lesson 7_8 attempt 2 - 5/21/2015 Fall/Spring Quiz 4:...

1. The Japanese solar deity Amaterasu was regarded as a local manifestation of
A) Vairocana (solar Buddha)
B) Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha
C) Kannon (Bodhisattva of compassion)
D) Amida (Buddha of compassion)
E) Yakushi (medicine Buddha)
2.
One characteristic of early (ca. 13th century) Zen Buddhism in Japan was
3. Chikubushima is