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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chodron argue happens when we harm others?
(a) We also harm ourselves.
(b) We only feel momentary relief from our own struggle.
(c) We receive bad karma.
(d) We see ourselves in a negative light.

2. How many stages are in the formal practice of tonglen?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

3. How does Chitta translate?
(a) As relaxation.
(b) As love, heart, and affection.
(c) As mind or thought.
(d) As mind, heart, or attitude.

4. What did the Buddha say about our relationship to enlightenment?
(a) Enlightenment can be achieved by everyone.
(b) We are never separated from enlightenment.
(c) Only by releasing the goal of achieving enlightenment is it achieved.
(d) We can all achieve enlightenment through the same method.

5. What are the three characteristics of human existence?
(a) Love, hope, and peace.
(b) Impermanence, egolessness, and suffering.
(c) Mediocrity, disinterest, and distraction.
(d) Change, adaptation, and unsatisfied expectations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim that bodhichitta training unlocks?

2. What is the third lord of materialism?

3. What does the author recommend that we do with our sorrow?

4. What is maitri called in the Shamhala teaching?

5. Which answer completes the following quote? "If this process of clear seeing isn't based on self-compassion it will become a process of ______."

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