Overview
For this Assessment, you will answer a series of short answer questions to demonstrate your understanding of the key tenets of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Instructions
To complete this Assessment, do the following:
- Download the RE2003 Assessment Template and answer each question in 1–3 paragraphs.
- Download the Writing Checklist to review prior to submitting your Assessment.
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission, and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
Important Information on Interpreting the Assessment Rubric (click to expand)
Achievement vs. Mastery of the Competency
- Mastery of this Competency means that 80% or more of the rows have been assessed as Exceeds Expectations and no rows have been assessed as Does Not Meet Expectations.
- Achievement of this Competency means that all rows are assessed at Meets Expectations or above (but lower than the 80% threshold required for Mastery).
Assessment of Individual Rubric Rows
In order to achieve Meets Expectations for a particular row of the rubric, you must have adequately completed all criteria in that row. This means that you have addressed all required elements to the required level of quantity and/or quality.
In order to achieve Exceeds Expectations for a particular row of the rubric, you must have adequately completed all criteria in the row, and in addition, your response must reflect a depth and breadth of knowledge and expertise. Examples of this include—but are not limited to—the following:
- You provide additional, specific, and/or particularly relevant examples to illustrate points made.
- You seamlessly incorporate your original thoughts and diverse, credible, and relevant academic sources, when applicable, to express your viewpoint or develop a persuasive argument.
- You demonstrate a deeper understanding of the subject that draws from discipline-specific knowledge and theory and incorporates the viewpoints of a diverse set of business and management thought leaders.
- You draw additional connections between multiple, complex topics to support your explanations.
- You are able to apply your knowledge in unique, creative, and/or innovative ways.
- You thoroughly break down concepts into simpler parts and use your understanding of business to make connections.
- Your analysis is insightful and original.
- You design processes, products, and/or solutions that are creative, high-quality, and innovative.
- You consider diverse perspectives and relevant social, ethical, and business-related issues when proposing new ideas or formulating judgments.
All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where appropriate. Submissions that do not meet these expectations will be returned without scoring.
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Note: Hinduism and Buddhism
Most people are familiar with the saying, “What goes around, comes around.” It describes karma and dharma, which are central concepts of the belief system in both Hinduism and Buddhism. This cause-and-effect relationship shows if you do good things, positive things will happen to you in the future; conversely, if you do bad things, negative things will happen to you. These religions also focus a great deal on meditating to receive answers to life’s questions. Both believe that suffering is a large part of life, and in this suffering, people have an opportunity to do good. Removal of material possessions as a means to allow for suffering is a concept many people cannot fathom in today’s world. For this assessment, you will consider what you have explored in this Competency related to the importance that Buddhism and Hinduism place on meditation, suffering, and doing good things in life.
RE2003 Assessment Template
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Walden University, CBE Eastern Religions
Explain key tenets of Hinduism and Buddhism
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Module 1: Hinduism
Explain the key characteristics and significance of karma for making ethical choices, according to Hinduism.
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Explain why the fluidity of boundaries between different parts of the world is important for Hinduism. In your answer, reference at least one of the major strands that influenced Hinduism.
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Explain the role symbols play in Hinduism’s durability. Discuss at least two avatars in your response.
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Explain the importance of suffering in the Hindu tradition. Support your response with at least one specific example.
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Module 2: Buddhism
Explain how the basic teachings of the Buddha are captured in the images of the lotus and the flower.
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Explain the Four Noble Truths and how they relate to each other to form the foundation of Buddhist belief.
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Explain the relationship between humans and divine reality in Buddhism. In your response, be sure to discuss how the individual is understood to relate to the Buddha.
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Explain the main purpose of ritual in Buddhism. To support your response, explain at least one specific example.
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References
Include appropriately formatted references to scholarly sources to support the statements made in your report. Please refer to the Academic Writing Expectations Checklist for more information.
Use the following citation as an example:
Kurtz, L. R. (2016). Gods in the global village: The world’s religions in sociological perspective (4th ed.) . SAGE.
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RE2003: Eastern Religions – Explain key tenets of Hinduism and Buddhism
Rubric Criteria Does Not Meet Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Module 1: Hinduism
Explain the key characteristics and significance of karma for making ethical choices, according to Hinduism. Learning Objective 1.1 — Explain the key characteristics and the significance of karma.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the key characteristics and the significance of karma for making ethical choices.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the key characteristics and the significance of karma for making ethical choices.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the key characteristics and the significance of karma for making ethical choices.
Explain why the fluidity of boundaries between different parts of the world is important for Hinduism. In your answer, reference at least one of the major strands that influenced Hinduism. Learning Objective 1.2 — Explain the importance of the fluidity of boundaries to Hinduism.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the importance of the fluidity of boundaries to Hinduism.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the importance of the fluidity of boundaries to Hinduism.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the importance of the fluidity of boundaries to Hinduism.
Explain the role symbols play in Hinduism’s durability. Discuss at least two avatars in your response. Learning Objective 1.3 — Explain the role of symbols in Hinduism’s durability.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the role of symbols in Hinduism’s durability.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the role of symbols in Hinduism’s durability.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the role of symbols in Hinduism’s durability.
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Rubric Criteria Does Not Meet Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Explain the importance of suffering in the Hindu tradition. Support your response with at least one specific example. Learning Objective 1.4 — Explain the importance of suffering in the Hindu tradition.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the importance of suffering in the Hindu tradition.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the importance of suffering in the Hindu tradition.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the importance of suffering in the Hindu tradition.
Rubric Criteria Does Not Meet Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Module 2: Buddhism
Explain how the basic teachings of the Buddha are captured in the images of the lotus and the flower. Learning Objective 2.1 — Explain how the basic teachings of the Buddha are captured in the images of the lotus and the flower.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of how the basic teachings of the Buddha are captured in the images of the lotus and the flower.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of how the basic teachings of the Buddha are captured in the images of the lotus and the flower.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of how the basic teachings of the Buddha are captured in the images of the lotus and the flower.
Explain the Four Noble Truths and how they relate to each other to form the foundation of Buddhist belief. Learning Objective 2.2 — Explain the relationships among the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the relationships among the Four Noble Truths as the foundation of Buddhism.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the relationships among the Four Noble Truths as the foundation of Buddhism.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the relationships among the Four Noble Truths as the foundation of Buddhism.
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Rubric Criteria Does Not Meet Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Explain the relationship between humans and divine reality in Buddhism. In your response, be sure to discuss how the individual is understood to relate to the Buddha. Learning Objective 2.3 — Explain the relationship between humans and divine reality in Buddhism.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the relationship between humans and divine reality in Buddhism.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the relationship between humans and divine reality in Buddhism.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the relationship between humans and divine reality in Buddhism.
Explain the main purpose of ritual in Buddhism. To support your response, explain at least one specific example. Learning Objective 2.4 — Explain the main purpose of ritual in Buddhism.
Response is a vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete explanation of the main purpose of ritual in Buddhism.
Response is a clear, accurate, and complete explanation of the main purpose of ritual in Buddhism.
Response provides an exemplary explanation of the main purpose of ritual in Buddhism.
Professional Writing
Professional Writing: Clarity, Flow, and Organization
Content contains significant spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing does not demonstrate adequate sentence and paragraph structure and requires additional editing/proofreading. Key sections of presented content lack clarity, logical flow, and/or organization.
Content contains few spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates adequate sentence and paragraph structure and may require some editing. Content presented is satisfactorily clear, logical, and/or organized, but could benefit from additional editing/revision.
Content is free from spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors. Writing demonstrates appropriate sentence and paragraph structure. Content presented is clear, logical, and well-organized.
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Professional Writing: Context, Audience, Purpose, and Tone
Content minimally or does not demonstrate awareness of context, audience, and/or purpose. Writing is not reflective of professional/scholarly tone and/or is not free of bias. Style is inconsistent with the professional setting/workplace context and reflects the need for additional editing.
Content demonstrates satisfactory awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is adequately professional, scholarly, and/or free from bias, and style is mostly consistent with the professional setting/workplace context.
Content clearly demonstrates awareness of context, audience, and purpose. Tone is highly professional, scholarly, and free from bias, and style is appropriate for the professional setting/workplace context.
Professional Writing: Originality, Source Credibility, and Attribution of Ideas
Content does not adequately reflect original writing and/or paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates inconsistent adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and reference. There are numerous and/or significant errors.
Content adequately reflects original writing and paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates adequate adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references. There are one or two minor errors.
Content reflects original thought and writing and proper paraphrasing. Writing demonstrates full adherence to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim, with appropriate source attribution (when applicable) and references.