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| Mystical practice of Islam NOT considered to be a third branch, popular in Pakistan |
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| Ceremony performed by Sufis to attain a state of ecstasy and become one with God |
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| Sufi master/mediator between humans and God |
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| Sufi term for the spiritual power of a saint |
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| Arabic term for the Muslim world |
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| Ritual performed to commemorate Hagar's search for water in the desert, involves running back and forth between two hills in Mecca during the Hajj |
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What every Muslim must believe:
1. Belief in God
2. Belief in angels
3. Belief that God communicates via sacred texts
4. Belief in prophets
5. Belief in judgment day |
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| Native American people living in the Southwest United States |
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| Dineh mythological powers, ex: Changing Man/Woman |
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| In the Dineh creation story, she inherits the medicine bundle, mixes her skin with cornmeal and has two sons. This is the beginning of the Dineh people. |
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| Dineh rituals performed to restore hozho |
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| Dineh ritual used for those leaving Dineh land and/or coming into close contact with non-Dineh people |
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| Closely associated with Changing Woman and sand paintings, used for good luck on special occasions like weddings, births, etc. |
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| Used to get rid of the ghosts of enemies, violence and ugliness |
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| State of harmony and balance in the universe |
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| State of imbalance in the universe |
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| Used by Changing Woman to create the Dineh people |
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| First creation in the Dineh legend |
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| Important part of Dineh ceremonials, must be destroyed after the completion of the ritual |
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| Group of Native American tribes (including the Lakota) mostly concentrated in the Dakotas |
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| In a Lakota myth, she brings a pipe made by the Gods in the spirit world, teaches the Lakota their identity, rituals, and culture, and then turns into a white calf |
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| Lakota ritual by which girls are transformed into women shortly after their first menstruation |
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| Lakota term for the sacred/divine |
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| Lakota ritual whose goal is to make a sacrifice for wakan tanka for the benefit of one's family and community |
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| Group of Native Americans mainly concentrated in Arizona |
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| What kinds of beings exist |
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| The places that beings inhabit |
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| Stories about the origination of the universe and/or cosmos |
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| Manifestation of the sacred |
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| Myths of lesser beings that explain some rite, law, custom, etc |
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| Myths about the end of the world |
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| Events that happen on specific dates |
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| Events that happen on special occasions such as a birth, wedding, etc. |
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| Sense of community spirit, togetherness and solidarity |
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| "Being on the threshold" i.e., between stages at a coming of age ceremony |
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| Seek to produce/prevent a change of state in nature, ex: raindance |
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| Seek to produce a change in human health |
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| Seek social control by changing the mood, behavior, and values of society ex: taboos, rites of passage, preaching, etc. |
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| Seek to turn people into a spiritually saved state ex: baptism |
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| Seek to revitalize a culture or religion seen as dying |
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| ex: Mohammed spoken to by God who transmits the message to humans |
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| ex: Buddha, if you live a similar lifestyle, you can also attain a state of enlightenment |
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| Involves intimate contact with God; leads to losing control of oneself. Out of body experience. |
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| Experience that is "wholly other"; totally different from what we could experience in the normal, rational world |
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| Union with God or a deep insight into the nature of reality |
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| Social order that governs the behavior of humans within a community |
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| An intermediary claiming to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine |
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| Continuous specialization in the cultic; power derives from a sacred tradition |
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| Spiritual practitioner whose power comes from a personal relationship with God |
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| The right belief is the most important aspect of religion |
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| The right practice is the most important aspect of religion |
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| The teachings of the Buddha |
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| The community who has attained a state of enlightenment who may help a practicing Buddhist to do the same |
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| Concept that every action has a cause and effect that can influence the realm into which one is reborn |
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| The circle of life and rebirth |
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| Closest to early Buddhism, present of Arbat and the pali canon |
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| Larger school of Buddhism, Boddhisatva and sutras |
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| State of enlightenment in Buddhism |
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All aspects of the non-existant "self"
1. Body
2. Sensations
3. Perceptions
4. Mental formations
5. Consciousness |
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| The path of moderation between extreme adherence and self indulgence |
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1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment
3. Suffering stops when attachment stops
4. Freedom from suffering can be obtained by following the 8-fold path |
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1. Right understanding
2. Right intention
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right concentration
3. Right speech |
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| Abstaining from worldly pleasures to advance spiritual goals |
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| The old man, the sick man, the corpse and the ascetic. The Buddha realized the existence of suffering and began down the path to enlightenment. |
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| Traditional name for the three baskets |
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| Story of the life of Buddha |
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| Where the laws are written down; 227 for monks, 311 for nuns |
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| Collection of philosophical teachings |
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| Literature concerning the previous lives of the Buddha |
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| Spiritual practitioner who has realized high stages of enlightenment |
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| An enlightened existence or spiritual being |
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| High-ranking lama who can choose their manner of rebirth |
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| Teacher of the Dharma in Tibetian Buddhism |
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| Spiritual leader of Tibetian Buddhism |
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| Humans, animals, Gods, hungry ghosts, hell beings, demons |
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| The self is dependent on the 5 skandha, therefore there is no "essential beingness" |
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If monks break these rules, they can't obtain enlightenment in this lifetime:
1. Lying about your level of spiritual enlightenment
2. Having sex
3. Killing
4. Stealing |
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| A bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas and is well-known in Mahayana |
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| Type of Mahayana Buddhism practiced in Japan |
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| Story or question that can not be understood by rational thinking |
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| Spirits in the Shinto faith |
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| Founder and prophet of Islam |
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| Holy book of Islam considered by Muslims to contain the words of God |
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| Bastard child of Abraham sent into the desert |
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| Father-in-law of Muhammad |
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| Son of Abu Talib who married Muhammad's daughter Fatima, according to Shiite Muslims he is the first Immam |
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| Responsible for many of the hadiths used in Islam |
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| Daughter of Muhammad, married Ali, son of Abu Talib |
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| Second holiest city in Islam, burial place of Muhammad |
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| Emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina |
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| Cube-shaped building in Mecca, commemorates the site of the well |
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| The Five Pillars of Islam |
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1. Shahada - There is one God Allah...
2. Salat - pray five times per day
3. Sawm - fasting during Ramadan
4. Zakat - alms giving
5. Hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca |
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| Struggle to defend inner faith, struggle to improve Muslim society, or struggle to defend Islam |
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| Code of conduct in Islam consisting of the Qur'an and the Sunna |
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| Making of decision in muslim law |
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| A muslim scholar who is competent to interpret sharia by ijtihad |
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| Examples of the sayings and living habits from Muhammad |
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| Leader in the muslim community |
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| Thought that the new leader of Islam after Muhammad's death should be elected |
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| Believe that after Muhammad's death leadership should have passed to Ali |
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