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| Several deities, but one is most important. |
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| Zen Buddism’s main teaching - “sitting meditation”; "Opening the hand of thought", that is, suspending all judgmental thinking and letting words, ideas, images and thoughts pass by without getting involved in them. |
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| Belief in multiple deities. |
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| Also called Divija. Dvija, is the second stage in the stages of a Vedic follower goes through. A Dvija does what he ought to do rather than what he wants to do. He does not avoid what he dislikes rather he avoids what ought to be avoided. |
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| Combining two or more of the partial approaches to the study of religion. |
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| The God of Fire; Both a god and a “thing”Receives and transports offerings to the other gods. |
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| Both god and “thing”; a sacred drink(fermented honey)Allowed priests to enter hallucinatory states; allowed them to communicate with the gods better; helped to make them divine. |
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| super-mundane realm of the soul. Greater than worldly things (mundane=world) |
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| Representation of the Hindu deity Shiva used for worship in temples. Symbolizes the infinite nature of Shiva. |
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| Four Noble Truths (Buddhism) |
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| All of Life is Suffering\\Desire is the cause of suffering\\To end suffering a person must end desire\\The eight-fold path must be followed |
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| “Clothed in sky”’ a member of the Jain sect in which monks ideally do not wear clothing |
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| From Book: The earliest chronicle of Japanese historyThe Kojiki is a collection of myths concerning the origin of the four home islands of Japan, and the Kami. |
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| From Book: A god associated with destruction and rebirth. \\“The Destroyer “\\represented by: Lingam, yoni \\Compared to Brahman |
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| Eightfold Path (Buddhism) |
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| Correct View – No imposing expectations on things or people.\\Correct Intentions – No need to be manipulative of people or circumstances.\\Correct Speech – No need to lie about anything.\\Correct Discipline – No need to complicate life; practice of simplicity.\\Correct Livelihood – Be content with job and skills that you have and perform them well, but also unattached to them.\\Correct Effort – No aggressive struggle with self or others.\\Correct Mindfulness – Complete awareness of the tiniest details of everyday life.\\Correct Concentration/Absorption – Fully mentally present at every minute. |
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| The understanding of the structure, shape, and design of the universe. |
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| Ritual pouring of a drink as an offering to a god or spirit or in memory of those who have died. |
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| “Great Vehicle”\\tne of the two main existing branches of Buddhism.\\Path of seeking complete enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. |
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| The 4 Life Stages (Hinduism) |
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| Student: Learning the Vedas, rituals.\\Householder: Married, children, career.\\Forest Dweller: Retire from career, contemplate death, attempt to achieve Maksha.\\World Renouncer (sannyasin): Not required, eat very little, meditation(yoga), worship, cutoff ties with family and friends. |
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| “spell”, repetition of magical phrases. From book: A short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation |
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| Nataputta Vardhamana (Jainism) |
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| Founded Jainism, known as Mhavira, or “Great Hero” |
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| Enlightenment or liberation; break out of the cycle of Samsara, become what you ultimately are – Brahman. |
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| Denotes the composers of Vedic hymns. |
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| Goddess of Illusion and illusion itself. From book: what keeps us from seeing reality correctly; the world, viewed inadequately |
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| All the Buddha’s doctrinal ideas and practices (ultimate reality of life) |
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| Self or soul. (Sometimes Atman and Brahman are considered to be the same thing.) From book: the spiritual essence of all individual human beings |
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| “Non-injury”\\\Reason for carrying a broom\\\Killing anything creates massive amounts of black karma |
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| Four collections of ancient prayers and rituals. Hinduisms Scriptures, Includes:\\\Rig-Veda : Oldest scriptures\\\Atharva-Veda\\\Sama-Veda\\\Yajur-Vedas |
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| Doctrine – Arhat “One who is worthy”\\\The way to enlightenment is meditation and detachment\\\Upon death an Arhat will cease in the cyle of Samsara and enter into Nirvana |
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| From Class: A being on the threshold of becoming a Buddha; choose to delay becoming Buddha in order to lead all other living beings into Buddhahood.\\\From Book: “elightenment being”; in Mahayana, a person of deep compassion, especially one who does not enter nirvana but is constantly reborn to help others; a heavenly being of compassion |
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| From Book: A spirit, god, or goddess of Shinto\\\Energies that animate nature\\\difficult to define - spirit, god, etc.\\\imanent (close, at hand)\\\All Kami descended from original couple” - Izanami and Izanagi\\\They gave Birth to main Kami\\\Three main ones - Amaterasu - sun goddess or spirit; Tsukiyomi - the moon god or spirit; Susanoo - the wind god or spirit\\\ |
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| Part of the four life cycles - World Renouncer\\\\Not required, eat very little, meditation(yoga), worship, cutoff ties with family and friends.\\\\From Book: A wandering holy man |
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| Incarnations. Visnu, of the Hindu Trimurti takes on avatars. |
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| Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) |
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| Hinduism: “Sanatana Dharma”: The eternal religion. 330million deities. |
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| is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Indian religions, i.e. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. |
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| Early Vedic Deitey\\\The Warrior: Thunderbolt thrower; lives on mountains\\\Oversexed Trixster: Acts in a very counterintuitive way, likes other goddesses\\\Dragon Slayer\\\Stole Soma from the other gods; gives the soma to humanity |
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| Avatar of Vishnu the preserver. Told the epic poem, Bhagavad-Gita, to the warrior Arjuna. From Book: A god associated with divine playfulness; a form of Vishny |
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| The 4 Passing Sites (Buddhism) |
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| The Old Man\\\The Sick Man\\\The Dead Man\\\The Holy Man |
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| Stories that enshrine religious and social ideas expressed through the activities of divine, human, or animal figures. |
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| The classic scripture of Taoism |
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| Spirits are found in everything. |
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| General Patterns: Cosmology\\\Use of scriptures.\\\General Practices and beliefs:\\\Time(cyclical of linear), Life cycles ceremonies, taboo, shamanism/magic.\\\-Ex: Sudanese Ritual Dance |
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| Izanami: “female who invites” ‘ primordial female parent god\\\Izanagi: “male who invites”; primordial female parent god |
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| Using objects to see into the past or foretell the future. |
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| Priests – highest caste, or social class. |
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| The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. |
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| Subgroup of Mahayana Buddhism.\\\Est. 4th century CE China\\\popular in Japan and China\\\radicaly different - very simple\\\“for everyday Buddhists”\\\To achieve “salvation” you say: Mamu amida butsu (“Praise Amida Buddha”) |
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| Paths taken to obtain Moksha.\\\Karma: “action” – proper performance of dharma selflessly.\\\Bhakti: “devotion” – unconditional devotion to, and love of, a deity.\\\\Jnana: “knowledge” – the way of contemplation (usually followed by ascetics) |
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| ##Five Great Relationships |
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| The Five Bonds\\\Ruler to Ruled\\\\Father to Son\\\Husband to Wife\\\\Elder Brother to Younger Brother\\\\Friend to Friend\\\ |
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| The Buddha Nature (Buddhism) |
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| Buddha’s body is cosmic – could change the appearance of his “body” |
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| Three Major Religious Orientations |
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| Sacramental: religious orientations\\\Prophetic: preaching, morality\\\\Mystical: union with divine |
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| From Book: “Conquerer”; the Jain term for a perfected person who will not be reborn |
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| Actions and their consequences. |
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| The 24th Tirthankara” (Ford-Finder) and a “Jina” (Victor); Great hero. |
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| Three Baskets, or collections, of Buddhist texts:\\\“Basket of Discipline” – Rules of Conduct\\\“Basket of Discourses” – Sutras – Sermons of the Buddha or his disciples\\\\“Basket of Higher Teachings” – Scholarly interpretations of the teachings of Buddha |
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| Part of Trimurti. The preserver. Takes on Avatars. |
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| Confucian; Most often, li is described using some form of the word 'ritual'but it has also been translated as 'customs', 'etiquette', 'morals', and 'rules of proper behavior', among other terms. |
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| Rebirth Cycle in Hinduism |
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| a saviour who has succeeded in crossing over life’s stream of rebirths and has made a path for others to follow. From book” “Crossing maker”; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent |
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| 4 Truths for the Spiritually (Buddhism) |
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| All of Life is Suffering\\\Desire is the cause of suffering\\\To end suffering a person must end desire\\\The eight-fold path must be followed |
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| “White Clad”\\\Wear white robes\\\Monks and nuns\\\Women must wear clothing |
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| Epic poem that Krishna (an Avatar of Vishnu) told the warrior Arjuna. A religious literary work about Krishna. |
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| Part of the four life cycles - World Renouncer |
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| Incarnations. Visnu, of the Hindu Trimurti takes on avatars. |
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| Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) |
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| Hinduism: “Sanatana Dharma”: The eternal religion. 330million deities. |
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| is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Indian religions, i.e. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. |
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| Avatar of Vishnu the preserver. Told the epic poem, Bhagavad-Gita, to the warrior Arjuna. From Book: A god associated with divine playfulness; a form of Vishny |
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| The 4 Passing Sites (Buddhism) |
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| Stories that enshrine religious and social ideas expressed through the activities of divine, human, or animal figures. |
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| The classic scripture of Taoism |
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| Spirits are found in everything. |
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| General Patterns: Cosmology |
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| Izanami: “female who invites” ‘ primordial female parent god |
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| Using objects to see into the past or foretell the future. |
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| Priests – highest caste, or social class. |
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| The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. |
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| Subgroup of Mahayana Buddhism. |
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| Paths taken to obtain Moksha. |
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| ##Five Great Relationships |
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| The Buddha Nature (Buddhism) |
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| Buddha’s body is cosmic – could change the appearance of his “body” |
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| Three Major Religious Orientations |
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| Sacramental: religious orientations |
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| From Book: “Conquerer”; the Jain term for a perfected person who will not be reborn |
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| Actions and their consequences. |
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| The 24th Tirthankara” (Ford-Finder) and a “Jina” (Victor); Great hero. |
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| Three Baskets, or collections, of Buddhist texts: |
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| Part of Trimurti. The preserver. Takes on Avatars. |
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| Confucian; Most often, li is described using some form of the word 'ritual'but it has also been translated as 'customs', 'etiquette', 'morals', and 'rules of proper behavior', among other terms. |
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| Rebirth Cycle in Hinduism |
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| a saviour who has succeeded in crossing over life’s stream of rebirths and has made a path for others to follow. From book” “Crossing maker”; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent |
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| 4 Truths for the Spiritually (Buddhism) |
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| Epic poem that Krishna (an Avatar of Vishnu) told the warrior Arjuna. A religious literary work about Krishna. |
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| A community of monks, and eventually, nuns |
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| “Old Master” - “Creator” of philosophical Taoism |
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| “Way of the Elder” – “Little” or “Lesser Vehicle” |
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| (Siddhartha realizes in the 4th watch of night) |
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| Subgroup of Mahayanan Buddhism |
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| “devotion” – unconditional devotion to, and love of, a deity. |
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| One of main Kamis of Shinto; sun goddess or spirit |
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| An explanation (or attempted explanation) of the ultimate meaning of life, based on a notion of the transcendent, and how to live accordingly; and normally contains the “four C’s: creed, code, cult, and community.” |
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| The “uncarved block”; everyone born as |
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| Being or person. From Wikki:is either an enlightened (bodhi) existence (sattva) "heroic-minded one (satva) for enlightenment (bodhi). |
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| transcending the universe; kind of the opposite of immanenet |
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| in the Shintō religion of Japan, a state of defilement or impurity resulting from the commission of unnatural or criminal acts. |
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| attempts to summarize concisely the most important aspect of a religion perceptible to the senses |
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| Sympathetic magic are icons, or imitations, such as the voodoo doll. |
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| “effortlessnes”; “actionless action” have to know yourself first |
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| From Book: Offerings and ritual in honor of a deity |
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| Second writing of Shinto (720): “Chronicle of Japan” |
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