Question
According to Alan Sponberg, Sangharakshita’s controversial and sexually abusive Triratna Buddhist Community claimed it was a “revolution” of this concept. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Pali or Sanskrit concept that the Buddha compared to a raft. This term for truth, and specifically the Buddha’s teachings, also names an 8-spoked “wheel” symbolizing the Eightfold Path.
ANSWER: dhamma [or dharma; accept dharma wheel or wheel of dharma or dharmachakra; accept dhamma wheel or wheel of dhamma or dhammacakka; accept Dhamma Revolution or Dharma Revolution]
[10h] The TBMSG and other socially-conscious “Engaged Buddhism” movements were inspired by this author of The Buddha and His Dhamma, who created 22 vows he used to lead a mass conversion of Dalits in Nagpur.
ANSWER: B. R. Ambedkar [or Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar or Babasaheb Ambedkar; prompt on Babasaheb]
[10e] Taiwan’s Tzu Chi movement of Engaged Buddhism is led by Dharma Master Cheng Yen, who is one of these people called a bhikkhunī. Catholic examples of these monastics may wear wimples while led by a Mother Superior in an abbey.
ANSWER: nuns [prompt on religious sisters; prompt on anchoress or prioress; prompt on women or females; reject “monk”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 71% | 43% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 12.14 | 86% | 29% | 7% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 22% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 57% | 71% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 89% | 33% | 22% |
Data
| Alberta | Arizona State A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UBC B | UW Wrath | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| UW Chastity | Arizona State B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UBC A | UW Greed | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Boise State | UW Lust | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UW Gluttony | UW Pride | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| UW Sloth | UW Envy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |