Quiz 1

Question 1 of 10

1. Question

True or False. The Madhyamaka school, arguably founded by Nāgārjuna, is also known as the Middle Way School of philosophy.

True
False

Question 2 of 10

2. Question

The two schools of thought arising as commentarial traditions on Nāgārjuna’s Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, or Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, are ________ and ________ .

Madhyamaka and Sautrāntika
Sautrāntika and Prasangika
Madhyamaka and Prasangika

Question 3 of 10

3. Question

In terms of major commentators on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Buddhapālita and Candrakīrti represented the view of ________ , and Bhāviveka represented the view of ________ .

Prasaṅgika, Sautrāntika
Sautrāntika, Prasaṅgika

Question 4 of 10

4. Question

The term emptiness, or śūnyatā, as used by Nāgārjuna ________ .

means that nothing whatsoever exists
means that phenomena are empty of intrinsic nature

Question 5 of 10

5. Question

How does Nāgārjuna’s view differ from that of Abhidharma?

Abhidharma posits fundamental dharmas as intrinsically existent, and Nagarjuna shows these dharmas to be empty of intrinsic existence.
Nāgārjuna discusses reality in terms of the two truths, relative reality and absolute reality, and Abhidharma does not.

Question 6 of 10

6. Question

True or False. According to Nāgārjuna, since dependent origination is the essence of samsara and dependent origination is empty of any intrinsic identity, it follows that ordinary conventional phenomena, the web of samsara, is already primordially empty of any of these characteristics.

True
False

Question 7 of 10

7. Question

Why does Nāgārjuna begin the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā with a discussion of causality and dependent origination?

Nāgārjuna is arguing that all phenomena are empty because they are dependently originated.
Nāgārjuna wants to show that the causality is empty of any intrinsic identity.
Because emptiness is dependent origination, emptiness itself is empty.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Question 8 of 10

8. Question

When Nāgārjuna states that things exist as dependently originated, what is he referring to?

That nothing exists.
That causation is the essence of reality.
That causation has relative reality.

Question 9 of 10

9. Question

In the ________ chapter of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Nāgārjuna argues that just because things are subject to transformation and impermanence, it does not follow the transformation or impermanence has a fundamental nature of its own. In the ________ chapter, Nāgārjuna argues that even though things are dependently originated, dependent origination has no fundamental nature of its own.

first; second
second; first

Question 10 of 10

10. Question

True or False. According to Nāgārjuna motion or change exists conventionally, but does not exist ultimately. Motion, like causation, is empty of inherent existence.

True
False

Buddhist Philosophy in Depth, Part 2

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