Question

Alison Gopnik claims that David Hume may have been influenced by the Jesuit missionary Ippolito Desideri’s writings about this figure’s treatise Lam Rim Chen Mo. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist whose own “Middle Way” argued for the inherent emptiness of all objects in existence. This figure’s teachings formed the basis for the Gelug (“geh-LOOG”) or “Yellow Hat” school.
ANSWER: Tsongkhapa [or Je Tsongkhapa; or Losang Drakpa or Zongkapa Lobsang Zhaba or Zōngkābā; prompt on Rinpoche or Je Rinpoche]
[10e] This figure identified Tsongkhapa’s renunciation and awakening as key to the Gelug view of the path to enlightenment. This religious leader has lived in exile in Dharam·shala since 1959.
ANSWER: Dalai Lama [or the 14th Dalai Lama; or or Tenzin Gyatso or Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso or Lhamo Thondup; prompt on Lama]
[10m] Tsongkhapa composed the Migtsema mantra, which is recited over these objects to ward off possession or ill-will. These prayer beads common across South Asia are sometimes one more or less than 108 units.
ANSWER: mala [or mālā or japa mala or jaap maala]
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