2. Who was your favorite character in the Ramayana and why?
3. Give a second favorite and tell what you liked about the character?
4. How are both calmness and insight meditation important to Buddhist practice? Which did Machi Wabi first experience in childhood? What made this seem so positive?
5. What happened that caused Machi Wabi to become disillusioned with her faith? How did she finally overcome this?
6. Define the chinese concepts of yin and yang. Which is considered more female and which more male? In the three cosmic zones of sky, earth, and underworld how are yin and yang distributed?
7. Vivienne Wee in writing about Chinese and Malay interaction patterns says that Chinese emphasize self-appropriating other and Malays emphasize self as recipient of what other provides. How does this contrasting emphasis show up in their styles of eating? Describe or sketch the differences in eating styles.
8. How do these two group, Chinese and Malay, evaluate each others’ eating habits?
A. Give Chinese views of Malay eating style
B. Give Malay views of Chinese eating style
9. Why do pilgrims on the Hajj to Mecca try to avoid getting upset or losing their tempers?
10. Define: the standing at Arafat; throwing stones at Satan; zamzam water; the kaaba.
