Interreligious Harmony Multiple-Choice Quiz

. The Dalai Lama's primary goal in this chapter is to

advocate for a view of religion as analogous to a kind of medical treatment for the soul.

argue that one can appreciate and learn from other religions while being wholeheartedly committed to one's own.

explain how various world religions are really just different manifestations of a single underlying truth.

show that the teachings of major world religions can be harmonized with one another.

. The Dalai Lama compares religion to medicine to suggest that

all religions provide a means to reduce people's suffering in this life and their anxiety about death, just as a medicine reduces suffering of the body.

religions must not be assessed just by looking at their beliefs or practices, but by looking at how they affect particular people's spiritual and ethical development.

just as people are often fooled by misguided or deliberately false medical claims, so people are often fooled or misguided by false religious claims.

the wisest course of action with respect to religion is to follow the advice of a trusted expert, just as you follow the medical advice of a doctor.

. Which of the following is not one of the reasons that the Dalai Lama regards religious conversions with a certain amount of suspicion?

Converts occasionally try to justify their conversion by belittling their previous religion.

Converts often adopt only the superficial aspects of their new religion.

Converts sometimes adopt a new religion only because they think it will demand less of them.

Converts necessarily see themselves as understanding more than other people.

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