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SGI Intro Exam: Buddhist TermsQuestions and Answers
What key passage from Nichiren Daishonin's
letter "The True Aspect of All Phenomena" stresses
the importance of faith, practice and study? - Answers -exert yourself in the two ways of
practice and study. without practive and study, there can be no buddhism. You must not
only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from
faith"
What do we come to see as we deepen our faith
through study of Nichiren Buddhism? - Answers -we can resolve our doubts and
continue toward establishing a state of unshakable happiness.
What does NAM of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mean? - Answers -"TO DEDICATE ONE'S
LIFE" "DEDICATION"
Nichiren says, means
"dedication to the principle of eternal and unchanging truth"
What does RENGE mean? - Answers -Lotus flower
produces both flower and seeds at the same time, it illustrates the principle of the
simultaneity of cause and effect
flower and seed, cause and effect are a single entity
Rather than being distinct realms that certain
beings inhabit, what are the Ten Worlds according
to the Lotus Sutra? - Answers -The ten worlds are conditions of life that everyone has
the potential to experience at any time.
In the concept of the Ten Worlds, what differentiates
the four noble worlds from the six paths? - Answers -The six paths describes states of
life easily influenced by external circumstances. Those who remain in them cannot
enjoy true freedom or independence.
The aim of buddhist practive is to transcend these six paths and build a self determined
happiness that is uncontrolled by the environment.
The conditions of life a person develops through buddhist practice are known as the
four noble worlds, the worlds of voice hearers (learning) cause-awakened ones
(realization), bodhisattvas and buddhas.
Nichiren states, "Each thing—the cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson—in its own
entity,
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