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