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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. What is the fourth nutriment?

2. Which turning of the Fourth Noble Truth is the recognition that we are practicing to transform our difficulties and ceasing to ingest pain-causing nutriments?

3. It is vital to keep our bodies, hearts and minds open to truth rather than what?

4. 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?

5. What is the third truth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four nutriments? Describe these nutriments.

2. What is the Fourth Mindfulness Training?

3. What comprises Buddhism?

4. Describe two more Miracles of Mindfulness.

5. What did Siddhartha Gutama teach?

6. How should one speak the truth?

7. Describe the first two turnings of the wheel of Dharma.

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

9. How can one find conditions for happiness that are already available?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Where there is perception, there is deception."

Part 1) What is perception? Why does Buddha believe perception is deceptive?

Part 2) Give an example from your own life of when perception was deceptive.

Part 3) What is the connection between perception and what is right and wrong? How does this compare to your own views regarding perception and what is right and wrong, prior to reading this book?

Essay Topic 2

There are Four Noble Truths.

Part 1) What are these Four Noble Truths? What is the connection between these Truths and the twelve turnings of the wheel of Dharma and the Eightfold Path?

Part 2) How do these Truths help one understand and identify suffering? How can this improve one's life?

Part 3) How can the world benefit from these Four Noble Truths?

Essay Topic 3

There are Three Dharma Seals of Buddha's teaching.

Part 1) What are these seals? how are they related to other aspects of Buddhism?

Part 2) How are these three connected to one another? How do those seals promote peace and joy?

Part 3) Why are these Dharma seals required in Buddhism? Why are they so important?

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