Buddhism Practice Test

Identify the concept in Mahayana Buddhism of having a particular significance in Chan Buddhism.

• Suchness

• Dogma

• Karma

In Hindu and Buddhist belief, name a person's religious and moral duties to the fulfillment of one's social and religious duties.

• Suchness

• Dogma

• Karma

Name the term used when the effects of a person's actions determine their destiny in the next incarnation.

• Suchness

• Dogma

• Karma

Define the term used for the ultimate inexpressible nature of all things.

• Bodhisattva

• Tathata

• Samadhi

Identify the person who has attained enlightenment but who has postponed nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment

• Bodhisattva

• Tathata

• Samadhi

Name the term used to explain one-pointlessness, "concentration of the mind, mental awareness". The last of the practices of the Eight-fold Path, right concentration. Achieved through meditation. It is a state free of the distractions of the defilement: greed, hatred, and delusion. To achieve this is to achieve a state of mental calm.

• Bodhisattva

• Tathata

• Samadhi

Name the follower of Buddha who Became enlightened when Buddha raised a flower, he smiled because he "got" it. The founder of Zen.

• Bodhidharma

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Mahakasyapa

Identify the founder of Buddhism; born a prince; left his father's wealth to find the cause of human suffering; also know as Buddha.

• Bodhidharma

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Mahakasyapa

Name the figure who introduced the mind to mind transmission of Ch'an (or Zen) to China around 600 ce.

• Bodhidharma

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Mahakasyapa

Identify the term used for the Buddhist community of monks, nuns, novices, and laity.

• Mahayana

• Pure Land School

• Sangha