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46 Cards in this Set
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The five precepts
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be chaste and don't: kill , steal lie, be an addict
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Mughal
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16-18th century, empire, spread islam
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Samsara
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the cycle of birth and rebirth
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bhikku/bhikshu
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buddhist monks
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Bhiihuni/bhikshuni
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buddhist nun
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dastar bandi
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ceremony of a sikh boy tying his dastar turban for the1st time
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abhiseka
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consecration of a buddist image
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urs
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death day of suffir pir, they play the qawwali
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chakkhi-nama
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folk song sung by indian suffi women while working
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baba farid
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great pir in present pakistan whose descendants started a caste
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tanha
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ingnorance-hatred-attachment, orginin of suffering, 2nd noble truth
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shari'a
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islamic law
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wilayat
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islamic provence?
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panna (pragna, pragya)
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knowledge and wisdom of 4 noble truths, leads to liberation
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Akbar
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leader of Mughals, 16 the century, liked both Hindus and Muslims
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Punna (Punya) (priit)
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merit or good deeds giving-virtue-mental development
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Upanishads
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metaphysical verdic texts
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sufism
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mystic islamic sect, similar in practices and ceremonies to the hindu faith.
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darvish
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mystic, like bab nanak
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Rahula
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name of sidarthas son, means tether
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Theravada
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oldest school of buddhism, opposite of mahama
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diwan
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poetry of the divine-suffis
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tawid/ta'widh
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process of becoming a sffi,
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Jainism
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religoun, sheds karma
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sanyasin/sadhu
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renounciate, sadhus have no fire, sanyasin has fire
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mutasawwif
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someone training to be a suffi
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Muslim
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Something the followers of The Prophet are called
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atman
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soul
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aurangzeb
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strict islamic mughal leader
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dujjha
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suffering as a result of tanha, not being able to hold satisfaction
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Qawwali
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suffi music, played at 'urs
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tarqa
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suffi path to truth, starts with the law of islam
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dargah
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suffi shrine, built over grave
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pir
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suffi divine leader, amulets and blessings
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baraka
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teacher in the suffi path
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nirvana (nibbana)
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the going out of the three flames greed-delusion-hatred
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anatman/anatta
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the idea of an absence of soul, soul will perish
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umma
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the islamic world/nation
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middle way
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The method Buddha taught for living, which entailed living a life that was not hedonistic or one of a renouncer
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yoga
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traditional discipline to become enlightened
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sila
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virtue, rightous action, basic morality, thing on which montras rely
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samana sramanera (samanera)
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wondering monk
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bakta
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worships with form
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bakti
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worships without forms
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sharif
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descendats of muhamids children, looks after the sunnis
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sutra (sutta)
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teaching of the buddha that were recorded
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