Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-1st of the Four Noble Truths
- means suffering upon suffering or discomfert, suffering, fustration, or lack of harmony with nature |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-1st sermon after enightenment
1.existance of Dukkha
2. suffering is caused by cravings
3. Suffering will stop when cravings stops
4. Can be stopped through The Eighfold Path |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-student, householder, forest dweller, sannyasin (enlightenment) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-Old man, sick man, dead man, holy man
-put Siddartha on his spiritual journey to understand suffering |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-Mahayana ideal/tradition
-one who reaches elightenment but renounces nirvana to help others on their journey |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-cycle of birth, death, rebirth/reincarnation
-undestroyable energy, matter |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-divided into Nirguna (without) and Saguna (with)
-Ultimate reality, whole
-the impersonal God head
-state of being |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-1 of the 4 paths
-self realization through love
-serve rather then demand
-path of devotion |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-means actions or consequences of actions
OR 1 of the 4 yogas
-self realization through works |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-Shruti texts, 4 parts
1.Rig Veda (oldest, praise of lord)
2.Sam Veda (Religion and rituals)
3.Yajur Veda (Verses set to music)
4.Atharva Veda (Guides)
-transmitted orally then eventually written down
-transends time |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-More modern branch
characteristics: man doesnt stand alone (salvation), many rituals, key virtue is compassion, Buddha is a savior, petitionary pray, within, westernized, bodhisattvas |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-early branch
characteristics: man stands alone, key virtue is wisdom, Buddha is a saint, confined to meditation, arhat remains in nirvana after death, arhat (sage) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-Zen Buddhism
-a paradoxical puzzle to be solved without ordinary thinking
-used during meditation
EX: "Two hands clap and there is a sound; what is the sound of one hand? |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-occasion for the illusion
-need to be seen through to achieve moksha and karma is part of the blinding forces of Maya |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-from the Mahayana branch
-all things have Buddha nature, which can only be grasped when one escapes the intellectual mind |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-Teravada branch
-saint, someone who has reached nirvana and will not be returning to the worth after death |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-refers to the notion of "not self" or no external self
-One of the Three Marks of Existance along with Anitya and Dukkha |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Buddhism
-2nd of the 4 Noble truths
-origin of cravings->desire/fear
-desire: fixate mind on idea
-fear: afraid you wont reach desired |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-social class distinction based on heredity or occupation
-Brahim (priests)
-Kshatriyas (nobilty)
-Vaishyas (farmers and merchants)
-Shudra (manual labor and artisans)
-Out-castes or Untouchables |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Hinduism
-liberation from the limitations of time, space, and matter through realization
-enlightenent? |
|
|
