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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 kind of euthanasia does Sogyal think is acceptable?

2. What is the mind no longer limited by in the bardo of becoming?

3. Name one type of death Sogyal mentions?

4. What is absolute nature known as?

5. What does one enter if they fail to recognize the Ground Luminosity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can a person help someone who is dying?

2. What happens to the dead when the elements return?

3. What does Sogyal say in the second appendix?

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

5. How does Sogyal state we assist the dying?

6. Describe David Bohn's theory?

7. Summarize The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

8. What have those people who have experienced death or near death reported about it?

9. What does Sogyal hope his book will achieve?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how Buddhism looks at dying differently in comparison with the following religions:

1) Christianity.

2) Islam.

3) Hinduism.

Essay Topic 2

How will a person change once they start experiencing more karma in their lives? How does negativity stop a person from functioning properly?

Essay Topic 3

Rinpoche talks about things that are specific to Tibetan culture. Choose one of these cultural references and discuss its relevances to Tibetan culture in terms of the following:

1) History.

2) Identity.

3) Spirituality.

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