Greedy, Aversive, Or Deluded? Find Out Here !
The Visuddhimagga offers descriptions of six personality temperaments: three unwholesome types and three wholesome types. The text suggests that the unwholesome and wholesome types “parallel” each other. The modern-day application of the personality-type system focuses primarily on the three unwholesome types and pairs them with their positive attributes. The three types of Buddhist personalities, paired with their positive tendencies, are Greed/Faith, Aversive/Discerning Wisdom, and Deluded/Speculative. The Greed/Faith personality type is characterized by craving and optimism, the Aversive/Discerning type by criticism and clarity, and the Deluded/Speculative type by doubt and equanimity. Each type has its neurotic tendencies and its awakened tendencies, and the spiritual ta
- 1.When you go to a friend’s house for the first time, what is the first thing you notice?
- A.
The handsome Sub-Zero fridge you’d love to have in your own kitchen.
- B.
The cluttered living room that would be much more welcoming if she got rid of a few chairs and rearranged the rest.
- C.
You don’t notice much, and when you go home you can’t remember a single piece of furniture.
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- 2.When you go to the beach, what is the first thing you say?
- A.
'The water looks perfect"
- B.
"Look at all the seaweed. There’s no way I’m going in the water"
- C.
"I can’t believe I forgot my towel again!"
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- 3.In the morning...
- A.
You like getting up early because it’s a great time to get things done.
- B.
You get up grumbling, with reluctance (another day already!?) and a sense of obligation.
- C.
You have a Ph.D. in sleeping late, and when you do get up, you must contend with brain fog for several hours.
- 4.After watching a movie with your partner, you are mostly likely to comment:
- A.
“I love seeing movies by that director. Let’s get another one when we return this.”
- B.
“I can’t believe how badly they butchered the story from the book. From now on it’s only foreign films for me.”
- C.
"Why were they shooting at that one guy?”
- 5.You consider shopping:
- A.
A sport, and you’re in the major leagues.
- B.
A necessary evil. You go in, get what you need, and get out again before someone pisses you off and you have to kill them.
- C.
A nightmare. With twenty brands of cereal on the shelves, how are you supposed to pick one? And let’s not even talk about clothes shopping.
- 6.What do you have in your home?
- A.
Imported chocolate, an extensive DVD collection, and some fine art.
- B.
Extra blankets (the heat is so low sometimes guests complain), closet and office organizers,emergency flashlights;
- C.
A hodgepodge of furniture and small piles of papers and projects that you’re going to get to one of these days.
- 7.In school, you were usually:
- A.
Chatting with your friends.
- B.
Correcting the teacher.
- C.
Doodling or daydreaming.
- 8.At dinnertime, you think:
- A.
“Wow, this looks great! I’ll have one of everything.”
- B.
“Uh, is it dairy-free, wheat free, soy-free, and organic?”
- C.
“Dinner, already? Nice.”
- 9.As a kid, your nickname could have been:
- A.
Sparky
- B.
Eeyore
- C.
Space Cadet
- 10.When you’re being honest with yourself, you’ll admit that you’re:
- A.
Grandiose.
- B.
Obsessive compulsive.
- C.
Clueless.
- 11.When things aren’t going your way, your first thought is:
- A.
“No worries, it will improve soon”
- B.
“It’s someone else’s fault, and I should help them see the error of their ways”
- C.
“Hmm, I wonder if I did something wrong?”
- 12.When you are collaborating on a project, you mainly:
- A.
Have faith everything will work out...
- B.
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- 13.Your opinion of this Buddhist personality quiz is:
- A.
It was fun. I wish it had more questions.
- B.
Totally unscientific. Tricycle is turning into a Buddhist Cosmopolitan.
- C.
Seemed okay, but I wasn’t sure about my answers to some of the questions.
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