Question
Answer the following about Suzuki Shōsan, a retired samurai who promoted “Ferocious Zen,” for 10 points each.
[10e] Shōsan argued that this religion’s monotheism was “falsely misappropriating one Buddha to venerate.” Japanese followers of this Western religion were forced to step on fumi-e icons as recounted in the novel Silence.
ANSWER: Christianity [accept word forms such as Christians; accept Catholicism; accept Kirisuto-kyō or Kirishitan]
[10m] Description acceptable. Shōsan claimed to be jigo-jishō, which means that he achieved this status. Pratyekabuddhas (“prat-yeh-kah-buddhas”) achieve this status by dwelling like a rhinoceros and not teaching others, instead relying on their own merits.
ANSWER: self-enlightenment [accept descriptions of someone achieving enlightenment without a teacher or achieving enlightenment alone; accept bodhi or awakening or in place of “enlightenment”; prompt on enlightenment; prompt on nirvana]
[10h] Followers of Shōsan’s “Ferocious Zen” channeled meditation towards these statues that were inspired by Vajrapāṇi. These gigantic, wrathful guardians flank the statue of the Buddha in Japanese temples.
ANSWER: Niō [prompt on dharmapāla]
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Cornell MATLAB | Cornell R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| RIT | Syracuse+Rochester | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |