Review Questions for October 18 Class

Please consider the following questions concerning what we just covered and add any others you have in the comments below. Sorry we didn’t have more time today, but we will review this section of Part I before we start Part II of Learning from Buddha next Sunday.

1. What are the three concerns that Buddhas, Equal Enlightenment and Marvelous Enlightenment Bodhisattvas must have?
2. Why must those who still have impure karma not be allowed to enter a pure land?
3. Why do Buddhas & Bodhisattvas fear living beings more than demons?
4. What practice does the Buddha Master give us to enable us to correct our dark karma?
5. What does it mean to be a causal stage Bodhisattva?
6. What is the Parable of the Conjured or Phantom City?
7. Explain how the “iron lotuses” work in the World of Ultimate Bliss.
8. Why is it difficult to recite Amitabha Buddha’s name ten times with single-minded concentration free of distraction, when you die?
9. What is a Yidam?
10. What is an “er bai wu?”
11. How do we cleanse our sins?
12. Can one be liberated and still have bad karma?