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Question

One of the triratna (“tree-RUT-nuh”) is this figure, and taking refuge in this figure is seen as committing oneself to live up to their example. For 10 points each:

[10e] What figure who was born as Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of a namesake Asian religion?

ANSWER: Buddha

[10m] The symbol for the triratna contains one of these objects in a circle that represents the Buddha’s purity. The doctrine of “skillful means” is espoused by a sutra named after one of these objects.

ANSWER: lotus [or padma; or paduma; accept Lotus Sutra; prompt on flowers or plants]

[10h] The symbol also contains one of these objects above the lotus. A sutra named after one of these objects analogizes them to the kind of wisdom able to break through illusions and discern the ultimate reality.

ANSWER: diamonds [accept vajra; or thunderbolt; accept Diamond Sutra of Perfection of Wisdom; or The Perfection of Wisdom Text that Cuts Like a Thunderbolt; or Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra; prompt on jewels]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	18.33	100%	75%	8%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	10	17.00	90%	50%	30%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	75%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	7	17.14	86%	71%	14%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	17.69	100%	54%	23%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

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Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	10	10	10	30
Claremont B	Claremont A	10	10	0	20
UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	0	20
USC A	UCLA A	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	UCSD B	10	0	0	10
UCLA E	USC B	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	UCLA F	10	0	0	10
Carleton B	Carleton A	10	0	0	10
McGill B	McGill A	10	10	10	30
Ottawa A	Ottawa D	10	10	0	20
McMaster B	Toronto E	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Toronto I	10	0	0	10
Toronto F	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
Toronto C	Toronto A	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Guelph A	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	Brock A	10	0	0	10
Toronto D	Waterloo A	10	10	0	20
Waterloo C	Waterloo B	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	10	0	20
McGill E	Ottawa C	10	0	0	10
UCF A	Florida Tech A	10	10	0	20
Florida A	Florida B	10	10	0	20
ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	10	0	0	10
Florida State A	South Florida A	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
Louisville D	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Michigan State A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
CWRU C	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
Louisville C	Ohio State D	10	0	0	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan D	10	10	0	20
WVU A	Michigan State C	10	0	0	10
WVU B	Michigan State D	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	Duke A	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	JMU B	10	0	0	10
NCSU B	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
NCSU A	UNC A	10	0	0	10
UNC C	Virginia Tech C	10	0	0	10
UNC B	VCU A	10	10	0	20
William & Mary A	Virginia A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	10	30
William & Mary C	William & Mary B	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
Maryland C	Rutgers A	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	10	10	0	20
Iowa A	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	10	10	0	20
Purdue C	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Iowa B	10	0	0	10
William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Purdue D	WashU Grolars	10	0	0	10
Illinois Canada	Indiana A	10	0	0	10
Macalester	Iowa State	10	0	0	10
Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	10	10	0	20
Amherst B	Tufts C	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Boston College A	10	10	10	30
Brown B	Dartmouth B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth A	Vermont B	10	0	0	10
Tufts B	UConn A	10	10	0	20
Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Amherst A	10	0	0	10
Harvard	Williams C	0	0	0	0
MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	10	0	0	10
Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Washington State	10	10	10	30
British Columbia A	Texas	10	10	0	20
British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	10	0	0	10
Washington Coho	Arizona State B	10	0	0	10
Washington Masu	Boise State	10	10	0	20
Washington Chum	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	10	10	0	20
Nebraska C	Murray State College B	10	0	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska B	10	10	0	20
Harding	Tulsa B	10	0	0	10
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	0	10	0	10
Rose State	Kansas State B	10	10	0	20
Murray State College A	Oklahoma	10	10	10	30
Tulsa A	Nebraska A	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Tennessee Tech	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Emory A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee B	Sewanne	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh C	Durham C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh B	Durham D	10	0	0	10
Durham A	Edinburgh A	10	10	0	20
Sheffield A	Durham B	10	0	0	10
York	Edinburgh D	10	10	0	20
Clemson B	Clemson C	10	0	0	10
Southampton	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
Cambridge D	Bristol	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge B	Cardiff	10	0	10	20
Warwick	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Imperial C	LSE	10	0	0	10
Cambridge E	Imperial D	10	0	0	10
Oxford	Cambridge A	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	ESF	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Cornell D	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Cornell C	10	0	0	10
Binghamton B	Rochester	10	10	0	20