Packet 9: Bonus 11
A 2014 Natasha Heller article examines this practice’s automation by namesake devices in modern China. For 10 points each:
[10m] Which practice is effective for anyone who has not committed the five grave evils or slandered the dharma? Hōnen popularized this practice, which relies on tariki, or the “Power of Another.”
ANSWER: niànfó [or nenbutsu or nembutsu; or descriptions of saying or reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha; accept Āmítuófó or Amida or Amitāyus in place of “Amitabha”; prompt on recitation of a name]
[10e] Reciting Amitabha Buddha’s name allows rebirth in one of these paradise-like locations, which Buddhas create to allow practitioners to more easily achieve Buddhahood. Hōnen and Shinran founded traditions named for these places.
ANSWER: Pure Lands [or Jìngtǔ or Jōdo; accept Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School or Jìngtǔzōng or Jōdo-shu or Jōdo Shinshu; accept Sukhāvatī or Jílè Shìjiè or Land of Bliss or Realm of Ultimate Bliss or Western Pure Land; prompt on buddha-fields or viśuddha-buddhakṣetra]
[10h] The primary Pure Land texts are the Amitāyus and Amitabha Sutras, and a sutra named for this action, in which Siddhartha Gautama teaches a queen to attain Amitabha’s Pure Land with three pure acts and sixteen of these actions.
ANSWER: contemplation [or visualization or guān; accept sixteen contemplations; accept Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra or Sutra on the Visualization of Measureless Life or Contemplation of Amitāyus Sutra or Fóshuōguānwúliàngshòufójīng or Guān jīng]
<SL, Beliefs> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 12.16 | 95% | 24% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley A | Constans Constantius and Constantine Jr. | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Not Old! (Old) | Team 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Stanford B | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Team 8 | Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 8.00 | 40% | 20% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |