Question
This figure concealed numerous texts known as “hidden treasures” or terma to be found by future practitioners of Buddhism. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this religious figure who founded the Nyingma school and built the Samye Monastery according to the Testament of Ba.
ANSWER: Padmasambhāva [or Guru Rinpoche]
[10e] The Nyingma tradition was one of the schools of the Mahayana Buddhist sect named for this autonomous region in China. The Dalai Lama fled from this region in 1959.
ANSWER: Tibet [or Xīzàng]
[10m] Padmasambhava taught a tantric Buddhist practice named for a vehicle made of this kind of object. The Buddha described a certain sutra as one of these objects that “cuts through illusion.”
ANSWER: diamonds (The sutra is the Diamond Sutra.)
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia Ly-α | Cornell Fire | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell Wind | Cornell Earth | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| RIT | Rochester C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rochester A | Rochester B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |