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100

The Japanese name for rituals of purification,

Harai/ Harae, Barai, or Barae

100
The Documents, The Odes, Rites, Spring and Autumn Annals, the I-Ching or Book of Changes formed the basis for the Confucian Curriculum. Collectively they are called...
What is The Five Books?
100
The mythical founder of Daoist thinking who was immortalized in the Han Dynasty.
What is Laozi?
100

The name for the worshiping of China's leader during the Cultural Revolution. The name of the leader is also acceptable in this case.

What is Maoism? Who was Mao Zedong?

100

The Japanese name for the recitation of the mantra to Amida Buddha.

What is nembutsu?

200

The Japanese name for the gate that marks the entry to sacred space.

What is torii?

200

The Chinese name for Confucianism.

What is ru?

200

The story, the "Pleasure of Fishes" is found in this Daoist classic.

What is Zhuangzi?

200

A new religious movement founded in Japan and has since become renown for both its advocacy for world peace and its methods of recruitment.

What is the Soka Gakkai?

200

The name of Sun Goddess in Japanese.

What is Amaterasu?

300

The Japanese title of an assistant priest, usually the wife of the main priest in temple Buddhism.

What is bomori?

300
The name of the book that contains the sayings of Confucius.
What is the Analects/Lunyu?
300

The Chinese name for the Buddhist bodhisattva who became female in China.

Who is Guan-yin/Kuan-yin?
300

The name of the poet who wrote "Smokey the Bear Sutra".

Who is Gary Snyder?

300

A Taiwanese organization, whose leader actively supports sympathetic politicians through the notion of jieyuan (links of affinity).

What is Foguangshan or Buddha's Light International Association?

400
The name of the Japanese scholar who wrote a scholarly treatise which in part discussed the historical development of Shinto.

Who is Motoori Norinaga?

400

A core philosophical concept in Confucian thinking, this is often translated as 'benevolence' or 'humanness'.

What is "ren"?

400
"Effortless doing" is one possible translation for this key philosophical concept in Daoism.
What is wuwei?
400

This minority group lives in Northwest China; the Chinese Communist Party often accuse this group of being Islamic separatists.

What is Uyghurs?

400
The general name for religious exemplars of Daoism who have achieved longevity.

What is immortals/shen-ren?

500

The Japanese neologism composed of the words "religion" and "play".

What is shûkyô asobi?

500
The ideal sage/scholar of Confucianism.
What is junzi?
500

The name of the sutra central to the development of Chan/Zen in China featuring a poetry duel for succession between two monks: Huineng and Hongren. It is considered apocryphal.

What is the Platform Sutra?

500

The Japanese author/teacher who taught about shoshin.

What is Shunryu Suzuki?

500

Translated as "other power", this is the way to enlightenment for the Jodoshu and Jodoshin shu schools in Japan.

What is tariki?

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