Final exam 4

Question 1

buddhism

Answer 1

leggo, girl

Question 2

Buddhism has its own conceptual systematic presentation of itself what is it

Answer 2

Abhidharma

Question 3

But most ‘Buddhists’ learn Buddhadharma through what

Answer 3

stories outlining the relation of personal experience with purposive actions.

Question 4

most ‘Buddhists’ learn Buddhadharma through stories outlining the relation of personal experience with purposive actions.
These stories are continually being retold, reinterpreted, and reshaped to suit what

Answer 4

their particular communal contexts

Question 5

what is The Saṅgha

Answer 5

community of ascetics, recognisable as standing apart from ordinary life, and also from local ascetic individuals.

Question 6

how are The Saṅgha united

Answer 6

United by the Vinaya

Question 7

what is Vinaya

Answer 7

a codifed regulation of behaviour.

Question 8

Why construct a separate society

Answer 8

To attain liberation together.

Question 9

Why construct two genders

Answer 9

To control lust (motivation) within the society

Question 10

who constructed gender

Answer 10

Saṅgha

Question 11

Acceptance into community requires what

Answer 11

Acceptance into community requires not only accepting the regulations, but learning them from a ‘Preceptor’ who explains their interpretation in immediate practice

Question 12

To be accepted one must be what

Answer 12

To be accepted one be of either male (‘monk’) or female (‘nun’) gender. Generally this is explicitly related to sexual organs

Question 13

o nuns and monks stay isolated

Answer 13

Not isolated – monks and nuns must meet to fulfl certain obligations, but should not individually meet

Question 14

In theory, if a monk’s or nun’s gender

changes during their lifetime what happens

Answer 14

they move

to the other community.

Question 15

do they engage in sex (the monks and nuns)

Answer 15

Celibacy is the normative ideal, with exile codifed as consequence of failure to respect the ideal

Question 16

do locals engage in sex

Answer 16

local rules modify, and in some cases over-ride these written rules e.g. Japan after Meiji, some Tibetan situations.

Question 17

Application of the Vinaya is restricted to what

Answer 17

accepted members of the community, so this codifcation is not seen as more generally applicable to society

Question 18

who is responsible for the application of the rule

Answer 18

Individual communities are responsible for the application of the rule, so variation of practice is common even though the rule applies globally

Question 19

what is karma

Answer 19

Sexual intercourse as relational action (karma)

Question 20

What is sexual misconduct

Answer 20

First, out of lust for pleasure, hatred of another, or indiferent ignorance (the why) seeking satisfaction through the body’s sexual parts (the how).
Second, seeking sexual satisfaction in a way one has pledged to avoid.

Question 21

What is sexual moral conduct

Answer 21

Not acting like that.

Question 22

Sexual activity involves other people so what plays an important role in shaping what activity is acceptable

Answer 22

Sexual activity involves other people, so local mores play an important role is shaping what activity is acceptable (the how)

Question 23

Buddhist governance of lay sexual activity is theoretically grounded on what

Answer 23

governance of motivations and purposes of sexual activity (the why). Such governance must be requested.

Question 24

what is a lay buddhist

Answer 24

not a profesional… a local?

Question 25

Lay Buddhists seems to generally follow what

Answer 25

the adage “When in Rome, act as the Romans do.”

Question 26

The Saṅgha is responsible to what

Answer 26

The Saṅgha is responsible to itself for its own governance, and in general has not interfered with local governance