1. What important aspect of Tibetan Buddhism began with Padmasambhava’s subjugation of the local gods?
2. What important change in the Japanese Buddhist concept of monastic status began with the Bodhisattva of Compassion appearing to Shinran?
3. What role, if any, did Korea play in the introduction of Buddhism into Japan?
4. What did Nichiren primarily blame for the degeneration of the dharma in Japan?