QUIZ 520

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. The Mahayana scriptures inspired bold systems of philosophy, formulated by such brilliant thinkers as Nagarjuna, Asanga, Vasubandhu, and Dharmakirti.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. In its early phase, during the first six centuries of the Common Era, the Mahayana spread to China, and from there to Vietnam, Korea, and Japan.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. In India, perhaps by the eighth century, Buddhism evolved into its third historical form, called the Vajrayana, the Diamond Vehicle, based on esoteric texts called Tantras.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. Vajrayana Buddhism accepted the doctrinal perspectives of the Mahayana, but supplemented these with magic rituals, mystical symbolism, and intricate yogic practices intended to speed up the way to enlightenment.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. Vajrayana Buddhism today dominates Tibetan Buddhism.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A