midterm

Question 1

what is the first 2 words of the mantra of light?

Answer 1

Oṃ amogha

Question 2

what are the 3rd and 4th words of the mantra of light?

Answer 2

Vairocana mahāmudrā

Question 3

what are the 5th and 6th words of the mantra of light?

Answer 3

mani padma

Question 4

what are the 7th, 8th, and 9th words of the mantra of light? (last 3 words)

Answer 4

jvāla pravarttya hūṃ

Question 5

what is the full mantra of light?

Answer 5

Oṃ amogha Vairocana mahāmudrā maṇi padma jvāla pravarttya hūṃ

Question 6

continuous birth/death cycle also called

Answer 6

samsara

Question 7

Śūnyatā

Answer 7

emptiness

Question 8

what was the story of Vimilikirti in chapter 2 of the Vim sutra?

Answer 8

Vim uses skillfull means, manifesting an illness in this case, to attract thousands of people to him. He then uses this time to teach the dharma. Vim states that the bodies of ppl (sentient beings) is impermanent and can’t be relied on to always be healthy/keep you safe/free from suffering and therefore people should generate the intention to acheive the same enlightenment as a buddha so they can attain the body of a Buddha which is generated from pure dharmas. this body and wisdom frees sentient beings from suffering

Question 9

what was Vimalakirti’s main goal?

Answer 9

to inspire his listeners to embark on the bodhisattva path

Question 10

the main Mahayana goal is ?

Answer 10

to achieve complete, perfect enlightenment

Question 11

how do buddhas get their bodies / forms?

Answer 11

through their actions / merit

Question 12

the pure lands are generated from ?

Answer 12

good dharmas, manifested by bodhisattvas or buddhas through actions and merit and with their pure minds

Question 13

what was chapter 1 of the Vim sutra about?

Answer 13

the Tathagata (Buddha) teaching thousands of people such as bodhisattvas, about the buddha lands / pure lands

Question 14

what is chapter 7 of the Vim sutra about?

Answer 14

how bodhisattvas should view sentient beings:
- not real
- their pain / suffering is not actually real, their afflictions aren’t real its delusion
- karmic effect is real though
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Question 15

sensation –> desire –> attachment

this drives?

Answer 15

existence

Question 16

what is chapter 7 of Vim sutra about?

Question 17

sympathy

Answer 17

sharing dharma

Question 18

one of the key motives for compassion

Answer 18

co-dependent arising, everything that affects others affects you and everyone/everything else

Question 19

what is Indra’s mat

Answer 19

net w/ jewels, in each jewel (or ‘independent’ reality/experience) =, the experience of the other jewels is reflected showing a lack of intrinsic existence

Question 20

merit

Answer 20

beneficial (good) karmic resources created through good deeds

• Buddhas can draw on their merit to create “Pure Lands.”
• Bodhisattvas can transfer merit to help others

Question 21

what made Dogen want to become a monk / seek enlightenment?

Answer 21

his mother’s death when he was 7, taught him impermanence

Question 22

bodhidharma

Answer 22

(zen) the monk who introduced ‘true’ buddhism to China in 5th century