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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bardo does Sogyal discuss in this chapter?
(a) The bardo of seeing
(b) The bardo of fun
(c) The bardo of becoming
(d) The bardo of being

2. What does Sogyal stress the need to do with one's pain?
(a) Breathe it out
(b) Take it over with positive thoughts
(c) Spread it evenly though the body
(d) Dedicate it to the benefit of others in pain

3. What happens once inner and outer dissolution occur?
(a) Complete karma
(b) Death
(c) Ground Luminosity of the Clear Light
(d) Reincarnation

4. Name a practice that can lead to enlightenment in this bardo?
(a) Togal
(b) Tikli
(c) Tanec
(d) Johulo

5. What is the name of the second phase of the bardo of dharmata?
(a) The Light Source
(b) The Living Death
(c) The Union of Mind
(d) The Union of Deities

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a person need to know to avoid suffering?

2. What does Phowa allow one to do?

3. Name one thing a person can transform pain into?

4. What is the first appendix called?

5. Which bardo does Sogyal explain in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the bardo of dharmata rarely discussed in Tibeten Buddhism?

2. Who does Sogyal dedicate his book to?

3. What happens during the first few weeks of someone's death?

4. How can one expand their lifespan?

5. How can one transform their pain when watching a loved one dying?

6. What is Ground Luminosity?

7. Describe the story about the monk who was lead to his death by the Chinese

8. Describe the first story Sogyal tells in this chapter.

9. What is tantric buddhism?

10. Describe David Bohn's theory?

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