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mID tERM
Mid-Term
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2010

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Bodhisattva
Definition
In Mahayana Buddhism an enlightened being who remains in our midst to assist!
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Moksha
Definition
In Hinduism Moksha is breaking free from birth, death, rebirth and having no limits.
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Samsara
Definition
In Hinduism it is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
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Karma
Definition
In Hinduism actions that affect your place in the next cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
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sati/suttee
Definition
In hinduism, women to die with good karman, throw themselves on their dead husbands funeral pyre.
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Dua/Yiddicheh
Definition
In Aborigines Animism they are two types of beings that exist.
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Dua
Definition
In Aborigines Animism it is one of two types of beings.
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Shamans
Definition
There are two kinds: Traveling-they leave their bodies and go to the spirit world. Possessed-The spirits come to them.
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How to study religious sources?
Definition
Through their Text, traditions, experiences, and reason (what counts as 'good' thinking)
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GOD
Definition
Anything that has enough 'more' of whatever is valued.
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Maya
Definition
In Hinduism an illusory world, everything is one thing;despite appearances.
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Brahman
Definition
In Hinduism Brahman is the one underlying reality of which all things are.
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Dukkha
Definition
In Buddhism, Dukkha (Life is suffering) is 1 of the 4 noble truths, taught by the buddha
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Rainbow Serpent
Definition
In Aborigines Animism, it created everything during the dream time.
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Atman
Definition
In Hinduism Atman is the soul, the innermost self.
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WuWei
Definition
In Taoism it is being aware and waiting for the right moment, active non-doing.
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