Buddhist texts - Quiz
A) Namtar B) Dohakosha C) Terma D) Sadhana
A) Sadhaka B) Mahasiddha C) Tertön D) Yogi
A) Zen B) Nyingma C) Shingon D) Theravada
A) Saraha B) Gölo Zhönnupel C) Padmasambhava D) Milarepa
A) The Hundred Thousand Songs B) The Sādhanamālā C) Tibetan Book of the Dead D) The Blue Annals
A) A spiritual biography B) A collection of songs C) A historical survey D) A tantric spiritual practice text
A) Documenting a life story B) Practicing a mandala or yidam C) Preserving ancient philosophical debates D) Recording historical events
A) Sādhanamālā B) Dohakosha C) Bardo Thodol D) Caryāgīti
A) Namtar B) Sadhana C) Terma D) Doha
A) Saraha B) Milarepa C) Gölo Zhönnupel D) Padmasambhava
A) Bön B) Shingon C) Kagyu D) Nyingma
A) 9th century B) 1481 CE C) 1476 CE D) 1392 CE
A) Milarepa B) Gölo Zhönnupel C) Kūkai D) Saraha
A) A ritual object B) A meditative deity C) A spiritual biography D) A tantric song
A) Kagyu B) Gelug C) Bön D) Shingon
A) Namtar B) Sadhana C) Mind terma D) Caryāgīti
A) Gölo Zhönnupel B) Milarepa C) Saraha D) Kūkai
A) Nagasena B) Mātṛceṭa C) Aśvaghoṣa D) Buddhaghosa
A) A biography of the Buddha's life in the forest B) A collection of cosmological maps C) A manual for monastic discipline in Sri Lanka D) A dialogue between Nagasena and King Menander
A) Dhammapala B) Buddhaghosa C) Phya Lithai D) Aśvaghoṣa
A) As an introductory summary to the Abhidhamma B) As a biography of Sri Lankan kings C) As a collection of poems about Bodhisattvas D) As a manual for meditation rituals
A) Nagasena B) Phya Lithai C) Aśvaghoṣa D) Buddhaghosa
A) Elder Teachings B) Hidden Truth C) Ancient Path D) Great Vehicle
A) Vedalla/Vetulla B) Abhidhamma C) Pyui D) Jātaka
A) Nagasena, Menander, and Phya Lithai B) Aśvaghoṣa, Mātṛceṭa, and Buddhaghosa C) Nanamoli, Saddaniti, and Ratanapañña D) Faxian, Yijing, and Xuanzang
A) To serve as a place of eternal punishment B) To make achieving Buddhahood easier C) To act as a training ground for monastic administrators D) To house the original Sanskrit manuscripts
A) Mahavihara B) Theravāda C) Abhayagiri D) Lokottaravadin
A) Two B) Four C) Five D) Three
A) Dhammapada B) Lotus Sutra C) Diamond Sutra D) Heart Sutra
A) Buddhavacana B) Shastras C) Sutra D) Dharma
A) Chinese Buddhist Canon B) Pāli Canon C) Kangyur D) Taishō Tripiṭaka
A) Historical biographies B) Monastic discipline C) Tantric rituals D) Poetic compositions
A) Theravāda B) Dharmaguptaka C) Mahāsāṃghika D) Sarvāstivāda
A) Nikaya B) Kangyur C) Taishō Tripiṭaka D) Agama
A) Discourses B) Monastic rules C) Birth stories D) Treatises
A) Only the historical Buddha B) Political leaders C) Devas D) Common merchants
A) Oral recitation B) Sutra copying C) Mnemonic memorization D) Block printing
A) Orally B) Engraved on stone tablets C) Sent via postal services D) Through early printing presses
A) Poetic metaphors B) Historical biographies C) Ultimate reality D) Conventional fables
A) Edward Conze B) Max Müller C) D.T. Suzuki D) Erich Frauwallner
A) 1st century BCE B) 2nd century CE C) 5th century BCE D) 3rd century BCE
A) Seven B) Four C) Two D) Three
A) Theravada B) Pudgalavada C) Dharmaguptaka D) Sarvastivada
A) Dharmaskandha B) Vibhanga C) Śāriputrābhidharma D) Abhidhamma Pitaka
A) Sutra B) Aṭṭhakathā C) Vibhanga D) Mātṛkā
A) They include innovations not found in the canonical texts B) They are strictly identical in content C) They are shorter and less complex D) They avoid all philosophical terminology
A) Later Buddhists B) The Buddha C) Ananda D) Ashoka
A) Ten B) Five C) Three D) Seven
A) Yogic praxis B) Bodhisattva monasticism C) Non-dualism D) Buddhist logic
A) Yogacara B) Zen C) Madhyamaka D) Pure Land
A) Shantideva B) Nagarjuna C) Asanga D) Vasubandhu
A) Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya B) Trimsika C) Mahāyāna-samgraha D) Pramāna-samuccaya
A) Prajñā B) Śāstras C) Dhāraṇī D) Samadhi
A) Shantideva B) Dignāga C) Vasubandhu D) Asanga
A) Yogic praxis B) Bodhisattva precepts C) Buddha nature doctrine D) Madhyamaka philosophy
A) 100,000 B) 50,000 C) 750 D) 81,258
A) Japanese B) Vietnamese C) Kashmiri D) Tibetan
A) Mohe Zhiguan B) Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana C) Platform Sutra D) Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise
A) Shandao B) Fazang C) Zhiyi D) Huineng
A) Zhiyi B) Kumārajīva C) Ashvaghosha D) Nagarjuna
A) Kumārajīva B) Fazang C) Xuanzang D) Yijing
A) Warring factions B) Fire C) Flood D) Earthquake
A) Zhiyi B) Huineng C) Fazang D) Shandao
A) Tiantai B) Pure Land C) Kegon D) Zen
A) Some 750 years B) 1200 years C) 1000 years D) 500 years
A) Dzogchen B) Mahayoga C) Mantrakalpas D) Sarma
A) The Dalai Lama B) Vairocana Buddha C) The author of the Kangyur D) Alexis Sanderson
A) Almost 100 B) Almost 200 C) Almost 500 D) Almost 1000
A) Six B) Four C) Eight D) Two
A) Yogatantra B) Kriyayogatantra C) Charyayogatantra D) Mahayoga
A) Mahavairocana Tantra B) Vajrasekhara Sutra C) Lotus Sutra D) Guhyasamāja Tantra
A) Charyatantras B) Dzogchen tantras C) Yogatantras D) Kriyatantras
A) Sacred sounds B) Subtle body techniques C) Mantra manuals D) Fire offerings |
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