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16 Cards in this Set
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Indra |
-warrior -won over evil powers -created the world |
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Agni |
-personification of ritual fire (connects heaven and earth) -elevates gifts given by priests as sacrifice -heaven and earth are divine parents -their marriage symbolizes the connection between 2 worlds |
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Varuna |
-father of all Gods -law represented through him -controls and dominates cosmic order on human level |
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Brahma |
-ability to create |
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Visnu |
-holds human destinies in hands -lays on ocean -symbolizes chaos |
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Siva |
-destroys order of the world -known as destroyer and regenerator |
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Samsara |
-eternal wheel or reincarnation -involves birth, death and rebirth -seek liberation from samsara |
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Karma |
-things from past lives can effect current one -effects actions until you reach perfection
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Moksha |
-liberation from Samsara -reach enlightenment/Nirvana -extinguish burden of Karma |
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Brahman (Upanishads) |
-ultimate reality of the world -infinite existence of all that there ever was, is and will be -ultimate divine reality |
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Atman (Upanishads) |
-not the body -body houses Atman until the body dies -remains immortal and eternal -human soul/spirit |
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4 Noble Truths |
1. To be born is to suffer/born into suffering 2. To grow up is to suffer/growing old 3. Attachment and desire lead to suffering 4. Detach from desire and possession to end suffering/understand impermanency and existence through meditation |
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The Eightfold Path |
1. right faith (4 noble truths) 2. right intention (no harm intentionally) 3. right speech (no lying, cursing, gossiping) 4. right action (be aware of actions) 5. right livelihood (work won't harm you or anyone else) 6. right effort (positive effort to overcome desires and sins) 7. right mindfulness (complete awareness) 8. right concentration (focus on meditation and the body/mind) |
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Nirvana |
-state of mind with no suffering, desire or sense of self -released from karma and samsara is broken -must know 4 noble truths and follow the eightfold path -become one with yourself -pure emptiness |
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Toa |
-cosmic law -union of all opposites -means "way"
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Yin and Yang |
Yin -small, feminine, cold, rough, etc. Yang -large, masculine, hot, smooth, etc. |
