Packet G: Tossup 16

An 11th-century text by Atiśa titled for a “lamp” and this concept divides people into “lesser,” “middling,” and “superior” classifications based on the degree to which they reject mundane pleasures. In Zen, a herdsman’s search for, and retrieval of, an ox over the course of ten pictures allegorizes the search for this concept. The Samye (10[1])monastery (-5[1])hosted a two-year-long debate questioning if this concept came about spontaneously (10[2]-5[1])or if it (10[2])required (10[1])activity. (10[1])Theravada Buddhists (10[2])believe in four stages to (10[1])achieving this (10[2])concept, (10[10]-5[1])which begins (10[5])with (10[1])the “stream-enterer” (10[1])and ends (10[1])with the (10[1])“arahant.” Right (10[1])samadhi, (10[1])right conduct, (10[1])and (10[1])right resolve are among the noble (10[1])eightfold paths (10[1]-5[1])needed (10[1])to achieve (10[5])this (10[4]-5[1])state. (10[18]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[3])what (10[1])practice of escaping (10[2])the suffering (10[1])cycle of rebirth was achieved under the bodhi tree by the Buddha? (10[7])■END■

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