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Buddhism
1. What is the significance of the Four Passing Sights in the life of (historical) Buddha?
2. What are the Four Noble Truths?
3. What are the three passions or mental defects? What is the meaning of ignorance or delusion?
4. What is Pali Canon or the Three Baskets?
5. What is the importance of the king Ashoka (or Asoka) in the history of Buddhism?
6. What is the concept of Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism?
7. What is the concept of emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism?
8. How does the realization of the Buddha-nature bring a fundamental shift in one's awareness?
9. Why do the practitioners of the Chan/Zen school of Buddhism consider it as a tradition that derives its authority not from the scriptures, but from the lineage of enlightened masters?
10. What is the purpose of koans in Zen Buddhism?
11. Explain the concepts of 'abiding place' and 'immovable wisdom' based on the 'Zen and Martial Arts' reading.