Asian Religions Exam #2

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Sanskrit

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classical language

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samsara

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wheel, world cycle

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karma

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action, law of consequences

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purusarthas

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wants, preoccupations

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varna

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social classes: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra

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ashrama

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stage of life: student, householder, retiree, sannyasin

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dharma

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duty

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moksha

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liberation

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Atman

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self, soul

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Brahman

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Ultimate Reality

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jiva

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individual ego

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lila

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play, sport

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maya

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illusion, ignorance

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Trimurti

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three manifestations of Brahman: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

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Krishna

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the "blue god"

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Shiva

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the Destroyer

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lingam

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male mark

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yoni

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female mark

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Nirguna Brahman

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aniconic forms

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Saguna Brahman

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iconic forms

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sat-chit-ananda

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perfect being, consciousness, and bliss

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yoga

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yoking, discipline

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jnana yoga

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discipline of mind

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bhakti yoga

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discipline of love

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karma yoga

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discipline of action

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raja yoga

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discipline of psycho-physical exercise

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buddha

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an awakened one

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Siddartha Gautama

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Indian Prince who was the first to be enlightened; Buddha

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dharma

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teaching, truth

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Four Noble Truths

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1. All of existence is suffering
2. The cause of suffering is desire
3. To end suffering eliminate desire
4. To end desire, follow the eight fold path

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dukkha

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suffering

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anatta

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non-self

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anicca

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impermanence

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taha

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thirst, desire

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bodhi

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wisdom, enlightenment

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skandhas

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five aggregates

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nirvana

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ceasing; an end

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Jataka Tales

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prior lives of the Buddha

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Cakravartin

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"wheel turner", great ruler

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Four Passing Sights

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old man, sick man, corpse, renunciant

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Great Going Forth

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"pravrajya", renouncing of the world

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Dharma-cakrapravartana Sutra

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first sermon

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Pari-nirvana

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physical death

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Eightfold Path

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wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline

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sangha

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religious community

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Vinaya

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monastic code

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parajuka

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failure, defeat, expulsion

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panca-sila

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Five Precepts