Are you following the Eightfold Path toward enlightenment?
A fun quiz to test your knowledge of the Eightfold Path
1) There is an aggressive student in your class who continually picks on you and pushes you around. You:
A) Shove him back
B) Restrain from anger and tell the teacher
C) Do nothing
2) In your high school physical education class a troublesome boy approaches you and offers you partnership in his drug dealing business. Although the selling of the drugs is illegal and dangerous, he guarantees you'll make great money. You:
A) Agree right away and think of all the money you'll earn
B) Turn down his offer immediately, you don't want any business with illegal drug dealing
C) Ponder the offer for a few days
3) A student walks up to you in the lunch room and curses you out in front of the entire school, calling you offensive names and making inappropriate hand gestures. You:
A) Blow up in his face, mimicking the offensive language
B) Respond in a calm and respectful manner, and suggest sorting out the problem at another time
C) Cry and run away from the situation
4) You're at the mall with your friends, when you see a lovely cashmere sweater in the window of your favorite store. However, the sweater is extremely expenses, and you do not have enough money to purchase it. You:
A) Sneak into the store and slip it into your purse when no one is looking
B) Resist the pull of desire and continue walking with your friends
C) Call your dad to buy the sweater for you
5) A nerd is being ridiculed in the parking lot by the biggest bully in the school. A crowd of students surrounds them as the nerd is humiliated. You:
A) Help the bully
B) Stand up for the nerd and call the administration to scene
C) Walk away
If you chose B for the majority of the questions, you are following the Eightfold Path. In question 1, restraining from anger and telling the teacher shows right intention. This is the kind of mental maturity that controls actions. In question 2, turning down the drug dealing partnership demonstrates right livelihood, where according to the Eightfold Path avoids selling intoxicants and poisons. In question 3, responding in a calm manner shows right speech by abstaining from slander and offensive language. Question 4 suggests resisting the pull of desires which correlates to right intention. Finally in question, standing up for the nerd and contacting the authority shows right action. This involves abstaining from delinquent actions and acting kindly and compassionately.
A) Shove him back
B) Restrain from anger and tell the teacher
C) Do nothing
2) In your high school physical education class a troublesome boy approaches you and offers you partnership in his drug dealing business. Although the selling of the drugs is illegal and dangerous, he guarantees you'll make great money. You:
A) Agree right away and think of all the money you'll earn
B) Turn down his offer immediately, you don't want any business with illegal drug dealing
C) Ponder the offer for a few days
3) A student walks up to you in the lunch room and curses you out in front of the entire school, calling you offensive names and making inappropriate hand gestures. You:
A) Blow up in his face, mimicking the offensive language
B) Respond in a calm and respectful manner, and suggest sorting out the problem at another time
C) Cry and run away from the situation
4) You're at the mall with your friends, when you see a lovely cashmere sweater in the window of your favorite store. However, the sweater is extremely expenses, and you do not have enough money to purchase it. You:
A) Sneak into the store and slip it into your purse when no one is looking
B) Resist the pull of desire and continue walking with your friends
C) Call your dad to buy the sweater for you
5) A nerd is being ridiculed in the parking lot by the biggest bully in the school. A crowd of students surrounds them as the nerd is humiliated. You:
A) Help the bully
B) Stand up for the nerd and call the administration to scene
C) Walk away
If you chose B for the majority of the questions, you are following the Eightfold Path. In question 1, restraining from anger and telling the teacher shows right intention. This is the kind of mental maturity that controls actions. In question 2, turning down the drug dealing partnership demonstrates right livelihood, where according to the Eightfold Path avoids selling intoxicants and poisons. In question 3, responding in a calm manner shows right speech by abstaining from slander and offensive language. Question 4 suggests resisting the pull of desires which correlates to right intention. Finally in question, standing up for the nerd and contacting the authority shows right action. This involves abstaining from delinquent actions and acting kindly and compassionately.