IHUM 241

Question 1

The attribution of a soul to something inanimate is known as

Answer 1

animism

Question 2

The Confucian value Ren means

Answer 2

Humaneness

Question 3

The Confucian value Li means

Answer 3

propriety, sense of order

Question 4

The Daoist idea that things backfire if you try to hard is

Answer 4

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Question 5

Buddhism originated in

Answer 5

India

Question 6

A believer of Pure Land Buddhism can receive grace by saying

Answer 6

Namu Amida Butsu

Question 7

What are the 5 Confucian relationships?

Answer 7

Ruler – subject
Father – son
Older brother – younger brother
husband – wife
senior friend – junior friend

Question 8

What are the 4 noble truths of Buddhism?

Answer 8

1. Life is suffering
2. The origin of suffering is attachment
3. End suffering by severing attachment
4. Freedom from attachment is possible by following the Eightfold Path

Question 9

Who is the author of the pillow book?

Answer 9

Sei Shonagon

Question 10

Who is the author of the Dao De Jing?

Answer 10

Lao tzu

Question 11

Who is the author of the Confucian Analects?

Answer 11

Confucius’s followers

Question 12

Author of Account of my Heritage

Answer 12

Kamo no Chomei

Question 13

Architecture of Chinese Buddhism

Answer 13

Cave temples and Pagodas

Question 14

Art of Buddhism

Answer 14

Mandala and Raigo

Question 15

Cycle of life, death, and rebirth in Buddhism

Answer 15

Samsara

Question 16

Getting out of Samsara for esoteric Buddhism

Answer 16

study

Question 17

Getting out of Samsara for Pure Land Buddhism

Answer 17

Grace

Question 18

Getting out of Samsara for Zen Buddhism

Answer 18

Meditation

Question 19

Zen aesthetics (wabi sabi)

Answer 19

Austere, Imperfect, Incomplete, Suggestion, awareness of time

Question 20

Confucianism

Answer 20

Social Harmony

Question 21

Shinto

Answer 21

spirituality of Nature

Question 22

Daoism

Answer 22

Non-action

Question 23

Buddhism

Answer 23

Detachment from world

Question 24

Zen Buddhism

Answer 24

Enlightenment

Question 25

Pantheism

Answer 25

Belief that God is part of universe rather than outside it

Question 26

8 fold path

Answer 26

leads to freedom from attachment

Question 27

tea ceremony

Answer 27

Zen Buddhism

Question 28

Cosmology

Answer 28

account of universe and how it came to be

Question 29

5 Central virtues of Confucianism

Answer 29

Ren, Li, Uprightness, Knowledge, Faithfulness

Question 30

Literary Style of Dao De Jing

Answer 30

Metaphors Parallel prose, Paradoxical statements

Question 31

Characteristics of sacred spaces

Answer 31

set apart from everyday
utilize symbolic meaning
invite us to physically separate from world
reorients experience

Question 32

Bodhisattva

Answer 32

help others reach Pure Land

Question 33

Upaya

Answer 33

any means that helps those stuck to move forward (parable of burning house)

Question 34

Enlightenment sYmPtOms?

Answer 34

1. the world is transitory
2. experience in the world is nondualistic
3. meaning we impose on the world is an illusion