Download ANSWER KEY FOR EBP EXAM FOR MODULES 2 (THE TWO

ANSWER KEY FOR EBP EXAM FOR MODULES 2 (THE TWO TRUTHS)
and 3 (MIND AND ITS POTENTIAL)
Part 1: True-False Questions
Put an X in the appropriate box to indicate if the statement is true or false.
QUESTION
1. Whatever exists is either impermanent or permanent.
2. According to Buddhism, a permanent phenomenon is something
that exists forever.
3. According to the Vaibhasika (Great Exposition) school, a partless
particle of matter is an example of an ultimate truth.
4. According to the Sautrantika (Sutra) school, ultimate truths are
permanent phenomena like space.
5. Of the four schools, Vaibhasika and Sautrantika are Hinayana
schools, whereas Cittamatra and Madhyamaka are Mahayana
schools.
6. The Cittamatra (Mind-Only) school says that an object such as a
table really exists outside of us, independent of our mind.
7. The founder of the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school was
Nagarjuna.
8. According to both Madhyamika schools (Svantantrika and
Prasangika), conventional truths are phenomena other than
emptiness.
9. All four Buddhist schools assert a selflessness of phenomena.
10. All four Buddhist schools assert that there is no self-sufficient,
substantially existent self/person.
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Part 2: Multiple-Choice—Put an X on the line beside the most correct of the three
points. (Note: in some cases, more than one of the three points may be correct, so
choose the one that is the most accurate/correct.)
1. The three types of impermanent phenomena are:
___ a. matter, consciousness, and space
_X_ b. form, consciousness, and non-associated compositional factors
___ c. bodies, minds, and selflessness
2. Some examples of permanent phenomena are:
_X_ a. non-compounded space, true cessation, and emptiness
___ b. the absence of an elephant in the room, a person, and a house
___ c. an atom, space, and consciousness
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3. The two truths are:
___ a. the truth of nirvana and the truth of enlightenment
___ b. the truth of suffering and the truth of the cessation of suffering
_X_ c. conventional truth and ultimate truth
4. The reason it is important to understand the two truths is because
_X_ a. ignorance about the actual way things exist is the root of all suffering,
and we need to understand the two truths to overcome ignorance
___ b. they are easier to understand than the four noble truths
___ c. they were taught by the Buddha and we should try to accept whatever
he taught
5. The Vaibhasika (Great Exposition) school says that a conventional truth is
___ a. something that does not have parts
___ b. something that is permanent
_X_ c. something that, if separated into parts, ceases to be that thing
6. The Sautrantika (Sutra) school is based mainly on the works of
_X_ a. Dignaga and Dharmakirti
___ b. Nagarjuna and Chandrakirti
___ c. Atisa and Lama Tsongkhapa
7. According to the Sautrantika school, which of the following is an example of an
ultimate truth?
___ a. the emptiness of inherent existence of a cup
_X_ b. a cup
___ c. uncompounded space
8. According to the Sautrantika school, which of the following is an example of a
conventional truth?
___ a. the emptiness of inherent existence of a cup
___ b. a cup
_X_ c. uncompounded space
9. According to the Cittamatra school, when we see a cup,
___ a. the cup exists externally and is a condition for the eye consciousness
that sees it
___ b. we immediately react with either attachment or aversion
_X_ c. both the eye consciousness seeing the cup and the cup arise
simultaneously from a karmic seed in the mind
10. According to the Cittamatra school, “no external object” means
___ a. nothing exists except mind
_X_ b. there are no objects that do no arise from seeds (latencies) on our
mind
___ c. there is not the slightest difference between the waking state and the
dream state
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11. Which of the following is the best description of ultimate truth according to
Cittamatra?
___ a. the emptiness of inherent existence of all phenomena
___ b. phenomena that are impermanent and change moment by moment
_X_ c. the emptiness of an object (e.g. a cup) and the subject (mind) that
perceives it being separate entities
12. The Madhyamika school is a “middle way” between the two extremes of
_X_ a. eternalism and nihilism
___ b. theism and atheism
___ c. hedonism and asceticism
13. Which of the following is the best description of “true existence” (which things
are empty of) according to the Madhyamika Svatantrikas?
___ a. things appear as if they were permanent, not changing moment by
moment
_X_ b. things appear as if they had their own objective mode of existence,
which does not depend on the mind
___ c. things which are illusions, such as a mirage or an echo, appear as if they
are real
14. According to the Prasangikas, ultimate truth is:
___ a. the lack of a permanent, unitary, and independent self
_X_ b. the emptiness of inherent existent of all phenomena
___ c. the impermanent, changing nature of all things
15. The Prasangikas say that we can realize that an object, such as a table, is empty
of inherent existence by contemplating that it depends on:
___ a. the mind, delusions, and karma
___ b. seeds planted in the mind-basis-of-all
_X_c. its causes & conditions, its parts, and being labeled by the mind
16. According to Buddhism, our mind is:
___ a. a product or function of our brain
_X_ b. an impermanent, non-physical phenomenon that experiences objects
___ c. part of a universal, cosmic consciousness
17. The meaning of “the non-duality of subject (mind) and object” is:
_X_ a. in any moment, these two things—mind and its object—always come
together as one entity, or in “one package”
___ b. a mind and its object are one thing, not two separate things
___ c. since the mind is an impermanent phenomenon, its objects always
have to be impermanent things
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18. Which of the following is the best description of a perception?
___ a. a state of mind that arises in dependence on a physical sense organ,
such as the eye
_X_ b. a non-conceptual state of mind that experiences its object in an
immediate or bare way
___ c. a state of mind that experiences a pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral
feeling towards its object
19. Which of the following is the best description of a conception?
_X_ a. a mental state that does not experience its object in an immediate or
bare way, but through the medium of a mental image
___ b. any state of mind other than the five sense perceptions
___ c. a state of mind that is always deluded and obstructs our attainment of
liberation and enlightenment
20. Conceptions are said to be always “mistaken” because
___ a. they are never able to understand things correctly, as they are
_X_ b. what appears to a conception is a mental image of an object, and this
image appears as if it is the actual object although it is not, and the
conception is unable to recognize that it is not
___ c. they are always accompanied by delusions such as anger or attachment
Part 3: Matching – Below is a table containing a list of 10 phrases, followed by a
list of 10 terms (A-J). Insert in the box on the right the letter corresponding to the
term that best matches the phrase.
For example:
PHRASE
1. XXXXXXXXXX
LETTER
G
THE TEN PHRASES
1. A state of mind that thinks that sound is permanent.
LETTER
H
2. A Buddhist school that asserts that all phenomena are empty of true
existence.
3. The mental image of a toy in the mind of a small child who has not yet
learned language.
4. Seeing a mirage in the desert as a lake.
D
5. A Buddhist school that asserts the existence of partless particles of
matter and partless moments of mind.
A
6. Mere clarity and awareness.
E
I
G
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7. A Mahayana Buddhist school founded by Asanga that doesn’t accept
external objects, but asserts eight types of consciousness.
C
8. The image you have in your mind of a place you have never visited but
have heard about.
J
9. The non-physical nature of the mind.
F
10. A Hinayana Buddhist school that asserts that impermanent
phenomena, such as bodies and minds, are ultimate truths.
B
THE TEN TERMS
A. Vaibhasika
B. Sautrantika
C. Cittamatra
D. Madhyamika
E. mind
F. clarity
G. wrong perception
H. wrong conception
I. experiential mental image
J. nominal mental image
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