QUESTION 7 Which two (select two answers below) are not among the Four Noble Tru

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QUESTION 7

Which two (select two answers below) are not among the Four Noble Truths of Buddha’s teaching:

one can be accomplished by following the Eightfold Path

one can be accomplished by reciting sutras and giving alms

suffering is due to man’s sinful nature

suffering is an inescapable part of human life

one can overcome desire and attachment and hence suffering

suffering is caused by desire and attachment

QUESTION 8

“Right awareness” means

being aware one’s deeds and words

being aware of the spirits

being aware of the relationship between humans and nature

being aware of the needs of others

QUESTION 9

“Right Contemplation” requires one to meditate upon

the truth of impermanence

one’s sins

one’s soul

one’s consciousness

QUESTION 10

Nirvana is a state of:

forgetfulness

liberation from the cycle of birth and death

non-being

ecstasy

QUESTION 11

Stupas, and pagodas (the counterpart of stupas in China, Korea, and Japan), were built to hold

sculptures of the Buddha

sacred images

remains of the Buddha

sacred texts

  

QUESTION 12

The term Mahayana means:

Great Vehicle

Saving Grace

Lesser Vehicle

Buddha’s Way

QUESTION 13

A bodhisattva is

a devotee of the Buddha

a saint

A Buddha to be (remaining in the world to help others to salvation)

another name for a Buddha

  

QUESTION 14

Amitabha (Amitofo in Chinese, Amida in Japanese) is a

Buddhist patriarch

Buddha

priest

bodhisattva

QUESTION 15

Kannon is the Japanese equivalent of the bodhisattva

Avalokitesvara in India

Guanyin in China

all of the above

Gwaneum in Korea

  

QUESTION 16

Who translated the Buddhist sutras from Sanskirt into classical Chinese?

traveling merchants

Chinese and Central Asian monks

Chinese scholars

Indian scholars

QUESTION 17

Kumarajiva was an important Central Asian

merchant

Buddhist scholar and translator

governor

general

QUESTION 18

Buddhism conflicted with Chinese values in its emphasis on:

meditation

celibacy

harmony

vegetarianism

QUESTION 19

The Three Treasures of Buddhism are:

the Buddha

the priesthood (sangha)

the sutras

all of the preceding

  

QUESTION 20

Buddhism appealed to women because

a woman could join a nunnery if she did not want to marry or, if widowed, if she did not want to live with her husband’s family

all of the above

a woman could be reincarnated as a male

women had a higher status in Buddhism than in Confucianism

  

QUESTION 21

Buddhism attracted followers through

its promise of salvation and a better future life through karma

its excuse for travel to religious sites far and near

all of the above

its teaching of compassion and charity (more or less missing from Confucianism)

its beautiful statues, paintings, and temples

QUESTION 22

The Lotus Sutra was brought to Japan by:

Kukai

Saicho

Dogen

Nichiren

QUESTION 23

The Lotus Sutra taught that

women can attain enlightenment

women can attain enlightenment after they are reborn as men

women cannot attain enlightenment

QUESTION 24

The Buddhist deity associated with the Pure Land is

Amitabha/Amitofo/Amida

Maitreya

Guanyin/Gwaneum/Kannon

QUESTION 25

The Pure Land paradise is located in which direction:

South

North

East

West

a.

one can be accomplished by following the Eightfold Path

b.

one can be accomplished by reciting sutras and giving alms

c.

suffering is due to man’s sinful nature

d.

suffering is an inescapable part of human life

e.

one can overcome desire and attachment and hence suffering

f.

suffering is caused by desire and attachment

Explanation / Answer

According to Chegg rule, only one should be answered.

Q7) The four noble truths are:

1. Truth of suffering

2. Truth of cause of suffering

3. Truth of end of suffering

4. Truth of the path that frees us from suffering

So, the two options which are not from these are b, d.

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