{"id":1611,"date":"2015-03-03T10:56:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T10:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/?page_id=1611"},"modified":"2019-06-14T05:05:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:05:59","slug":"chapter18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/course\/chapter18\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Chapter 18 &#8211;\u00a0The Nembutsu: Myokonin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbschawaii.org%2Fshindharmanet%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2015%2F03%2F18_Chapter-Eighteen.pdf&hl=en_US&embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:500px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/18_Chapter-Eighteen.pdf\" class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 90KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple Choice Questions<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"mcq-main flat\"><ul class=\"mcq-questions-list\"><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">1. The word myokonin, which describes a remarkable group of Shin Buddhists, literally means:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"1\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[1]\" value=\"1\">wonderfully good people<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"1\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[1]\" value=\"2\">highly enlightened people<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"1\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[1]\" value=\"3\">very learned people<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">2. For which of the following reasons was the ideal of the myokonin promoted during the Edo period? Was it to:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"2\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[2]\" value=\"1\">encourage people to emulate their virtues<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"2\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[2]\" value=\"2\">draw more followers to Jodo Shinshu<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"2\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[2]\" value=\"3\">show that faith was not dependent upon education<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">3. Which of the following statements regarding the characteristics of the myokonin is FALSE? They:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"3\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[3]\" value=\"1\">tend to have no social status<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"3\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[3]\" value=\"2\">express gratitude and joy even in the face of danger or evil<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"3\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[3]\" value=\"3\">were so compliant that they became slaves of the social order<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">4. The lives of the myokonin reflect their realization of \u201cki-ho-ittai,\u201d which means the:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"4\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[4]\" value=\"1\">sufferings of human beings<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"4\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[4]\" value=\"2\">unity of Buddha and beings<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"4\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[4]\" value=\"3\">he awareness of the 84,000 evil passions<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">5. Many of the myokonin described their relationship to the Buddha as that of:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"5\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[5]\" value=\"1\">teacher and student<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"5\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[5]\" value=\"2\">sister and brother<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"5\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[5]\" value=\"3\">parent and child<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"questions-single\"><div class=\"question\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:15px;\">6. Incidents in the lives of the myokonin show us that they:<\/div><div class=\"question-hint\"><\/div><ul class=\"ans-list\" ><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"6\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[6]\" value=\"1\">showed little strength of commitment<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"6\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[6]\" value=\"2\">had no sense of humor<\/label><\/li><li style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14px;\" class=\"ans-single\"><label><input qid=\"6\" type=\"radio\" class=\"mcq_questions_ans\" name=\"mcq_questions_ans[6]\" value=\"3\">were fully harmonized people<\/label><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><div  class=\"mcq-submit\" mcq-id=\"1723\">Submit<\/div><div  class=\"mcq-result\"><\/div><\/div>\n<strong>Thought Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1. What is your personal impression of those wonderfully good people called myokonin?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2. Do you think there is a place in 20th century American society for such wonderfully good people?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0On a society that places so much emphasis on assertiveness, self-confidence, and self-reliance, what impact would someone like a myokonin have?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture Chapter 18 &#8211;\u00a0The Nembutsu: Myokonin Multiple Choice Questions Thought Questions 1. What is your personal impression of those wonderfully good people called myokonin? 2. 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