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In the middle of the 10th ce., Samyé Monastery

had fallen into such disrepair that the first monks to return refused it

What sparked the new translation period?

Devotion to the Dharma, concern about how Dharma was practiced after the imperial period, The invitation of Indian Buddhists to Tibet, Economic recovery

China first annexed Tibet, making it an integral part of its territory, during the Yuan Dynasty. true or false

false

First established during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, the principal dynamic known as ruler-vassal that would define the relationship between Tibet and its neighbors for the next 400 years. 

Mongol Yuan, patron-priest, 700

According to Kapstein (and others), Mongol rulers were genuinely interested in Tibetan:

Buddhism, for its doctrine of personal liberation, ritual, for its mundane power, institutions, for their cooperation in ruling various religious factions

According to Kapstein, the Tibetan religious practice par excellence is:

Pilgrimage, because of its universal popularity and unifying cultural function

Most Tibetan monks:

lived frugally and were disadvantaged

The Ming court:

maintained a mostly ceremonial, distant relationship that was beneficial to both sides.

Following the establishment of the Qing Dynasty in 1644, Tibet

maintained an even more forceful independence than it had during the previous Ming dynasty

What justified ritual violence in the Tibetan Buddhist context?

Moral reluctance since it demonstrated the selfless virtue of the ritualist, Prophecy because the foregone historical context demanded it, Scriptural and historical precedent, A threat to or crime against Buddhism, A threat to or crime against the greater public good

According to Sheehy, the real reasons the Fifth Dalai Lama seized and converted Takten Monastery were:

personal animus and real estate interests

Why is Trinlé Wangmo important? Because she:

authored one of the first female Tibetan autobiographies, preserved Taranatha's first-person testimony

From a critical and historical perspective (in contrast to a religious one), in Tibetan (and most of the world's traditional) sources, prophecy actually describes:

the present: events that are happening at the time of writing

By the 17th ce, which sect had become especially renowned for its skill in violent ritual?

Nyingma

From the perspective of the Gelukpa establishment and their Mongol patrons, what was problematic about the Sixth Dalai Lama?

He dropped robes and refused full ordination. He regularly drank alcohol and womanized in public. He could not fulfill the role of the virtuous priest for their patron allies.

The emanation of the bodhisattva of compassion, the Fifth Dalai Lama relied on which of the following to unify central Tibet?

The Qoshot Mongols' brutality in battle, Violent rituals, Forced conversion of competing sects

Sonam Gyatso was:

the third Dalai Lama but the first to receive the title