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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 aims of life?
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Kama - enjoyment
Artha - money making (Material end of life) make money for family Dharma - Good Conduct, living according to the law and, having a moral conscience. Moksha - Spiritual emacipation. The awareness |
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What are the 4 stages of life?
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4 Asramas (stages)
Brahmacharya - student. (literally means celibacy) Grhastha - The married state (the domestic life). Have a family -Vanaprastha - slowly begin to detach yourself form social and family situations -Sannyasa - Dedicate yourself to the purpose of God and truth. Renouncing life |
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What are the 4 Vedas?
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Rig
Yajur Sama Atharva |
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What are the 4 castes?
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Brahmins - priests. In charge of the religious functions of life (Spiritual power)
Kshatryas - a person who is in charge of running the kingdom/government (Temporal Power) Vaishyas - Merchants, Workers, wealthy farmers -Sudras - The people who do the jobs that no one wants to do. Landless peasants, sharecroppers, etc. Potters, people who work with leather. Dalits - The untouchables |
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Indian Scriptures are based on what 2 categories?
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Sruti (revealed text) and Smriti (remembered)
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Varna/Jati
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A word used to describe the castes in India
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What was early Indian religion called?
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Brahminism
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What came after metaphysics in the timeline of religion?
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practical morality
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Monism
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Makes a split between the monks and the laity (other people)
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What are the 4 noble truths of Buddhism?
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-All existence is suffering (Dukha)
-The cause of suffering is ignorance (Avidya) -If there is a cause, there has to be a cure for suffering -The 8 fold path is the cure |
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What did the Buddha believe about the Upanishads?
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The Upanishads were too abstract and metaphysical. They cannot be applied to everyday life.
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What is Buddhism based on?
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8 fold path
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Name 4 of the 8 fold paths.
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right speech, conduct, mode of livelihood, right effort (means count more than the end), right-mindedness, right meditations
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Who was Mahivira?
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Mahivira was the founder of Jainism
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What to Jains believe about God?
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There is no God because there is no way to prove it
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Who was the Indian ruler who fought alexander?
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Porus
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