Kalmyks - 2023 ACF Nationals

Question

A group of elderly women from this ethnic group known as the babushki matsik preserved their tantric texts and practices during Soviet-era exile to Siberia. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this modern ethnic group descended from the Oirats. These people are the only European ethnic group to primarily practice Buddhism.

ANSWER: Kalmyks [or Kalmyki; accept Xaľmgud or Halimaguud]

[10e] Kalmyks practice a branch of Buddhism named for this Asian region. Tenzin Gyatso leads a branch of Buddhism named for this region.

ANSWER: Tibet [or Böd; or Xīzàng; accept Tibetan Buddhism; prompt on Himalayas] (Tenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth Dalai Lama.)

[10h] The spiritual leader of the Kalmyk Buddhists, Erdne Ombadykow (“um-buh-DICK-off”), is considered a reincarnation of Tilopa, who summarized Buddhism with a set of this many “words of advice.” The Prajñāpāramitā sutras characterize bodhisattvas with a set of this many “perfections.”

ANSWER: six [or 6; accept six perfections or six pāramitās; accept six words of advice or six precepts]

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Summary


2023 ACF Nationals	04/22/2023	Y	21	14.76	100%	48%	0%

Data


Claremont A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10
UC Berkeley A	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	10
Duke A	Florida B	10	10	20
Yale A	McGill A	10	10	20
MIT A	Michigan A	10	10	20
Harvard A	Minnesota A	0	10	10
Minnesota B	NYU A	0	10	10
Houston A	Penn A	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Purdue A	10	10	20
Imperial A	Virginia A	0	10	10
Chicago C	Illinois A	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Columbia A	0	10	10
Chicago B	North Carolina A	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Stanford A	10	10	20
WUSTL A	Columbia B	0	10	10
UC Berkeley B	WUSTL B	10	10	20
Florida A	Yale B	10	10	20
Penn State A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	20
Maryland A	Rutgers A	0	10	10
Texas A	Rutgers B	0	10	10
Brown A	Cornell B	10	10	20