Chapter 7 Self Quiz - True/False

. The Buddha remained under the bodhi tree for 40 years experiencing nirvana.

. One weakness of the Buddha's teaching style was not understanding that different audiences required the message to be delivered differently.

. The development of Buddhist social activism has been largely responsible for making the tradition more attractive to many Westerners.

. Siddhartha was born into the brahmin caste.

. Tantric traditions emphasized realizing salvation slowly over many lifetimes.

. Engaged Buddhists typically focus their energies on the practice of meditation.

. When the Buddha died at age 80, his body was buried in India.

. Shifting the focus from wandering to settled communal existence actually strengthened support for the sangha.

. The Buddha-nature school of thought influenced the Buddhist practice of yoga.

. Pure Land Buddhism devotees were taught that their own self-power was insufficient to reach nirvana.

. The Lotus Sutra is a popular Theravadin Buddhist scripture.

. In Buddhist history, there is no record of a relationship between the institutional religion and political power.

. The Buddha himself provided a model of the engaged Buddhist.

. The merit system, called punya, is only offered to monks and nuns.

. European colonialism had no visible impact on Theravada Buddhism.

. Zen Buddhism was especially attractive to some bohemians and intellectuals in Western society.

. Organizations led by laypeople have done the most in adapting Buddhist teachings and practices to the world today.

. The problem with extreme asceticism in the Buddha's view is that it weakens the body.

. The unique Buddhist concept of anatman says that there is no essential, unchanging interior entity at the center of a person.

. Nagarjuna was a great Indian philosopher who promoted Theravadin Buddhism.

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