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World Religions Mult.
Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/04/2012

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animistic
Definition
the aryans who invaded india brought with them a(n) _____ religion
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agni
Definition
aryan god of fire
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aryan kings
Definition
horse sacrifice limited to (because of elaborateness & expense)
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indra
Definition
most hymns written to in the vedas; personification of chaos
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upanishads
Definition
teach all beings are expressions of brahman & people's problem is ignorance
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moksha
Definition
release from cycle of death and rebirth; goal of most indian religions
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bhagavad gita
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epic poem about a great battle
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bhati-marga
Definition
the way of devotion
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shankara
Definition
developer of the advaita vedanta system & prime opponent of indian buddhism
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caste system
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roots in vedic literature, developed into its modern form in the 7th century ce. and outlawed by india's constitution in 1948
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Jainism
Definition
Religion where prayer and worship of the gods is worthless and irrelevant
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Tirthankaras (crossing builders)
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mahavira and other figures associated with the est of jainism
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jeremiah, confucius, and siddhartha gautama
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religious figures who were contemporaries of mahavira
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jains
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doctrine of ahimsa; are vegetarians
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digambara sect
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conservative in its interpretation of the agamas
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his father
Definition
siddhartha gautama was protected from sights of human misery and ugliness when he was young by...
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tibetan buddhists
Definition
believe that when the dalai lama dies, he is reborn as a child
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nirvana
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having the self extinguished like a candle
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zen buddhism
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adherents of ________ use riddles in meditation and value simplicity
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four noble truths
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focuses on the problem of suffering
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souls
Definition
unique teaching of buddha that humans do not have...
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eight fold path
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right speech, right concentration, and right effort
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buddhism
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in its early years spread from india to china
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Nanak
Definition
based on the religious vision of _____, sikhs believe that "there is no muslim and there is no hindu"
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sikhs
Definition
reject doctrine of ahimsa; free to eat meat
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adi granth
Definition
a collection of hymns
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spirit of nanak
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sikhs believe that ____ was reincarnated in the gurus who succeeded him
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lay buddhists
Definition
expected to abstain from alcohol
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