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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. Buddha suggests we replace unwholesome thoughts how?

2. How should we treat our suffering?

3. Hanh recommends a _____________ gatha to remind us to live fully each day, not wasting our day, and being mindful with love and compassion.

4. We need to do what to become free of perceptions and be able to see things as they are?

5. Looking deeply in meditation is important, but what else is fundamental?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the third turning?

2. What is active concentration?

3. What does Right Action mean?

4. What is the Fourth Noble Truth?

5. What is suffering?

6. What is the fifth Mindfulness training? What does Hanh say about alcohol in this section?

7. What did Siddhartha Gutama teach?

8. What does Buddha say about suffering and nirvana?

9. Describe the first two turnings of the wheel of Dharma.

10. How can one avoid unwholesome thoughts? How can one touch the seeds of joy and peace and transform our suffering?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Buddha taught the Eightfold Path up until his death.

Part 1) What is the Eightfold Path? How can it be applied in your daily life?

Part 2) How is this Path connected to other aspects of Buddhism?

Part 3) How might Buddha have created this Eightfold Path? How is this Path a progression of steps as in other aspects of Buddhism? I sthis practical for everyday life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

It is vital to keep our bodies, hearts, and minds open.

Part 1) Why is this important? How can one keep an open body, heart, and mind?

Part 2) Is it possible to change what one already believes? Why or why not?

Part 3) how does this belief compare to the beliefs of other religions? Is this good or bad? Why?

Essay Topic 3

There are many "Rights" discussed in this book.

Part 1) What are these Rights? How are they connected and intertwined?

Part 2) How do these Rights pertain to your own life?

Part 3) How do you know when you are right? Is there a way to know? Can what is right for you be wrong for another? Why or why not?

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