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- Explain how Siddhartha arrived at the “Middle Way” as being the right path.
- Explain what motivated Siddhartha to leave his family and riches behind to pursue spiritual fulfillment.
- Discuss Buddhism’s key practice of mindfulness meditation and include how it differs from the Hindu meditation of trance.
- What problems have women faced in becoming ordained monks in modern times, and how have they handled them?
- Explain the merit-making system, or punya, that is so popular with the majority of Buddhists.
- Discuss the impact of “engaged Buddhism” on the spread of Buddhism.