Soka Gakkai History Quiz SGI Intro Exam

What were some of the reasons Daisaku Ikeda wrote "The Human Revolution"?

• To record the true history of the Soka Gakkai Spirit and path of genuine faith

• To write a biography of Josei Toda in novel format

• Both answers are correct

What are 2 reasons Daisaku Ikeda wrote "The New Human Revolution?"

• To record Sensei's vow to carry on the spirit and ideals of Makiguchi and Toda

• To make Buddhism's humanistic principles and ideals the spirit of the age

• To help us learn about all religions

Which of the following is NOT the purpose of "Dialogue with World Leaders?"

• To bring the world together

• To make Buddhism's humanistic principles and ideals the spirit of the age

• to inform world leaders about the need to eradicate standard forms of schooling

What are 3 characteristics of the Nichiren Shoshu Priesthood?

• 1. 1. Corrupt

  2. 2. Authoritarian

  3. 3. Violated the Buddhist teaching of the dignity of life and the equality of all people

• 1. 1. democratic leadership

  2. 2. true faith

  3. 3. ethical

"Soka Gakkai's Day of Spiritual Independence," when SGI members were liberated from the fetters of the priesthood and gained independence, as well as when SGi became a global religious movement is on:

11.28.1991

• True

• False

What is the name of the person who realized he had been present at the Ceremony of the Air and that he was a Boddhisattva of the earth meant to propagate the Law in the Latter Day

• Daisaku Ikeda

• Josei Toda

These people pity living beings and are born in this world to expound the sutra as they voluntarily assume the appropriate Karma. They help others and guide them to Enlightenment.

What are they called?

 

• Teachers of the Law

• Mystic Followers

• Karma Believers

• Sanctified Priests

 

Whose spirit and essence is described below?

To stand up alone and to take personal initiative

• the Shoshu priesthood's

• SGI's

"To transcend the 6 Paths and develop a self-determined state of happiness not controlled by external circumstances, and to develop the awakened states of the 4 Noble Worlds."

What is the above known as?

 

• the 6 principles of Christianity

• the aim of world leaders everywhere

• the aim of Buddhist practice