prayer class unit 3

Which clauses from the Simla Agreement were enacted as policy by the signatories?

none of the above

How was the Fourteenth Dalai Lama found and confirmed?

By passing a series of tests confirming his connection to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, By the strongarm promotion of corrupt officials

Who actually ruled central Tibet in the 18th-19th centuries?

The Regents and Ambans

What originally led to Tibet's isolation and its subsequent representation as a heavenly Shangri-la?

The faltering of the Qing, the rise of Nepal, and the Great Game between the UK and Russia (mid-to-late 19th ce.)

Which problem/s demonstrated that political Tibet was ripe for downfall in the 20th ce.?

Factionalism, corruption, weak military, resistance to reform

Most monks in Lhasa's great monasteries

Performed daily rituals, Worked various jobs, worried about money

What is the origin of the Shukden controversy?

A rivalry between two candidates for the reincarnation of the Fifth Dalai Lama

Who is the appointed leader of the Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism?

the ganden tripa

What is/are the primary complaint/s of Shukden and many of his devotees?

That eclecticism contaminates the pure teachings of Tsongkhapa and the Gelukpa schoolThat eclecticism contaminates the pure teachings of Tsongkhapa and the Gelukpa school

Who saved the Potala Palace and some other key Tibetan sites from the Cultural Revolution?

Zhou Enlai

What percentage of monasteries, and what fraction of Tibet's total material literature, are estimated to have survived the Cultural Revolution?

3% and 1/6

Why did Mao incite the Cultural Revolution?

He needed a distraction after his "Great Leap Forward" killed 18-40 million people

What is most likely to happen after the current Fourteenth Dalai Lama dies?

There will be at least two Fifteenth Dalai Lamas - one found by the TIbetans and one by the Chinese government

Who has called for total independence from China for Tibet?

Many in the Tibetan exile community, and Tibetan protestors in China

With regard to the Tibetan self-immolation protests, the Dalai Lama:

neither praised the "heroes" nor called to end the practice

In Buddhist ethics, what are the prerequisites for suicide?

selfless intention, an outcome that benefits others, an equanimous mind

Who is the preeminent exemplar for the doctrine that absolutely prohibits violence against others but invites violence upon oneself, including death?

Mahatma Gandhi

To what does Lopez refer as the "prison" of Shangri-la?

The highly idealized popular conception of Tibet in the West, to which Tibetans themselves are now bound and restricted

What kind of evidence has the Chinese government presented as proof that the Dalai Lama was behind the self-immolation protests?

none of the above

Based on the data, which new policies implemented by the Chinese government were most effective for quelling the Tibetan self-immolation protests?

Stability maintenance programs targeting local communty organizers