WorksheetsEnglish Adult Group - Study Guide 4
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 42mins
What are the first six consciousness?
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and manas
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and alaya
Ignorance, Feeling, Craving, Clinging, Becoming and Mental Formation
Which of the following is NOT the correct understanding of remorse?
It means to feel ashamed when one's knowledge, aspiration, loving-kindness, and compassion are lacking
It inspires a person to work vigorously and strive for mastery
It enables a person to be cautious as well as to self-exhort and to self-reflect
It reminds a person of one's failure and insufficiency
Unconditional loving-kindness involves the act of ( ? ).
To regard oneself and others as the same
Amiable compliments or encouraging words
Helping our loved ones and friends
Being kind and compassionate even towards those whom one does not have affinities with
"To enter the Way, aspiration is paramount; only with an ( ? ) can Buddhahood be attained."
Inspirational mind
Aspiring mind
Inner mind
Immesurable mind
"That which is unbreakable is not a diamond but ( ? )."
A Buddha
The Truth
A vow
Eternity
A higher level of generosity than that of monetary donation is ( ? ).
Volunteering one's time
Speak well of others' good deeds
Sharing one's skill and expertise
All of the above
Which of the following does NOT entail the spirit of precepts?
The significance of precepts is to not violate others
Upholding precepts is the foundation for practicing all wholesome and spiritual cultivation
Precepts are like a teacher that guides one through what should and should not be done
Precepts restrains our actions and limits our freedom so we do not do the wrong thing
Which of the following is NOT part of the three levels of patience?
Clenching one's fist and swallow your anger
Patience of non-arising dharmas
Dharma patience
Ordinary patience
When one truly cultivates the six sense organs, one thus practices the (a) in the human world.
There are ten analogies to assist in the implicit understanding of the mind and its appearances. The mind is described as being like a (a) , a flash of lightning, a wild deer, a thief, an adversary, a page, a king, an ever-flowing spring, a painter, and space.
To exist in this world, one needs to have a physical body, and within it, a soul – or as Buddhism calls it, the eighth consciousness – alaya or (a) consciousness.
The eighth consciousness does not act independently; together with the five-sense consciousness, the six consciousnesses and the seventh consciousness, they collectively known as the “ (a) .”
The (a) refer to praise, ridicule, defamations, honor, gain, loss, sorrow and joy – all of which stir up emotions everyday just like gusts of wind.
Remorse is the utmost virtue in this wrold. Remorse means to fee (a) when one's knowledge, aspiration, loving-kindness, and compassion are lacking.
Loving-kindness and (a) are the heart of Buddhist teachings.
Merit and virtue are accomplished and nurtured through (a) . Among the many teachings of Buddhism, an aspiring mind is the most important.
Buddhism likens the mind to a field or ground. We need (a) to develop the ground of our minds.
In Buddhism, it is the (a) to practice and cultivate in the footsteps of the Buddha that makes a person extraordinary.
The more (a) one’s mind, the greater the achievement. The firmer one’s vow, the greater the power.
The Six Perfections are six ways of cultivation that lead to the cessation of affliction and the (a) of buddhahood. They are the practices that simultaneously liberate and benefit self and others.
In Buddhism, generosity is not only giving of material objects. It includes giving of Dharma and (a) .
What is the essence of precepts?
Making vows helps us self-improve and expand our will-power. Which of the buddhas' or bodhisattvas' vows have inspired you to emulate or follow their steps?
