Dharmadharmatāvibhāga (DhDhV) Quiz Question Week 3

1. According to Buddhist logic, an inference, which is based on reasoning, can produce certainty about a phenomenon that is not directly perceivable.

A. True

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B. False

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2. What was taught in the three turnings of the wheel? Match the following:

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Second turning of the wheel
Third turning of the wheel

The Four Noble Truths and the three marks of existence

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The essencelessness of dharmas

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The teaching on “the complete revelation,” the Tathāgatagarbha doctrine

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3. Why is Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature considered a commentary on the Great Vehicle in general?

A. Because it presents major Buddhist principles such as the five principles, the three natures, the eight collections of consciousness and the two truths.

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B. Because it elaborates on non-conceptual wakefulness.

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C. Because it explains the relative in accord with the Mind-only school and the ultimate – the inherent nature – in accord with the Middle Way school.

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D. All of the above.

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4. One of the philosophical claims specific to the Mind-only school is that the mind is ultimately real. Does this text endorse this view?

A. Yes

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B. No

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5. Match the Five Principles with the Three Natures.

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Imputed Nature
Imputed Nature
Dependent Nature
Thoroughly established nature
Thoroughly established nature

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Reason

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Conceptuality

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Authentic wakefulness

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Suchness

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The approach of the so-called Yogācāra-Madhyamaka, or Middle Way School of Yogic Practice, is:

A. Conventionally, to resolve external objects as being illusion and ultimately, to resolve that the mind is real.

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B. Conventionally, to resolve that external objects are real, and ultimately to realize that they are mere imputation.

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C. Conventionally, to resolve that external phenomena are merely mind and ultimately to resolve that mind itself is empty of inherent existence, simplicity.

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Who rediscovered and propagated the DhDhV in India before it spread to Tibet?

A. Asaṅga

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B. Maitrīpa

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C. Nāgārjuna

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D. Vasubandhu

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Name the three consciousnesses that do not rely on the sense faculties:

The Fill in the blank 1 of 3 consciousness. The Fill in the blank 2 of 3 consciousness. The Fill in the blank 3 of 3 consciousness.

The Dharmadharmatāvibhaṅga has been composed with the wish to:

A. Elucidate the meaning of the great vehicle in order to lay a clear foundation for furthering discussions between philosophers during the 4th century in India.

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B. Distinguish precisely between different objects that make up the experience of our phenomenal world.

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C. Distinguish the two major Buddhist philosophical tenet systems, the Mind-only and the Middle Way, in order to clarify the different views.

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D. Distinguish the characteristics of cyclic existence from those of the transcendence of suffering, in order to realize the latter.

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How is samsara sometimes translated?

A. Cyclic existence

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B. Possibility

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C. Wandering

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D. All of the above

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E. None of the above

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