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Upanishads |
Most theologically with writing. They all deal with God or the supreme reality. |
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Daily worship of Hindus |
Morning and evening purification ceremony. House hold shrine. Arati. Bhakti. |
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Arati |
Ceremony involving waving fire in a circular motion. Passing of the plate spreading gods presence and offerings can be placed on it. Hymns are sung. |
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Bhakti |
Devotion to a Deity. Through Smriti scriptures, Shruti scriptures, praise, worship and devotion. |
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Smriti scriptures |
Scriptures are remembered and were written by authors about ethics morals and are associated with devotion. |
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Shruti scripture (Vedas) |
Scriptures that are heard, they are the most important and do not have authors. |
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Brahman |
Dualism and monism |
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Dualism |
Eternal reality versus material reality. Opposition: to things that are opposed to each other. |
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Monism |
The most important philosophical tradition. |
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Karma |
- fleeting and impermanent - attachment to worldly things - thinking the things we are attached to will last forever - we become what we are attached to - the formation of character based on our actions |
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Samsara |
The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth |
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Reincarnation |
A question of attachment. If you are attached to something you are bound to live again as it. |
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Moksha |
Highest stage of enlightenment that allows you to escape the cycle of samsara. Achieved by banishment of all worldly attachments. |
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Supreme reality |
Supreme beings: shiva, vishnu |
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Shiva |
Cosmic dancer, depicted as male and a destroyer. |
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Vishnu |
Depicted as male and as avatars. |
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Avatars |
Intervene in human affairs. Krishna cares for humans and comes to the world to save people. |
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4 kinds of yoga |
Raja Jnana Karma Bhakti |
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Raja yoga |
Meditative yoga. Yamashita, niyamas, asanas, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi |
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Jnana yoga |
Path of rational inquiring |
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Karma yoga |
Yoga of action |
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Bhakti yoga |
Devotional yoga |
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Bhagavad-Gita |
Lowest level: illusion to make distinction between things Middle: creating images of God, worshipping fame, worshipping riches Higher stage: ideal for offering up your actions, karma yoga |
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Shang Ti |
Lord on high, still used today |
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Tien |
Material heaven Fate Naturalistic Ethical |
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Three pure ones |
Yuanshi Tanzun Shangqing Taiqing |
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Xi wangmu |
Lives on a mythological range of mountains that connect Heaven and Earth. Viewed as the god of shaman |
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Ancestor veneration |
Honors to the past and virtue. Offers protection, mediates between humans and heaven. Honor through festivals. Qingming festival. |
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Siddhartha gautama |
Buddha, the awakened one. Had everything then saw four sights. |
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Four sights |
Old man, a sick man, a dying man, a sage (who is at peace) |
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Dharma |
Four Noble truths The Noble eightfold path Three Marks of existence |
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Qingming festival |
Honors your ancestors. Jade paper is burnt as a sacrifice to the ancestors. |
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Harmonizing with Qi |
The naturalistic way of Chinese religion. The primal life force of everything in the universe. Your job is not to change the world it is to harmonize with Qi. By studying, mediating, divination, martial arts, geomancy. |
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Ying-yang |
Are apposing, but contribute to eachother. The hole is Qi. |
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Wu xing |
Elemental powers: water, wood, fire, earth, metal How things interact with eachother |
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Four Noble truths |
Life inevitably involves suffering. Suffering originates in our desires. Suffering will cease if all desires cease. There is a way to realize this state: Noble eightfold path. |
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Noble eightfold path |
Right... Understanding Intention Speech Action Livelihood Effort Mindfulness Concentration |
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Three Marks of existance |
Dukka - suffering Anicca - Anatta - impermanent of the self |
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Nirvana |
A state of nithingness |
