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During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1. Explain the Buddhist Theory of dhamma.

2. Give an account of the Conventional Truth and the Ultimate Truth.

3. Analyse the Buddhist Teachings on the nature of mind.

4. Give a historical account of the development of the Abhidharma.

5. Examine in details the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence.

6. The cita (consciousness) of every person controls the person, leads his every action and shapes his destiny. Explain what you understand by this statement?

7. Enumerate the factors of Enlightenment (bodhipakkhiya dhamma).

8. What is rupa (matter) from the Buddhist perspective?

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1. Examine the impact of Tsong-kha-pa’s renowned Three Treatises “Stages of the Path to Enlightenment”.

2. Describe the nature of the eight types of suffering of a sentient being.

3. Give your opinions on the understanding of the causes of samsara and the path to liberation.

4. Explain the importance of developing bodhicitta.

5. Describe the Buddhist teachings of the Law of Cause and Effect.

6. Write notes on taking refuge in the Three Jewels.

7. What is the primary core of spiritual practices in Buddhism?

8. Write comprehensive notes on your understanding of the selflessness of a person.

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1. Explain briefly the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment.

2. What is the understanding of Perfection of Wisdom?

3. Write your view on the aspiration and qualities of a bodhisattva.

4. Explain the pãramitã as the main practice of a bodhisattva in order to attain Buddhahood.

5. Bodhicitta may be translated as the "awakening mind" or "mind of enlightenment". Discuss.

6. A bodhisattva gives up absolutely anything for the sake of other beings including his own life and family. Does the bodhisattva ideal seem impractical or merely an ambition? Give your own views.

7. The bodhisattva doctrine is the teaching of ethical philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism. Discuss.

8. What are the special activities of the bodhisattva as mentioned in the Bodhicaryãvatãra?

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1) Elucidate the Buddhist response to the views of the six heretic teachers.

2) Provide a description of the social teachings presented in early Buddhism.

3) Describe the Four Noble Truths in relation to the concepts of samsara and nibbana.

4) Explain the position of women as recorded in the early Buddhist literature.

5) Describe the activities of monastic organization as explained in the Buddhist texts.

6) Make a survey of the first Buddhist council and the formation of Buddhist canon.

7) Give details of the Buddhist schools that prevailed during the reign of king Asoka.

8) Describe the socio-philosophical background for the origin of the Mahāyāna Buddhism in India.

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1) Describe how ‘Early Buddhism’ is distinguished from ‘Theravāda Buddhism’.

2) Present a survey on the Buddha’s unique spiritual qualities with special reference to the knowledge of omniscience (sabbaññuta-ñāṇa).

3) Provide an analysis of the five aggregates and explain how attachment to these aggregates is suffering.

4) Present your argument on the following statement: ‘avoiding two extremes, the Buddha teaches the dhamma in the middle’.

5) Expound your understanding on the concept of nibbāna with special reference to three poisons – greed, hatred, and delusion.

6) "An arahant is the ideal man in the Theravāda Buddhism" Explain.

7) Explicate the functioning of kamma in relation to the concept of no-soul (anatta).

8) How does Buddhism explain that ‘one, indeed, is one’s own saviour; no one else’?

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1) Define Buddhist Psychotherapy and discuss its fundamentals in relation to mental illness.

2) Clarify Buddhist Psychopathology and give an account of its central elements.

3) Discuss the Buddhist analysis of mental disorders and abnormal behaviour.

4) Elucidate the psychotherapeutic value of Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga.

5) Explain your thoughts on ethical conduct for one to become a Buddhist psychotherapist.

6) “Mindfulness Meditation contains great therapeutic value”- Write a critical note on this statement.

7) Discuss the applicability of mettā bhāvanā (loving-kindness meditation) in relevance to psychological disorders.

8) Write on any two of the following:

a) Buddhist Psychotherapy and Cultural Bound Syndrome.
b) Psychological Gender related issues from the Buddhist perspective.
c) Relevance of the Four Noble Truths to Buddhist Psychotherapy.
d) Buddhist analysis of mind and insight meditation.

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1. Explain the six perfections and give details of the importance of perfections as Bodhisattva Practice.

2. Elucidate with reasons the value of studying Mahayana Buddhist tradition.

3. Explain the Concept of Sunyata as the main doctrines of Madyamaka School.

4. How does the Concept of the Buddha in Mahayana differ from that of Early Buddhism?

5. Give details of the most important Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Mahayana Pantheon.

6. In what ways the Bodhisattva Thought becomes superior to a follower of Theravada Buddhism?

7. What is meant by Pure Land Buddhism and how does one get there?

8. Give an account of the historical development of Mahayana Buddhism.

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1) Explain the Chinese preference for Mahayana over other Buddhist traditions.

2) Examine the causes of the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism in the history of Chinese Buddhism.

3) Discuss the characteristics of Tang Buddhism.

4) Elucidate the "Rounded and Sudden" contemplation in Zhiyi's teaching.

5) Discuss the syncretism of Buddhism during the Song dynasty.

6) Why did Buddhist academic activities decline after the Tang dynasty?

7) Discuss the development of Vinaya in China.

8) From a historical perspective, discuss the future of Buddhism in China.

During the 3 hours exam, you can not close computer, you can not skip, you can not forward or backward. You must finish the exam. Please answer 4 questions out of the following 8, and write your answers in the space provided below. Please indicate the question number that you are answering. Click "finish" when you complete all answers.

1. Explain the importance of cultivating the four sublime states of mind.

2. Discuss the Buddhist way of improving human relations.

3. Explain the Buddhist approach to wise ways of acquiring wealth and unwise ways of spending wealth.

4. What role does Buddhism play in shaping our attitude towards nature?

5. Some said that “Buddhist ethics is purely psychological”. Explain your views with reasons.

6. Explain the concepts of filial piety as found in Early Buddhism.

7. Describe the magic of right speech in dealing with human relation.

8. Evaluate the effects of the Buddhist five precepts for a peaceful and harmonious society.

本課程旨在探討大乘佛教典籍的歷史與發展，希望學生能夠掌握大乘經典中的一些基本定義、思想及概要。