Quiz 1

Question 1 of 10

1. Question

What is the root text Alan Wallace is primarily using for this retreat?

The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers
The Vajra Essence
The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra
The Enlightened View of Samantabhadra

Question 2 of 10

2. Question

Who is the ‘author’ of the root text Alan offers commentary on?

Pema Tashi
Düdjom Rinpoche
Gyatrul Rinpoche
Düdjom Lingpa

Question 3 of 10

3. Question

Which of the following is not true about The Essence of Clear Meaning?

It is a commentary on the Vajra Essence Tantra of Conscious Awareness Tantra.
It was written down and compiled by Pema Tashi.
It is a teaching by Pema Tashi.
It is a commentary by Dudjom Lingpa.

Question 4 of 10

4. Question

Which practice below is not one of the four quintessential practices highlighted in the root text Alan is teaching from?

Trekchö, or cutting through
Development stage meditation
Shamatha
Vipashyana

Question 5 of 10

5. Question

Which of the quintessential practices in the Dzogchen tradition will be covered during this retreat?

Shamatha, vipashyana, and trekchö
Shamatha, vipashyana, trekchö, and tögal
Shamatha and vipashyana
Shamatha, vipashyana, and development stage accumulations of merit

Question 6 of 10

6. Question

Why is the root text of this course called the Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra?

Because it refers to the sudden realization of the empty nature of relative mind.
Because it refers to the quintessence of emptiness as discussed in the sutras.
Because it describes experiences perceived as if empty of inherent existence.
Because it refers to emptiness from the perspective of pristine awareness.

Question 7 of 10

7. Question

What is a pure vision teaching, such as the text this retreat is based on?

A teaching or text that arises from the outflow of pristine awareness, usually from an archetypal figure.
A teaching or text that offers guidance on the purification of karmic obscurations.
A teaching or text that trains a student in pure perception.
A teaching or text based on the emptiness of relative mind.

Question 8 of 10

8. Question

How does Alan describe pristine awareness or primordial consciousness?

As the result of the bodhisattva path.
As the direct perception of emptiness and the full array of phenomena, indivisibly.
As the culmination of shamatha and vipashyana.
As the culmination of practices related to ground, path, and fruition.

Question 9 of 10

9. Question

Which is not a synonym for pristine awareness?

Rigpa
Samantabhadra
Primordial consciousness
Pure appearance

Question 10 of 10

10. Question

Without the understanding of which of the following does Alan state, “the door to Dzogchen is closed”?

The four thoughts that turn the mind.
Knowing that matter, independent of appearances, can’t be known.
That the body is little more than a corpse.
Knowing that among body, speech, and mind, mind is primary.

Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Dzogchen Tradition

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