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Alison Gopnik claims that David Hume may have been influenced by the Jesuit missionary Ippolito Desideri’s writings about this figure’s treatise Lam Rim Chen Mo. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist whose own “Middle Way” argued for the inherent emptiness of all objects in existence. This figure’s teachings formed the basis for the Gelug (“geh-LOOG”) or “Yellow Hat” school.
ANSWER: Tsongkhapa [or Je Tsongkhapa; or Losang Drakpa or Zongkapa Lobsang Zhaba or Zōngkābā; prompt on Rinpoche or Je Rinpoche]
[10e] This figure identified Tsongkhapa’s renunciation and awakening as key to the Gelug view of the path to enlightenment. This religious leader has lived in exile in Dharam·shala since 1959.
ANSWER: Dalai Lama [or the 14th Dalai Lama; or or Tenzin Gyatso or Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso or Lhamo Thondup; prompt on Lama]
[10m] Tsongkhapa composed the Migtsema mantra, which is recited over these objects to ward off possession or ill-will. These prayer beads common across South Asia are sometimes one more or less than 108 units.
ANSWER: mala [or mālā or japa mala or jaap maala]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaGeorgia State010010E
Chicago AWUSTL A010010E
Columbia BRIT010010E
Cornell AGeorgia Tech010010E
FloridaPenn State010010E
Illinois AUC Berkeley A010010E
IndianaRutgers1010020HE
Johns HopkinsHarvard0101020EM
MITChicago B010010E
MichiganCornell B010010E
MinnesotaIowa State0101020EM
NYUWaterloo B010010E
North Carolina AStanford010010E
North Carolina BMaryland010010E
NorthwesternColumbia A0101020EM
Ohio StateVanderbilt010010E
OttawaArizona State010010E
Toronto AWaterloo A010010E
Toronto CTexas0101020EM
UC Berkeley BLSE010010E
VirginiaIllinois B010010E
Virginia TechToronto B0101020EM
WUSTL BYale010010E
Winona StateUCF010010E

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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2412.50100%21%4%