Buddhism Exam

Question 1

According to Lopez, what is one reference point for all of the different traditions labelled as Buddhist.

Answer 1

The Buddha

Question 2

Lopez says that writing a book entitled The Story Of Buddhism is a distinctly modern and, until recently, ——— thing to do

Answer 2

Non-Buddhist

Question 3

The Three Jewels of Buddhism are

Answer 3

Buddha, Dharma and Sangha

Question 4

Lopez says that the universe is the product of

Answer 4

Karma

Question 5

Lopez says ——- means wandering in Sanskrit

Answer 5

Samsara

Question 6

Six reals are in the world which are the highest?

Answer 6

Gods

Question 7

——- means extinction/ quenching

Answer 7

Nirvana/nibbana

Question 8

—— means worthy

Answer 8

Arhat

Question 9

The state of —— is described as both is and is not and neither is nor is not

Answer 9

Paticca-samuppada

Question 10

Even happiness is understood to be a form of —— (suffering) because it does not last

Answer 10

Dukkha

Question 11

_____ is the cause of suffering because it is a desire to hold on to things that constantly change and are unsatisfying.

Answer 11

Tanha

Question 12

The Buddhist concept of _______ mean no-self and is very different from the Hindu concept of atman or the Jain concept of Jiva.

Answer 12

Anatta

Question 13

Everything, except nirvana/nibbana is _______, that is, impermanent.

Answer 13

Anicca

Question 14

Miao Shan is:

Answer 14

all of the above (bodhisattva, daughter to a king, vegetarian, unmarried, guanyin)

Question 15

Who is the narrator of the Vessantara Jataka?

Answer 15

Gotama Buddha

Question 16

What are Vessantara’s first words?

Answer 16

Mommy, I want to give something

Question 17

Maddi is detained in the forest while Vessantara is giving the children away by

Answer 17

A lion
A tiger
A pard
All of the above

Question 18

Before Vessantara gives the children away, Maddi has a dream of

Answer 18

A man in robes assaulting her

Question 19

When Vessantara gives the children away there is

Answer 19

Earthquake

Question 20

Phusati is

Answer 20

The mother of Vessantara
Maha Maya the mother of Gotama Buddha
A girl who gave a donation to Vipassi Buddha
All of the above

Question 21

_______ was a emperor who reigned from 268-239 BCE and spread Buddhism to most of the Indian sub-continent and beyond.

Answer 21

Asoka

Question 22

Asoka sent his son and daughter as Buddhist missionaries to ______.

Answer 22

Sri Lanka

Question 23

A stupa is another name for a pagoda. It contains ________.

Answer 23

Relics

Question 24

Burmese Buddhists understand the Shwedagon pagoda to contain _____ brought from India by two merchants named Tapussa and Bhallika.

Answer 24

Hairs from the Buddha

Question 25

Mahayana seems to have begun with the production of ______

Answer 25

texts

Question 26

By the time that sutras like the Lotus Sutra were composed three different paths were accepted: the sravaka or listener path, the pratyekabuddha or solitary enlightened one path, and the _____.

Answer 26

Bodhisattva path

Question 27

The story of the Lotus Sutra where the father offers the sons three different carts to tempt them out of a burning building is a good metaphor for the Mahayana concept of _____.

Answer 27

Upaya skillful means

Question 28

In order to become a bodhisattva, one must develop _____ literally , "the aspiration to enlightenment".

Answer 28

Bodhicitta

Question 29

_______ the Buddha of infinite light promised that anyone who hears his name, wishes to be reborn in his Pure Land and dedicates their merit to that end will be reborn there.

Answer 29

Amitabha

Question 30

One of the thirteen practices of great asceticism mentioned by Lopez was dwelling in a charnel ground. What is a charnel ground?

Answer 30

A place where dead bodies are cremated

Question 31

What practice does Lopez says has largely disappeared from Sri Lanka but it present in Thailand (and Burma)?

Answer 31

Daily alms rounds

Question 32

Although most monks are required to be celibate, monks in one country are allowed to marry. Where?

Answer 32

Japan

Question 33

The role of the monk is to maintain a certain purity, largely by keeping an elaborate set of vows. Such purity renders the monks as a suitable _____.

Answer 33

Field of Merit

Question 34

In order to become a novice a boy had to be _____.

Answer 34

Old enough to scare away a crow

Question 35

Bodhisattva vows differ from monastic vows in that is it a violation for those who have taken Bodhisattva vows not to be willing to violate the regulate the vows out of compassion. The story that Lopez uses to illustrate this point results in the Buddha _____.

Answer 35

Committing murder

Question 36

In 1902 the king of Thailand passed the Sangha act that made it illegal for local abbots to _____.

Answer 36

ordain monks

Question 37

According to Thai tradition the monk Phra Malai took eight lotuses as an offering to stupa in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. What relic did the stupa contain?

Answer 37

Topknot relic

Question 38

The Sutra of the Spell that Brought Deliverance to the Flaming Mouth Hungry Ghost is the basis for the Ghost Festival in China. “The structure of this ritual was that of a _____.”

Answer 38

Feast

Question 39

Chanting is central to much of Buddhist practice. “Its use derives from early Buddhism when . . . a learned person was ‘____’ rather than ‘well read.’”

Answer 39

Much heard

Question 40

The Holy Path of dharma can be described as “1) pariyatti, the study of the teachings 2) ____ the practice of the way 3) pativeda or realization of the states.”

Answer 40

patipatti

Question 41

Devotion to Amitabha is the essence of ____ practice, which centers on the Buddha invocation. This is a repetition of a phrase that translates “Hail to Amitabha Buddha.”

Answer 41

Pure land

Question 42

In a state of _____ concentration, the mind becomes free from all distractions and wavering, in a unified state of inner stillness.

Answer 42

Samadhi

Question 43

One popular meditation is _____ lovingkindness meditation which when developed expands the mind into an immeasurable field of benevolent concern.

Answer 43

Metta

Question 44

The most common calm meditation is the mindfulness of breathing _____.

Answer 44

Anapana sati

Question 45

Calm meditation cannot lead to nirvana. While it can temporarily suspend attachment, hatred and delusion it cannot end them. Only ________ (insight) combined with calm can do this.

Answer 45

Vipassana

Question 46

Insight seeks to experientially recognize the three marks of all things:

Answer 46

Impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and being empty of self

Question 47

How much merit did Emperor Wu earn? None at all More than Amitabha Buddha Enough to be reborn as a Buddha

Answer 47

none

Question 48

You _____, I bow.

Answer 48

Spit

Question 49

Does a dog have buddha nature? Wu Mu Yes

Answer 49

Wu

Question 50

If people already have Buddha nature why do they have to exert themselves to reach enlightenment?

Answer 50

they don't

Question 51

Tibetans debated whether to follow the Chinese sudden path or the Indian gradual path in Buddhism. Which did they choose?

Answer 51

Indian

Question 52

The head of the Geluk school is _____

Answer 52

Dalai lama

Question 53

In Tantra practice one uses elements of _____ to produce visualizations of a transformed universe that reflects the essence of nirvana.

Answer 53

``` Samsara Words and sounds Images and diagrams Bodies and substances All of the above. ```