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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. Hanh suggests meditating mindfully on what parts of the body?

2. The ____________ Dharma seals of Buddha's teaching are: impermanence, nonself and nirvana.

3. "All suffering is born from ________________."

4. Nirvana is what?

5. What is the second, shila paramita?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe two of these seven factors.

2. Describe the Twelve Links.

3. How should one go about finding a way to earn a living?

4. What are the seven factors of awakening or enlightenment?

5. Describe two more Aggregates.

6. What is the Sixth Power?

7. For what does the author ask?

8. How is nonself important?

9. Describe to of the Five Aggregates.

10. What is paradise? What helps generate the energy in ourselves to be in paradise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Buddha said we feed our happiness or suffering with four nutriments.

Part 1) What are the four nutriments? Are these good? Why or why not?

Part 2) What is the importance of these nutriments? What nutriments do you feed in your own life?

Part 3) How could you feed your happiness in your own life that would follow the principles of Buddhism?

Essay Topic 2

There are Three Dharma Seals of Buddha's teaching.

Part 1) What are these seals? how are they related to other aspects of Buddhism?

Part 2) How are these three connected to one another? How do those seals promote peace and joy?

Part 3) Why are these Dharma seals required in Buddhism? Why are they so important?

Essay Topic 3

"Where there is perception, there is deception."

Part 1) What is perception? Why does Buddha believe perception is deceptive?

Part 2) Give an example from your own life of when perception was deceptive.

Part 3) What is the connection between perception and what is right and wrong? How does this compare to your own views regarding perception and what is right and wrong, prior to reading this book?

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