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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. What does the opening of one's heart allow for?

2. What does one enter if they fail to recognize the Ground Luminosity?

3. What can compassion lead the dying to?

4. What does Sogyal begin this chapter by discussing?

5. What does Sogyal wish that no humans would fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the dead when the elements return?

2. How does Sogyal state we assist the dying?

3. How can a person improve the karma of someone already dead?

4. What is Ground Luminosity?

5. How can one transform their pain when watching a loved one dying?

6. What does Sogyal hope his book will achieve?

7. What happens during the first few weeks of someone's death?

8. How does compassion relate to Buddhism?

9. Why is the bardo of dharmata rarely discussed in Tibeten Buddhism?

10. What are the de lok?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine meditation.

1) How does Rinpoche think one should meditate? Is this a variation on other meditation techniques?

2) What is the main goal is of mediation? How are the techniques used in meditation supposed to help us achieve this goal?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book Rinpoche states the importance of having a master.

1) What did Rinpoche's master teach him that he took forward in life.

2) How can Rinpoche use his master's teachings to pursue his own individual path.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the stories Rinpoche tells through the book.

1) Are the stories more symbolic than than they are true?

2) Choose one of the stories and discuss it's meaning in relation to Rinpoche's teachings.

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