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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is maitri called in the Shamhala teaching?
(a) "Avoiding hurting others to avoid feeling alone."
(b) "Learning through questions."
(c) "Being our own mother."
(d) "Placing our fearful mind in the cradle of loving kindness."

2. Which of the following does Chodron write it is helpful to think about a person who is angry?
(a) Another person's problem.
(b) A dream.
(c) A reaction to the other person's circumstances.
(d) Simply a story.

3. What are the three noble principles?
(a) Love, hope, and generosity.
(b) Good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end.
(c) Confess your faults, move toward your fears, and release your expectations.
(d) Meditate, exercise, and rest.

4. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?
(a) Only by releasing the goal of achieving enlightenment is it achieved.
(b) We are never separated from enlightenment.
(c) We can all achieve enlightenment through the same method.
(d) Enlightenment can be achieved by everyone.

5. What is "sharing the heart"?
(a) A Buddhist rule for all serious warriors.
(b) An old Zen idea about how to improve our quality of life.
(c) A simple practice.
(d) A prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do vajrayana Buddhists claim is inherent in emotion?

2. What is the in-between state?

3. What does the author argue that we do to sow the seeds of our own suffering?

4. How do we get beyond laziness to open ourselves to bodhichitta?

5. What did Trungpa Rinpoche say his students should do instead of listening to the radio?

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