4 Evaluate the claim that that Mahayana was a latter development after the second century BCE. (30)
4. Evaluate the view that ‘The teachings of the Madhyamaka school add nothing to the teaching of the historical Buddha.’
4 Evaluate the significance of extending of the concept of the Buddha to include the Buddha and creation. (30)
4 Evaluate the significance of the concept in Mahayana Buddhism of the Buddha as a cosmic presence that influences the world. (30)
4 Evaluate the status of the concept of the Buddha as a cosmic presence that influences the world. (30)
4 Evaluate the view that an understanding of the concepts of ‘upaya’ and ‘ekayana’ is all that is needed to become enlightened. (30)
4 Evaluate the debate about the claim that the Buddha nature is in every person. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that the bodhisattva doctrine shows the differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. (30)
4 Evaluate the view that renunciation is essential to reach nirvana (30)
4 Evaluate the importance of the Bodhisttvas in Mahayana use of images and stupas. (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion that different schools of Mahayana developed into different religons becuase of the the countries in which they developed and were practised. (30)
4 Evaluate the relative importance of the context of the differnt countries in which Mahyana developed and was practised. (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion that Sunyata or emptiness is common to all the different schools of Mahayana . (30)
4. Evaluate the view that the trekeya doctrine is common to all the different schools of Mahayana . (30)