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Eastern Religons
Hiduism::Buddhism::Confucianism
33
History
9th Grade
11/12/2012

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Term

Hinduism:

 

 

Names of diety(ies)

Definition

 

Lord Brahma(creator)

Lord Vishnu(preservor)

Lord Shiva(destroyer)

 

330 million dieties

Term

Hinduism:

 

 religious leaders

Definition
preists called brahmans
Term

Hinduism

 

Sacred text

Definition
Vedas(4)
Term

Hinduism

 

 Major belifs

Definition
  • Authority of the vedas
  • kharma determines density of life and reincarnation
  • goal= nirvana or being released from the cycle of life, death and rebirth
  • brahmans are at the top of the caste system

 

Term

Hinduism

 

 views of death

Definition
when you die, you are reborn based on karma in your past life
Term

Hinduism

 

 important holy days

Definition
Divali
Term

Hinduism

 

history of faith

Definition
  • religon of indians around 1800 BC
  • aryans invaded india and sread
  • created caste system and put themselves at the top

 

Term

Hinduism

 

 Religous sects

 

Definition
  • followers of vishnu (vishnas)
  • Followers of shiva (shivas)
Term

Hinduism

 

 Holy symbols

Definition

Bindi

Om

Term

Hinduism

 

 place of worship

Definition

temples for festivals

pray at home

Term

Hinduism

 

 number of followes

Definition

990 million

growing

Term

Hinduism

 

 primary concentration

Definition

india

nepal

Term

Hinduism

 

 Where is the majority/minority

 

Definition

majority: india and nepal

minority: countries farthest from india. NOT the former british colonies

Term

Buddhism

 

Name of diety

Definition
Buddha
Term

Buddhism

 

Religous Leaders

Definition

Dalai Lama

Monks

Term

Buddhism

 

Sacred texts

Definition
Tripitaka
Term

Buddhism

 

Major beliefs

Definition
  • "The glass is already broken"
  • 4 noble truths
  • eightfold path
  • life is suffering then you die
  • to break the cycle of suffering
  • to find the middle way between positives and negitives and live in the median
Term
What are the four noble truths in Buddhism?
Definition
  1. Life means suffering
  2. The origin of suffering is attachment
  3. The cessation of suffering is attainable
  4. The path to cessation of suffering(the middle way between the two)
Term
What is the eightfold path of Buddhism?
Definition
  1. Right view
  2. Right intention
  3. Right speech
  4. right action
  5. right livelihood
  6. right effort
  7. right mindfulness
  8. right concentration
Term

Buddhism

 

views of death

Definition
reincarnation
Term

Buddhism

 

history of faith

Definition
Buddha leaves the palace and changes his view. He decides to leave hinduism because of the caste system that he disagrees with. Buddha sits under the bohdi tree and sees a girl playing the lute. He concludes that if the strings of the lute are too tight that they will break and if they are too lose it will sound bad. There is a middle that the lute sounds just right. just the way life should be
Term

Buddhism

 

 

Religous sects

Definition

Theravana

Mahayana

 

(devided by geography)

Term

Buddhism

 

Holy Symbols

Definition

Bohdi Tree

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8 Spoked wheel (representing the eightfold path)

Term

Buddhism

 

Place of Worship

Definition
Monastery
Term

Buddhism

 

Primary concentration

Definition
southeast asia
Term

Buddhism

 

Where is the majority/minority?

Definition

Nepal/Southeast Asia

 

(Forced out of Tibet but that is where the Dalai Lama is found)

Term

Confucianism

 

Relidgous Leaders

Definition
Confucius
Term

Confucianism

 

 Sacred Texts

Definition
Analects
Term

Confucianism

 

 Major Beliefs

Definition
  • 5 relationships
  • importance of family
  • dignity of human life
  • homan goodness
  • importance of behavior in society(through the 5 relationships)
Term

Confucianism

 

 Views of death

Definition

not inerested in the afterlife or heaven

 

n/a

Term

Confucianism

 

 History of the faith

Definition
Confucius taught the views of confuciansim (the 6 arts) and his ideas were spread and made famous and became a philosophy in china
Term

Confucianism

 

 Place of worship

Definition

n/a

 

(Shrines)

Term

Confucianism

 

 Primary concentration

Definition

China, Eastern Hemisphere.

Hasn't spread everywhere else yet...

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