About Buddhism Exam*
This Buddhism “exam” is not just about memorizing and scoring. It is an effort to guide to associate what have been read into personal experience, to connect oneself with Buddhist teachings, to transform words in books into wisdom in life.
Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s article, The Buddhism Exam+, explained the purpose of the event, “true Buddhist faith… is to be inspired by studying and practicing the Dharma…. [By doing so] It may transform our affliction into pure thoughts, and helps us to live a good life before dying a good death.”
The exam includes not only questions to be answered, there are crossword puzzle, PowerPoint making, as well as zoom presentation. Feel free to look into the different levels of challenge you would like to take on and have fun!
* FGS monastery has been conducting Buddhism Exam event since 1990. The goal for Buddhism Exam is to propagate Buddhist study and purifying the mind.
+ From the book, Buddha-Dharma: Pure and Simple. The article, The Buddhism Exam, is still in the process of being translated into English, Chinese version available.