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36 Cards in this Set
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Define Torah
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First five books of Scripture (also: the Pentatuch)
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Define Tanakh
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The three sections of Judaism teachings: Teaching, Prophets, and Writing
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Define Midrash
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Ancient commentary on the Hebrew scriptures
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Define Talmud
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Book of Jewish civil ceremony, law, and legend
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When is traditional Sabbath? |
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What does Islam mean?
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Surrender (Muslim is: one who surrenders) |
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What does Allah mean?
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When was Mohammed born? |
570 in Mecca |
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What was the name of the Christian monk who foresaw Mohammed would be the prophet of Allah? What was the year of this prophecy?
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Bahira, 583 |
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Where did the angel Gabreel appear to Mohammed? What year?
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Cave of Hira, 610
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What is the first pillar of Islam? Recite it.
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Shahadah, "There is no god but God and Mohammed is his prophet."
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What is the second pillar of Islam? When is it performed?
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Salah (prayer), dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, night |
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What is the third pillar of Islam? What is the exact meaning of the word?
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Giving Zakat, purification and growth |
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What is the fourth pillar of Islam?
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Fasting during the month of Ramadan
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What is the fifth pillar of Islam?
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Pilgrimage to Makkah (the Hajj) |
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What is the Muslim women's headscarf called?
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Hijab |
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What is the Muslim woman's robe called? |
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Major schools of Bhuddism |
Mahayana and Theravada |
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What was the name of the first Buddha?
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Siddartha Guatama
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How old was Siddartha Guatama when he left his kingdom to seek enlightenment? |
29 |
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How old was Buddha when he received the Great Enlightenment? Where was he?
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35, under a Bodhi tree |
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What year did Buddha die? How old was he?
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483 BC, 80 |
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What is Nirvana?
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What is Enlightenment?
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The state of perfect knowledge and wisdom, combined with infinite compassion; Wisdom of Emptiness, the wisdom that arises from the direct experience of all phenomena being empty of independent existence |
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The first two Noble Truths describe our current situation. What are they?
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Dukkah, suffering exists; Samudaya, there is a cause for suffering |
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The second two Noble Truths describe our potential for growth. What are they? |
Nirodha, there is an end to suffering; Magga, in order to end suffering you must follow the Eightfold path |
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What is Tipitaka and what does it mean? |
The three main categories of Buddhist canon, Three Baskets |
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The first category of Tripitaka is Sutra. What does it mean? |
Sermons of the Buddha |
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The second category of Tripitaka is Vinaya. What does it mean? |
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The third category of Tripitaka is Abhidharma. What does it mean?
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Philosophical and psychological discourse and interpretation of Buddhist doctrine |
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Define Arhat
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Define Bodhisattva |
A person who has the capacity to achieve Nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion to help save suffering beings and/or help others achieve Enlightenment |
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Explain the three differences between Buddhism and Christianity: Goal, Death, Belief
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To attain Enlightenment and achieve Nirvana, to spread the Gospel; reincarnation, heaven and hell; Nontheism, one God and Trinity |
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Explain the other two differences between Buddhism and Christianity: Salvation and Virtue
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Let go of desires and attachments, try to remedy ignorance, through Christ; Compassion, Love
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What is Tangun?
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The myth of the tiger and the bear. Both were to be stuck in a cave for one hundred days; the tiger got bored and left but the bear endured. The bear was granted humanity and was given a child by heaven. That child was Dangun, first king of Goryeo. |
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