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20 Cards in this Set
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Lifetimes |
Hinduism and Buddhism have the same belief in many _____. |
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Moral |
Behaving in the right ways. |
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Enlightenment |
The Buddha believed this ended people's suffering. |
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Ashoka |
An Indian king who used Buddhist values to help unify India from about 269 to 232 B.C.E. |
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Alms |
Goods given to the poor. |
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Peace |
Ashoka managed to keep India united because he was a man that kept________. |
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Buddha |
A man originally named Siddhartha Gautama who lived in India from about 563 to 483 B.C.E. |
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Edicts |
A commandment that is obeyed like a law. |
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Buddhism |
A religion of India begun by Prince Siddhartha, or the Buddha. |
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Ascetic |
A person who gives up worldly pleasures. |
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Eight Fold Path |
To end suffering, the Buddha taught to follow this "Middle Way." |
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Servants |
Because Ashoka treated _______ well his behaviors expressed his Buddhist values. |
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Nirvana |
An ideal state of happiness and peace, usually found during enlightenment. |
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Monk |
A holy man who devotes his life to religious practice. |
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Father |
When Ashoka became a Buddhist, he saw himself as a leader who was most like a ____. |
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Empire |
Ashoka took the territories he had conquered and kept the as part of his ______. |
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Four Noble Truths |
The idea that all things change. |
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Vegetarian |
Someone who does not eat meat. |
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Dharma |
Buddhism's Eightfold path is similar to Hinduism's ______. |
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Unify (unite) |
To make into a whole. |
