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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. Does impermanence cause suffering?

2. The Sarvastivada school's first condition requires what?

3. Does Buddhism ask for blind faith?

4. Right livelihood is what?

5. Incorrect perceptions are conditioned by the afflictions in us of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a paramita? Describe one of the paramitas.

2. Describe two of these seven factors.

3. What is the relationship between Buddha's teachings?

4. What is said about love and happiness in this chapter?

5. For what does the author ask?

6. What are the seven factors of awakening or enlightenment?

7. Describe a second paramita.

8. Describe two more Aggregates.

9. What are the three Dharma seals?

10. What is the foundation of Buddhism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Hahn compares life to a wave.

Part 1) Describe this illustration. How does this support Buddhism?

Part 2) How does this illustration compare to your own beliefs about life?

Part 3) How might one's life change when viewing life as a wave? Why?

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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