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Sample BSTC 2009 Quiz 1 With Solution

The document provides solutions to a quiz on various aspects of Japanese Buddhism, including key figures, schools, and concepts. It covers topics such as the establishment of the Shingon school, the significance of Amaterasu-Omikami, and the principles of Zen and Pure Land Buddhism. Each question includes multiple-choice answers related to historical and doctrinal elements of Buddhism in Japan.

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Sample BSTC 2009 Quiz 1 With Solution

The document provides solutions to a quiz on various aspects of Japanese Buddhism, including key figures, schools, and concepts. It covers topics such as the establishment of the Shingon school, the significance of Amaterasu-Omikami, and the principles of Zen and Pure Land Buddhism. Each question includes multiple-choice answers related to historical and doctrinal elements of Buddhism in Japan.

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BSTC2009 2024 Quiz 1 Solution

1) Prince Shotoku established: d) Soto is an important sect.


a) The Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters). e) All of the above.
b) The Nara Six Schools.
c) The Imperial Constitution of Japan.
d) The Hiragana and Katakana writing 7) The Parable of the Burning House:
systems. a) Is an example of skillful means (skill-in-
e) None of the above. means).
b) All the children were not saved during the
2) Amaterasu-Omikami is: fire.
a) A deity of the Kasuga Gongen. c) Is not taken from a sutra.
b) A Shinto deity. d) All of the above.
c) The ancestress of the Shoguns. e) None of the above.
d) An emanation of Buddha Amida.
e) All of the above. 8) The Mappo Theory states:
a) We are not in the age of correct Dharma
3) The Nara Six Buddhist Schools are: (teachings).
a) All from Mahayana Buddhism. b) The teachings of Shakyamuni (historical)
b) Still surviving today as individual schools Buddha would lose all power of salvation.
in Japan. c) Disputes will arise among the teachings
c) Different from the Kamakura Six Schools. and the correct teachings will become
d) None of the above. obscured and lost.
e) All of the above. d) The last period will be overwhelmed by
famine, natural disasters, and corruption of
4) The following regarding the Shingon school is the monastics.
false: e) All of the above.
a) Kukai and Saicho established the Shingon
School. 9) Nichiren believed that:
b) It is a form of Vajrayana Buddhism. a) The Lotus Sutra is important.
c) It involves esoteric teachings. b) Other Buddhist school held incorrect
d) Rituals such as Goma are important. teachings.
e) All of the above. c) Daimoku (reciting the title) is an important
practice.
5) Zen Buddhism: d) He made correct predictions.
a) Highlights meditation practice. e) All of the above.
b) Daruma was an important master.
c) It is one of the Kamakura Six Schools. 10) Jiriki (self-power) is:
d) Rinzai is an important sect. a) We cannot help ourselves.
e) All of the above. b) Synonymous with tariki.
c) An important component of Zen
6) Pure land Buddhism: Buddhism.
a) Focuses on tariki (other's power). d) An important component of Pure land
b) Recites the name of Buddha Vairocana. Buddhism.
c) Nichiren is one of its branches. e) None of the above.

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