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16 Cards in this Set
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FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
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FROM BIRTH TO DEATH LIFE IS FILLED WITH SUFFERING
PEOPLE SUFFER BECAUSE THEY DESIRE THE WAY TO END SUFFERING IS TO RID DESIRE THE WAY TO RID DESIRE IS THE EIGHTFOLD PATH |
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BRAHMA
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CREATOR HINDU GOD
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EIGHTFOLD PATH
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RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
RIGHT THOUGHT RIGHT SPEECH RIGHT ACTION RIGHT WORK RIGHT EFFORT RIGHT MINDFULNESS RIGHT MEDITATION |
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VISHNU
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THE PRESERVER HINDU GOD
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MIDDLE WAY
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ANSWER TO HUMAN SUFFERING LAY NOT IN WORSHIPHING GODS, BUT IN RIGHT THINKING AND SELF DENIAL
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THREE JEWELS
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BUDDA- THE TEACHER
DHARMA -THE TEACHING SANGHA- THE COMMUNINTY OF BELIVERS ARE KNOWN AS THE THREE JEWELS OF BUDDHISM |
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CASTE SYSTEM
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CASTES ARE UNCHANGING GROUPS. A PERSON BORN INTO ONE CASTE NEVER CHANGED CASTES.
TOP -BRAHMIN-THE PRIESTS,TEACHERS JUDGES KSHATRIYA-WARRIOR CASTE VAISYS CASTE-FARMERS AND MERCHANTS DUDRAS-CRAFTWORKERS UNTOUCHABLES-OUTCASTES ANY JOB THAT INVOLVED ENDING A LIFE |
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SHIVA
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HINDUS MOST IMPORTANT GOD
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HIMALAYAS
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THE WORLDS HIGHEST MOUNTAIN RANGE
BORDER BETWEEN THE INDIAN SUBCONTIENT AND THE REST OF ASIA HIMALAYA MEANS HOME OF SNOW. MOUNT EVEREST |
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RIVERS
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THREE GREAT RIVERS FLOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAIN-THE INDUS,GANGES AND BRAHMAPUTRA. THOSE RIVERS CREATE VALLEYS OF FERTILE FARMLAND.
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SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA
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BORN IN INDAI AROUNF 563 B.C. KNOWN AS BUDDA.
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BADHISATTVA
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A PERSON WHO HAS FOLLOWED BUDDHA'S TEACHINGS AND LED A LIFE OF GOODNESS AND WISDOM.
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NIRVANA
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FEELING OF COMPLETE PEACE AND HAPPINESS BY FOLLOWING THE EIGHTFOLD PATH
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MAURYAN EMPIRE
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BUILT BY CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA 322 B.C.
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REINCARNATION
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HINDUS BELIVE THAT A PERSON MAY DIE, BUT THE SOUL IS REBORN IN THE BODY OF ANOTHER LIVING THING HINDUS BELIEVE THAT EVERY LIVING THING HAS A SOUL.
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DHARMA
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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL DUTIES OF EACH PERSON. THESE DUTIES DEPEND ON A PERSON'S CLASS, OCCUPATION, AND AGE.
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