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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 therapy of one hour of deep, quiet listening can bring relief to suffering, and is what who try to practice?

2. Hanh suggests what to remind us to use right speech on the telephone?

3. The practice of the Five Mindfulness Trainings addresses what?

4. Non-thinking allows us to enter reality __________.

5. What does the wheel of Dharma teach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is important about being in the present moment?

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

4. What leads to the path of Right Action?

5. What is the Fourth Mindfulness Training?

6. What is the Fourth Noble Truth?

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

8. What is Right Diligence or Effort?

9. What does Buddha say about suffering and nirvana?

10. What is selective concentration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

One should be compassionate when listening and speaking.

Part 1) How is this related to the Miracles of Mindfulness? How can one listen and speak with compassion?

Part 2) How can this be soothing and healing for the speaker? How can this be soothing and healing for the listener?

Part 3) How can compassionate listening and speaking improve relationships? When have you experienced compassionate listening or speaking? How did it affect you?

Essay Topic 3

The twelve turning of the wheel of Dharma is practiced to understand the Four Noble Truths.

Part 1) What are the twelve turnings of the wheel of Dharma? What are the Four Noble Truths?

Part 2) How do the turnings help one to understand the wheel of Dharma?

Part 3) What does this connection between the turnings of the wheel of Dharma and the Four Noble Truths reveal about other aspects of Buddhism and their connection with one another?

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