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Sakya Monastery - Quiz
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  • 1. How many books does the Sakya Monastery library house?
A) 10,000
B) 84,000
C) 50,000
D) 100,000
  • 2. What is the length of the traditional book stacks in the library?
A) 60 metres
B) 30 metres
C) 50 metres
D) 100 metres
  • 3. What is the weight of the heaviest scripture in the library?
A) Less than 100 kilograms
B) More than 200 kilograms
C) Exactly 1,000 kilograms
D) More than 500 kilograms
  • 4. What factor helps preserve the palm-leaf manuscripts at Sakya Monastery?
A) High humidity
B) Vacuum sealing
C) The region's arid climate
D) Regular chemical treatment
  • 5. In what year did the monastery begin digitizing its library?
A) 2003
B) 1959
C) 2022
D) 2011
  • 6. Approximately what percentage of the books were fully digitized as of 2022?
A) Less than 5%
B) 100%
C) More than 20%
D) Exactly 50%
  • 7. How many murals are found in the Sakya Monastery?
A) More than 3,000
B) 5,000
C) 500
D) 1,000
  • 8. What is depicted in the 66-meter-long mural in the main library hall?
A) The history of the Dalai Lama
B) The life of Gautama Buddha
C) The founding of the Yuan dynasty
D) The life of Kublai Khan
  • 9. How many pieces of porcelain from the Yuan dynasty are in the hall?
A) More than 1,100
B) Exactly 100
C) More than 500
D) More than 5,000
  • 10. Which institution examined the library in 2003?
A) Tibet Academy of Social Sciences
B) Indian Archaeological Survey
C) United Nations Cultural Heritage Board
D) The Vatican Library
  • 11. Who went into exile in India in 1959?
A) The Tibetan King
B) The 42nd Sakya Trizin
C) The 41st Sakya Trizin
D) The Dalai Lama
  • 12. Where is the reestablished Sakya Monastery located in India?
A) Mumbai
B) Dharamsala
C) New Delhi
D) Dehra Dun
  • 13. What is the common name for the Sakya Monastery in India?
A) Sakya Palace
B) Sakya Centre
C) Western Himalayan Monastery
D) The Tibet Institute
  • 14. Who is the current Director of the Sakya Centre?
A) Ven. Sonam Chogyal
B) Ngawang Kunga
C) Gautama Buddha
D) Ratna Vajra Rinpoche
  • 15. What is the status of the claim that the library contains records dating back 10,000 years?
A) It is currently being researched
B) It is untrue
C) It is verified
D) It is partially true
  • 16. What is one historical event depicted in the monastery's murals?
A) The journey of the 41st Sakya Trizin
B) Phagpa's meeting with Kublai Khan
C) The invention of printing
D) The independence of Tibet
  • 17. Who oversees the Sakya Centre and works on improving its infrastructure?
A) Sonam Chogyal
B) The local government
C) Ratna Vajra Rinpoche
D) The Chinese government
  • 18. What does the text say about the marital status of elder sons in the Sakya school?
A) They typically married to maintain the family line
B) They were forced into celibacy
C) They only married if they were not monks
D) They were forbidden from marrying
  • 19. Where is Sakya Monastery located?
A) Sa'gya Town
B) Beijing
C) Yarlung Valley
D) Lhasa
  • 20. How far is Sakya Monastery from Shigatse?
A) 127 kilometres
B) 200 kilometres
C) 79 kilometres
D) 500 kilometres
  • 21. Who founded Sakya Monastery in 1073?
A) Drogön Chögyal Phagpa
B) Kublai Khan
C) Sakya Sangpo
D) Khön Könchok Gyalpo
  • 22. What school of Tibetan Buddhism is based at Sakya Monastery?
A) Gelug
B) Nyingmapa
C) Kagyu
D) Sakyapa
  • 23. In what year was the southern monastery founded?
A) 1948
B) 1268
C) 1073
D) 2002
  • 24. Which empire held overlordship over Tibet during the 13th and 14th centuries?
A) Tibetan Empire
B) Qing Dynasty
C) Ming Dynasty
D) Yuan China
  • 25. What is the name of the only surviving ancient building in the monastery?
A) The Cave of Phagpa
B) Lhakang Chempo
C) The Northern Monastery
D) The Great Library
  • 26. What was the Lhakang Chempo originally?
A) A royal palace
B) A market square
C) A cave in the mountainside
D) A library
  • 27. What is the approximate size of the main hall of the monastery?
A) 130,000 square meters
B) 6000 square meters
C) 127 square meters
D) 18,000 square meters
  • 28. How many monks remained in the monastery by the end of 1959?
A) 130
B) 1073
C) 36
D) 500
  • 29. Which part of the monastery was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution?
A) The main hall
B) The library
C) The southern monastery
D) The northern monastery
  • 30. What gift did Kublai Khan present to the Phagpa lama?
A) Seven ounces of gold
B) A golden statue
C) A conch shell
D) A set of iron-bound books
  • 31. What is the Tibetan name for the conch shell with whorls turning left to right?
A) Pel Sakya
B) Wylie
C) Lhakang Chempo
D) Ya chyü dungkar
  • 32. What are the dimensions of the pages in the monastery's great library?
A) Twelve inches long by six inches broad
B) Ten feet long by two feet broad
C) Six feet long by eighteen inches broad
D) Eighteen feet long by six feet broad
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