Faith-related 1
What are the three poisons in Buddhism?
Greed, anger, foolishness
What are the four universal sufferings of life?
Birth, aging, sickness, death
What is the title of Nichiren’s treatise which was submitted in 1260 upon witnessing the natural disasters befalling Japan?
On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
What is the meaning of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo?
Devotion to the mystic law of cause and effect
State the ideal gas equation, and state the units of T in the equation.
pV = nRT, Kelvin
What are the six lower worlds in the Ten Worlds?
Hell, hunger, animality, anger, humanity, heaven
What are the four noble worlds in the Ten Worlds?
Learning, realization, bodhisattva, Buddhahood
What are all the characters down the centre of the Gohonzon?
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo — Nichiren
What principle teaches that Buddhahood exists within all life states?
The mutual possession of the Ten Worlds
In a monohybrid cross, if two heterozygous pea plants (Tt) are crossed, what is the probability of the offspring being homozygous recessive?
25%
What are the two types of happiness in Buddhism?
Relative and absolute happiness
What are the three proofs?
Documented proof, theoretical proof, actual proof
What are the three pillars to achieving absolute happiness?
Faith, practice, study
What are the three realms that form the structural basis of ichinen sanzen?
Realm of five components / realm of living beings / realm of the environment
Define a catalyst.
A catalyst is a substance which increases the rate of a reaction by providing an alternative reaction pathway with lower activation energy, without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.
What are the ten factors of life taught in Buddhism?
Appearance, nature, entity, power, influence, internal cause, relation, latent effect, manifest effect, consistency from beginning to end
Which Buddhist principle explaining that if we change ourselves, our circumstances will change accordingly as well?
The oneness of life and its environment
Which doctrine explains how Buddhahood can be manifested without eliminating lower life states?
The mutual possession of the Ten Worlds
In Nichiren Buddhism, what principle teaches that by facing and overcoming difficulties, the negative consequences of past actions can be lightened in this lifetime?
Lessening one’s karmic retribution
What is the derivative of sec x?
sec x tan x
How are the three thousand realms in the ichinen sanzen concept derived?
The mutual possession of the Ten Worlds / The ten factors / The three realms
What are the four stages of existence taught in Buddhism?
Existence during birth / existence during life / existence during death / existence during the period between death and rebirth (intermediate existence)
What did Nichiren Daishonin advocate every field of human endeavour be put to the purpose of?
Bringing happiness to humanity
What is the "Pure Land" as interpreted in Nichiren Buddhism?
The world we currently live in
Draw the graph representing the long-run price and output for a firm in monopolistic competition.
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