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SGI Introductory TestIn Nichiren Buddhist practice consists of practice for oneself and practice for others.
Practice for oneself refers to chanting and reciting the sutra on a daily basis. Practice for
others constitutes: - Answers -a) finding an isolated mountainside or forest for you to
practice Buddhism.
b) teaching people about Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and helping them establish their
Buddhist practice.
c) meditating by the seashore.
d) copying Buddhist sutras.
ans = B
In the phrase Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, renge literally means "lotus flower." In Nichiren
Buddhism, what Buddhist concept is symbolized by the lotus flower? - Answers -a)
Oneness of life and its environment
b) Oneness of body and mind
c) Simultaneity of cause and effect
d) Voluntarily assuming the appropriate karma
ans = c
Within the Ten Worlds, in which state(s) of life is a person easily influenced by external
circumstances? - Answers -a) Buddhahood
b) Voice-hearers
c) Bodhisattva
d) The six lower worlds, or the six paths
ans = D
Regarding attaining Buddhahood, Nichiren Daishonin says that "attain" means to: -
Answers -a) open or reveal the Buddha nature we already possess.
b) acquire supreme awakening from the Buddha.
c) die and be reborn in our next lifetime in order to achieve happiness.
d) implore priests to turn us into a special being called a Buddha.
ans = a
In his writing "The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon," Nichiren Daishonin writes: "Never
seek this Gohonzon _____________." Please correctly fill in the blank. - Answers -a)
within yourself
b) within the mortal flesh of ordinary people
c) outside yourself
d) in a temple of the provisional teachings
ans = c
, In "The Three Kinds of Treasure," Nichiren instructs Shijo Kingo to "live so that all the
people of Kamakura will say in your praise that Nakatsukasa Saburo Saemonno- jo
[Shijo Kingo] is diligent in the service of his lord, in the service of Buddhism, and in his
concern for other people." In essence, Nichiren was instructing Kingo to: - Answers -a)
be most concerned about protecting his reputation.
b) use whatever means necessary to gain praise from his lord and those around him.
c) put on an image that things are going fine when they are not.
d) be sincere and work with integrity to show proof of the power of Nichiren's teachings.
ans = d
The principle of "lessening karmic retribution" means that through the benefit of
devoting ourselves and leading others to the Mystic Law: - Answers -a) we can defer
our heavy karmic debt to a future lifetime.
b) we need not experience any hardship or difficulty in this life.
c) others whom we wronged in past lives will not take revenge on us.
d) the heavy consequences of our negative karma are quickly lightened.
ans = d
Nichiren writes, "The three obstacles and four devils will invariably appear, and the wise
will ___________ while the foolish will retreat." Please correctly fill in the blank. -
Answers -a) rejoice
b) remain silent
c) be deceived
d) not notice
ans = a
On April 28, 1253, Nichiren lectured publicly, refuting the teachings of the major
Buddhist schools. He chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and asserted that it is the correct
teaching capable of relieving the suffering of all people of the Latter Day of the Law.
This event is known as his: - Answers -a) taking up residence at Mount Minobu.
b) declaring the establishment of his teaching.
c) commencement of a hunger strike to protest government policies.
d) praying for rain.
ans = b
After observing the recurrence of natural disasters, epidemics, poverty and hunger, on
July 16, 1260, Nichiren wrote and submitted to Hojo Tokiyori, the highest authority in
Japan, the treatise titled: - Answers -a) "On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime."
b) "Great Concentration and Insight."
c) "On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land."
d) "On the Buddha's Prophecy."
ans =c
For several years leading up to the autumn of 1279, many of the farmers who practiced
Nichiren's teachings in the Atsuhara region endured mounting pressures to renounce
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