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Samsara
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transmigration of the atman
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Dharma
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social duty/ obligation
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Karma
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Good things accumulating
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Moksha
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ultimate salvation of the soul
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Advaita Vedanta
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refers to the kind of Buddhism that believes in Brahman, and the world is just an illusion
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Bhakti Cults
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visnu, shakti, shiva, worshiping the God you chose
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Theism
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there exists personal and spiritual and devine beings
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Atheism
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no spiritual reality, no spiritual devine beings
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Polytheism
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only a few personal spirits or Gods that need to be worshiped
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Pietism
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Exaggerated holiness
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Monism
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One ultimate impersonal force
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Caste/Varna system
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varieties of roles, associated with color Brahmins, Kyshatriyans, vayashians, shudras
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Myth
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a cherished story, whether confirmed or not, has special symbolic meaning, conveys information that actually may transform core values
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History
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conformed stories or facts with natural or significant meaning
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Vedas
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holy scriptures
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Siddhartha Gautama (aka Gotama or Shakyamuni)
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would be royal or holy man, not allowed to see bad, went in parade, became concerned witht he issue of suffering, middle way, hodhi tree, encountered marra, reached enlightenment
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Nepal
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where siddhartha gautama was raised
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King Suddhodna Queen Maya
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Gautama's mom and dad
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Yasodhara
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cousin whom he married at 16
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Mahaprajapadi
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his aunt, who raised him
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4 signs
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old man sick man dead man holy man
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The Great Renunciation
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joined ascetic cult for six years, taught him meditation, found that the path was dangerous
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Ascetic, Asceticism
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demanded detachment from the world minimum sustenance, great austerity skills of meditation
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Emaciated Buddha
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thin, show how far he went to try to find enlightement
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The Middle Way
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come to the conclusion that truth must lie somewhere between the extremes of denial and self indulgence
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Bodhi Tree
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meditation in the Lotus position, he went through four stages, where Siddhartha reached enlightenment
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Bodh Gaya
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city where tree was
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Lotus position
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position of meditation
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Dyhana (jhana)
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all the stages of meditative trance
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Mara
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demon who sought to break Buddha's concentration
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Mara's Five daughters (baser instincts)
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pride fear greed ignorance desire
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nirvana
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greater enlightenment
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deer park
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he met his former colleges, taught them the lessons he learned, they followed him as a guru, four noble truths
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Guru
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enlightened teacher
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Saranth
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city where first Buddhist schools were
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Sangha
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buddhist schools
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"the buddha'
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when sid. receives enlightenment he is referred to as it
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Bhikshu
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boy students
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Bhikshuni
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Girl students
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Relic
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remains, keep sakes, used to remember someone or something
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Reliquary
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where some people are buried
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stupa
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burial mounds
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veneration
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relics that were important to the religion (buddhas remains)
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anada
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first council elects him as first new leader of buddhism
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dhammapada
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path of truth. most important of all buddhist scriptures
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priest
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siddhartha said he was no one
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prophet
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siddhartha said he was not one
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anatman
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soul
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buddhas description of what we call the soul
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physical body, feelings, understanding, will, consciousness
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dukkha
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suffering exists
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1. Noble truth of..
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pain
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2. Noble truth of...
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the cause of pain
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3. Noble truth of...
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the cessation of pain
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4. Noble truth of..
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the way that leads to the cessation of pain
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Tanha
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desire
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Arhat
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Saint, one who reaches nirvana
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Wisdom Training (buddhist word)
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prajna
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Ethics training (buddhist word)
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sila
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Meditation training (buddhist word)
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samadhi
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Eight fold path (8 things)
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right view intentions speech action livelihood effort concentration mindfulness
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3 types of training of the eightfold path
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wisdom training, ethics training, meditation training
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Wisdom training (right..)
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view
intentions |
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Ethics training (right...)
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speech
action livelihood |
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Meditation training (right..)
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effort
concentration mindfulness |
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Meditation training (def.)
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to quiet the mind and focus only on the moment.
exist in the moment individual human will escape into authentic humanity, freed from suffering |
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Wisdom training (def..)
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to see things for the way they are. through illusions. the belief in permanence vs anicha. the belief in selfhood vs annata
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Anicha
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no permanence
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Annata
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no self hood
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Ethics training
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living a sacred life by obeying the instructions
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Five precepts
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do not kill
do not steal do not slander do not misbehave sexually do not use mind altering drugs |
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Four positivities of mind
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loving kindness
compassion sympathetic joy equanimity |
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loving kindness
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doing kind things without expecting reward
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compassion
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empathetic will to share line of trouble of others
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sympathetic joy
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joy in the joy of others
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equanimity
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finding a balance in your emotions
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The three jewels
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I take refuge in the Buddha
I take refuge in the Dharma I take refuge in the Sangha |
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Alternative terms for the three jewels
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adorning tripple crown
tripple gem |
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Ashoka/Asoka
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ruled in india 272-236 bce. humanitarian buddhist ruler. ideal ruler. comparable to constantine I. pillers
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Constantine I
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compared to Ashoka for christians,
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Mahabodhi Temple
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Ashoka built in honor of buddha
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Hinayana or Theravada Buddhism
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people must achieve enlightenment for themselves without reliance on the gods or any force beyond themselves
atheistic ritualistic reverence for arhats monks tripitaka |
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Homogeneous
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teaching, beliefs, and practices fairly uniform, no competing dominations
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Tripitaka (aka Three Baskets, Pali Canon, Pali Bible)
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three separate collections of materials. wisdom, ethics, ritual materials
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canon
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agreed upon list of scriptures and rules
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Sangharaja
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Arc bishop of Buddhism
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Mahayana Buddhism
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protestant buddhism
theistic orientaion secret teachings of buddha buddha almost divine being many external buddhas stress role of new class beings |
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Heterogeneous
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vast diversity of theory and practice, denominations, cults, and schools, protestant buddhism
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Bodhisattva Vow
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In the Lotus sutra
vow to say that you will remain in samsara |
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lotus sutra
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will remain in world of sufferings
remains there until every last blade of grass has achieved nirvana |
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Amita/Amitabha
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many buddhas preside over heaven. believers must have faith in Amitaba. Like purgetory.
contacted through monta eventually become a buddha |
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Pureland
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like purgatory
halfway house |
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Guanyin
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similar to virgin mary cult
female beautiful virgin, nurturing mother, lighthouses |
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Hotei
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chubby man, chinese changed somber into joy, goodness of life
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Tibetan Buddhism
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non theistic
fast path to nirvana transform do not surpress energy role of a teachers is critical and involves visualizations |
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Vajrayana
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diamond vehicle
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Tantric
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texts (tibetan)
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esoteric (tibetan)
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religion exclusive in japn
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Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara
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embodies compassion
dalai lama |
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Dalai lama
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wisdom like the ocean
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Mantra
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incantations
access life, force, energy, or good merit of a parallel bodhisattva world. throat singing |
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Throat singing
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different notes from one voice. mantra
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Mudras
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hand gestures
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other customs of tibetan buddhism
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bells, dorji, dorje, drums, prayer wheels
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Mandalas
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artistic intricate circular designs, sometimes made of and, signifies impermanence, aid to meditation
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Thangkas
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images
represent bodhisattva worlds aid to meditation |
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Zen/Chan Buddhism
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merged with taoims, sermons, teachers, doctrines, can no induce enlightenment, enlightenment is an intuitive condition that will show up unexpectedly
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Confucianism
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buddhism was rejected. legalism. government turned into religion
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Taoism/Daoism
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social religious movement away from legalism of confucianism
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Lao-tzu
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wrote Dao De Jin
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Dao De Jin
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describes "the way"
live life intuitively, know when to act and when not to act |
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"the Way"
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live life intuitively, let go
"Dao de jin" |
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Wu Wei
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know when to act or not act
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The Wordless Siddhartha Sermon
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Interpretation, flower was like enlightenment, coming up unexpectedly
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Bodhi Dharma
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buddhist monk
missionary to china chan buddhism (zen buddhism) |
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Zazen
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seated meditation
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Zendo
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meditation hall
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Sunyata
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quieting of the rational mind
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Koans
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irrational puzzles or riddles
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who or what is spiritual reality?
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the four noble truths
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who are we?
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a temperory self attachment to this world through desire
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where are we going?
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nirvana. complicated to explain. not exactly a place or a condition, but a little of both
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how do we get there?
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practicing the eightfold path
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how do they know this is true
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the buddha revealed it to su
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