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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18: "The Bardo of Becoming".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two creatures battle a case for salvation?
(a) The angel of death and a white devil
(b) A black lion and a white lion
(c) A guardian angel and a black devil
(d) A winged tiger and a winged unicorn

2. What did Buddha say that humankind repeats?
(a) The cycle of samsara
(b) The cycle of verdu
(c) The cycle of life
(d) The cycle of sem

3. What does Sogyal say can lighten an atmosphere when a person is dying?
(a) Meditation
(b) Humor
(c) Quiet
(d) Reading

4. What does Sogyal state the dying are being challenged?
(a) Negativity
(b) Their past lives
(c) Samsara
(d) Buddha

5. Who passes judgment after the battle for salvation?
(a) The red devil
(b) The Lord of Death
(c) The Lord of the After Life
(d) Buddha

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do humans repeat the cycle of samsara?

2. What does mindfullness defuse?

3. What is one convinced of during the first few weeks of this bardo?

4. What state is the entire world in when Buddha wakes up from his meditation?

5. What does a person need to do before true communication with a dying loved one can begin?

(see the answer key)

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