The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nhat Hanh
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Nhat Hanh
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 seeing the cause of our suffering do to our suffering?

2. Mindful breathing helps us find what?

3. We can learn calming by recognition, acceptance, ________________, looking deeply and insight.

4. Our perceptions are affected by what?

5. Right speech is based on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a misunderstanding about suffering?

2. What are vitark and vichara? When are they no longer present?

3. What is selective concentration?

4. What does Right Action mean?

5. What is the Fourth Noble Truth?

6. For how long does Buddha teach the Eightfold Path?

7. Why does Siddhartha Gutama sit under a bodhi tree? What happens while he is sitting here?

8. How can one find conditions for happiness that are already available?

9. What does Hahn suggest we do about our habit energies?

10. What leads to the path of Right Action?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are Three Doors of Liberation.

Part 1) What are these Three Doors of Liberation? How are they opened by the Dharma Seals?

Part 2) How do these Doors compare to other aspects of Buddhism?

Part 3) Are these required to be truly liberated and joyful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are Four Noble Truths.

Part 1) What are these Four Noble Truths? What is the connection between these Truths and the twelve turnings of the wheel of Dharma and the Eightfold Path?

Part 2) How do these Truths help one understand and identify suffering? How can this improve one's life?

Part 3) How can the world benefit from these Four Noble Truths?

Essay Topic 3

The twelve turning of the wheel of Dharma is practiced to understand the Four Noble Truths.

Part 1) What are the twelve turnings of the wheel of Dharma? What are the Four Noble Truths?

Part 2) How do the turnings help one to understand the wheel of Dharma?

Part 3) What does this connection between the turnings of the wheel of Dharma and the Four Noble Truths reveal about other aspects of Buddhism and their connection with one another?

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