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According to Buddha tradition, the only way to achieve freedom is to develop which of the following
habits?

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a. Right gestures

b. Right insight

c. Right speech✓

d. Right relationships

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A syllable or phrase for chanting or meditation, containing within it the sacred power and cosmic
energies of a Buddha or bodhisattva

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a. Mundra

b. Tantra

c. Mandala

d. Mantra✓

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True or False: The Buddha spoke of five types of suffering.

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a. Neither true nor false

b. Either true or false

c. True

d. False✓

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True or False: The Theravada tradition sees Shakyamuni Buddha as central.

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a. False

b. Neither true nor false

c. Either true or false

d. True✓

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The Buddhist tradition which regards itself as “great” both in its interpretations of the Buddha’s teaching
and in its openness to a broader group of people, especially lay people

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a. Vajrayana

b. Mahayana✓

c. Vedic

d. Theravada

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The Buddhist tradition which regards itself as the most faithful to the teachings that have been passed
down through the generations

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a. Mahayana

b. Vedic

c. Vajrayana

d. Theravada✓

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Which is true about the Vajrayana or Tribetan tradition of Buddhism?

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a. It thinks of itself as “great” both in its interpretations of the Buddha’s teachings and in its openness to
a broader group of people, especially lay people.

b. It regards itself as the most faithful to the teachings that have been passed down through
generations.

c. It is more flexible about the orthodoxy of scriptures, regarding many scriptures composed in the early
centuries CE as authentic teachings.

d. It sees itself as embodying both the teaching and meditation practice of the Theravada monks, as well
as the teaching of the emptiness of all conditioned things that is distinctive to Mahayana philosophy. ✓

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Which of the following is not considered as a major stream of Buddhism?

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a. Theravada

b. Vedic✓

c. Mahayana

d. Vajrayana
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The ideal spiritual model of Theravada Buddhism who attains nirvana and have perfected their discipline
such that defilements and desires are extinguished

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a. Dalai Lama

b. Buddha

c. Bodhisattva

d. Arahants✓

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The ideal religious figure in the Mahayana tradition

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a. Buddha

b. Bhikshunis

c. Bodhisattva✓

d. Bhikshus
True or False: The Theravada tradition is more flexible about the orthodoxy of scriptures.

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a. Either true or false

b. True

c. Neither true nor false

d. False✓

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Which of the following is/are not included in the five precepts at the foundation of all morality?

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a. Not cheating✓

b. Not lying

c. Not killing

d. Not stealing

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What are the three streams of the Buddhist tradition?

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a. Mahayana, Vajrayana, Tribetan

b. Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition✓

c. Theravada, Mahayana, Vedic

d. Theravada, Vajrayana, Trantayana

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Which of the following is not considered as a major stream of Buddhism?

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a. Theravada

b. Vedic✓

c. Mahayana

d. Vajrayana

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A syllable or phrase for chanting or meditation, containing within it the sacred power and cosmic
energies of a Buddha or bodhisattva

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a. Mantra✓

b. Mundra

c. Tantra

d. Mandala

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Which of the following is/are included as not a type of dukha (suffering) the Buddha spoke of?

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a. The ordinary suffering of mental and physical pain

b. The suffering produced by failure to recognize one’s self as conditioned and interdependent with
everything and everyone

c. The suffering produced by change

d. The suffering which is inevitable✓

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The ideal spiritual model of Theravada Buddhism who attains nirvana and have perfected their discipline
such that defilements and desires are extinguished

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a. Arahants✓

b. Buddha

c. Bodhisattva

d. Dalai Lama

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True or False: The stream of Buddhism, Vajrayana tradition, is most prominent in Tibet.

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a. Neither true nor false

b. False

c. Either true or false

d. True✓

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True or False: The Theravada tradition sees Shakyamuni Buddha as central.

Select one:

a. Either true or false

b. Neither true nor false

c. True✓

d. False

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The Buddhist tradition which regards itself as “great” both in its interpretations of the Buddha’s teaching
and in its openness to a broader group of people, especially lay people

Select one:

a. Vajrayana

b. Theravada

c. Mahayana✓

d. Vedic