Buddhism: Religion and Religious Pluralism | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Buddhism: Religion and Religious Pluralism
- 28 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Component 2: Buddhism, one religion of five
- Component 2
Buddhism: migration, life in a plural society and the standing of other faiths.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Buddhism as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Buddhism: Religion and Religious Pluralism
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Buddhism, Migration and Pluralism
What role does religious pluralism play in modern secular states?
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Religious pluralism is a defining feature of modern secular states. -
Buddhism, Migration and Pluralism
In terms of Buddhist attitudes to religious pluralism, what does diversity within Buddhist traditions refer to?
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It refers to the variety of different Buddhist schools, practices, and interpretations that exist within Buddhism itself. -
Contrasting Forms of Buddhism, Ashoka and Nichiren
Why do some argue that Buddhism is a collection of traditions with little in common?
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Forms such as Theravada and Pure Land differ over whether liberation comes by effort or by faith, which scriptures are authoritative and whether monks are needed, so they can look like separate religions sharing a founder. -
Contrasting Forms of Buddhism, Ashoka and Nichiren
What did Nichiren argue in the Rissho Ankoku Ron?
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In his treatise of 1260 to the ruler Hojo Tokiyori, he blamed Japan's famines, epidemics and disasters on the people's turning from the Lotus Sutra to false teachings such as Pure Land.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Buddhism, Migration and Pluralism | Recall questions on the societies migration has created, the making of Buddhism in Britain and the legal standing of religious freedom. | 13 |
| Contrasting Forms of Buddhism, Ashoka and Nichiren | Theravada and Pure Land Buddhism compared as contrasting forms of Buddhism, and two contrasting Buddhist attitudes to other faiths, the tolerance of Ashoka's twelfth Rock Edict and Nichiren's exclusive claim for the Lotus Sutra. | 15 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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