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| what we would determine by observation of what really motivates people |
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| hymns which are songs that are sung to your god |
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| diverse collection of literature. First written in 1500 BCE. Last 200 BCE. |
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| belief in many gods, but one is highest |
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God of Fire
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God of Storm
Archetypal Warrior |
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shaped like a pyramid
four levels
most people at the bottom |
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| actions done in this life are not complete until they produce effects which may produce results in the next life |
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| Liberation from Karma and Rebirth |
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| Buddhists who follow the Pali Cannon |
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| songs of the female elders |
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| Precepts of the Monasic Order |
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List of 8 Things to Abstain from
Destroying Life, stealing, impurity, lying, intoxicants, eating forbidden items, dancing/music/theaters, perfumes, high/large beds, accepting gold/silver |
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| Faith, Love, Surrender, Attachment, Attention, Submission |
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| practice devotion to get something personal for oneself |
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| selfless devotion to please the deity |
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an act of devotion
seeing the deity and being seen by it |
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| Three Interpretations of Images |
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1) Image IS God
2) God is PRESENT in image
3) Image REPRESENTS God |
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| A God. When the world is evil, he descends to repair it. Takes form in many other Gods as Avatars. |
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| darker (blue) God that is depicted as a child b/c he doesn't worry about anything. An Avatar of Vishnu. |
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| God. Carries Trident and Drum. Mark is a Phallus meaning Power. Rides Nandi the bull. |
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| Mother Goddess. Says the world is not always a happy place and makes bad things happen. |
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| Means Kindness. Is part of Puja/food that you get back. |
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marks drawn on the body to show devotion.
Shiva - Horizontal
Vishnu - Vertical |
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| making offerings of flowers, food etc. |
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| anything to which one is joined, a path, religion, practice |
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| legendary figure, supposedly wrote "Yoga Sutra" |
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| Eight Limbs of Classical Yoga |
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| the goal of yoga to find out who we really are and preform activities without attachment |
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| stop doing things ie lying, injury, celibate |
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| start doing things like purity, study, meditation on the lord |
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Limb of Yoga
Bodily Posture |
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| sit a long time without paying attention to yr body |
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Limb of Yoga
Breath Control |
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| breaking the process of inhaling and exhaling |
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Limb of Yoga
Withdrawal of Senses |
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| not listening, feeling anything |
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Limb of Yoga
One Pointed Concentration |
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| fixing of the mind on something meaningless |
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| when you succeed with the attention you lose that point that you are focusing on and focus on nothing |
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| You did it. You are sitting still, controlling your breathing and not thinking about ANYTHING. |
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| Radhakrishnan's vew that Brahman was Atman but believed it in a different way |
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| philosopher, religious thinker, teacher, president of india etc etc |
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