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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: "Helping After Death".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rinpoche believe his master was the embodiment of?
(a) Goodness
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Tibetan buddhism
(d) Humanity

2. How can one overcome negative feelings when watching someone dying?
(a) By meditating
(b) By praying
(c) By placing one's self into their shoes
(d) By thinking about reincarnation

3. How does the west traditionally cope with death?
(a) They deny it
(b) They embrace it
(c) They forget it
(d) They rush to get there

4. What happens once inner and outer dissolution occur?
(a) Reincarnation
(b) Death
(c) Complete karma
(d) Ground Luminosity of the Clear Light

5. What is the inner dissolution?
(a) Where thought and emotion decease.
(b) Karma
(c) Calmness during meditation
(d) The process of dissolving negative thoughts

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why don't the Tibetans move a dead body for three days?

3. What bardo does Sogyal discuss in this chapter?

4. What does Rinpoche state his master treated him like?

5. What does a student have to achieved to move on to the View?

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