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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. Holiness is within us when?

2. Does Buddhism ask for blind faith?

3. What are the Five Aggregates?

4. Our anger or despair is connected to what?

5. What does form include?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Dharmakaya?

3. How is Buddha important as one of the three jewels of refuge?

4. How is nonself important?

5. What are the Three Doors of Liberation?

6. Describe a second paramita.

7. Describe two more Aggregates.

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

9. Describe two of these seven factors.

10. What is paradise? What helps generate the energy in ourselves to be in paradise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Buddha taught the transformation of suffering and the use of suffering to liberate ourselves.

Part 1) What is suffering? What did Buddha believe causes suffering?

Part 2) How can suffering transform? How can one be liberated by suffering?

Part 3) What must be believed for one to be liberated by suffering? Do you agree with Buddha's teachings? Why or why not?

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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