Meaning: Original Book

The definitive statement of Sikhism's unique spiritial stance.

Associated with Sikh tradition

First complied by Guru Arjan in 1604. 

Path to liberation without limitation

"non dual"

School of philosophy. 

Most authoritative of all texts

Parts of the vidas were used in both domestic and temple rituals.

Associated with Hinduism

A God may exist, but he is unknowable. 

Associated with Hindu Philosophy and Greek Philosophy.

Describes spiritual knowledge.

Cause no harm-through speech, action, or though-even to one-sensed' beings as well as plants, insects, animals, and fellow human beings. 

Associated with: Jaina tradition, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

One of the "five great" vows.

Forbids all involvement for the world and ensures that no action is undertaken spontaneously. 

Purification of one's spirit and body through the various concoctions. 

Used in the quest for immortality.

Female deity of the sun

Born from the eye of the primordial deity 

Shintu religion and Japanese Mythology

Enshrined at Ise as the patron deity of the Imperial family 

All emperors are said to be her descendant.

skhanda produces the human body.

perception, mental formations, and conscioness-together produce all of the individual processes.

No Killing

No stealing

No sexual misconducts

No lying

No intoxicants

Suffering

Thirst/Craving

Cessation of Thirsting

The Path

Suffering

Impermanence

No self

Buddha

Dharma

Sangha

Gave rise to Buddhism

Shramana's had a need for salvation 

Right Faith

Right Knowledge

Right Conduct

No soul. 

Associated with Buddhism.

The doctrine that the human person is impermanent, a changing combination of components.

Heroic Royal Leader

Archer and son of Pandu

Loses the will to fight during a battle against his own kin and is met by Krishna

New Religious Movement

Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity.

Responsible for the sarin gas attacks on Tokyo subway system that killed 13 people and injured more than a thousand people in 1995.