4 Evaluate the claim Buddhism only spread to China and Japan becuase of migration and Trade. (30)
4 Evaluatethe importance of the view that the early developments of Buddhism in China and Japan are vital in understanding the teachings of Asian Buddhism. (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion that the early developments of Buddhism in China and Japan are vital in understanding the teachings of Asian Buddhism. (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion the strenghts and weaknesss of claiming that Pure Land Buddhism betrays Buddhist origins. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that ‘Nembutsu is not a true form of meditation.’ (30)
4 Evaluate the claim Pure land is completely different from Zen Buddhism. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that ''Pure Land is the easy path of Buddhism''. (30)
4 Evlauate the claim that Pure land and Zen Buddhism only exist becuase of the Indigenous religious traditions of China and Japan. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim there areno significant differencesbetween Soto and Rinzai Zen Buddhism. (30)
4 Evaluate the view that Buddhism changed beyond recognition in either Pure Land or Zen. (30)
4. Evaluate the view that the practices of Zen Buddhism are the most successful expressions of Mahayana Buddhism . (30)
4 Evaluate the status of the claim the practices of True Pure Land and Zen Buddhism are essentially the same . (30)
4 Evaluate the relative importance of implications of early developments of Buddhism in China and Japan for Buddhist traditions developedments there. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that the differences between the different types of Pureland tradition are not significnant. (30)
4 Evaluatethe strenghtes of True Pureland Buddhism as a legitimate form of Buddhism . (30)
4 Evaluate the importance of the idea that he key teachings of Pureland Buddhism are a betrayal of Buddhist origins. (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion that enlightenment is only learning to live in the moment. (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion the strenghts and weaknesss of the view that enlightenment is 'a sudden revulsion, a turning, or re-turning of the eight consciousness's back into its original. (30)
4. Evaluate the view that enlightenment is only learning to 'live in the moment state of purity'. (30)
4 Evaluate the debate about the importance the impact of Dogen on the development of Buddhism in Japan . (30)
4 Evaluate the relative importance of claiming their are no important differences between Soto and Rinazai Zen Buddhist traditions. (30)
4 Evaluate the significance of the indigenous traditions of confusionism and Taoism in the development of Buddhism’s spread to China and Japan. (30)
4. Evaluate the meaning and significance of Asian Buddhism's encounter with modernity. (30)
4 Evaluate the status of the the view that Dogen had no real impact on Japanese Buddhism. (30)
4 Evaluate the importance of claiming the context and contributions of Huiyuan are the key to understanding the origins of Pureland Buddhism. (30)
4 Evaluate the debate about the view that the development of key beliefs and practices of Pureland Buddhism in Japan are dependent on Honin. (30)
4 Evaluate the claim that the development of the key beliefs and practices of Shin Buddhism or True Pureland Buddhism are depednent on Shinran. (30)
4 Evaluate the relative importance of the Pure Land sutras for Pureland Buddhism. (30)
4. Evaluate the weakness of the claim that Pureland that represents a gradual and not radical change from earlier traditions . (30)
4 Evaluate the opinion that Zen that represents a radical and not gradual change from earlier traditions. (30)
4 Evaluate the significance of the Soto Zen claim that it represents the true expression of Zen Buddhist belief and practice between the main schools of Rinzai Zena and Soto Zen. (30)
4 Evaluate the status of the True Pureland claim that it represents the true expression of Zen Buddhist belief and practice between the main schools of Pureland and true Pureland Buddhism. (30)