together? How do they help bind the other principles of Buddhism together?

Part 3) How might this knowledge of the self affect you? Why?

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