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buddha's name means
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to wake up
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buddha's first disciples were
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wife and child
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buddha's teachings must be
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experienced to be worthwhile
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buddha was silent on
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topics that were unanswerable
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nirvana means
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rebirth is finished
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buddha didn't oppose
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detachment
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connection of theravada monks and wandering hindu ascetics is
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the orange robe
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zen means
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meditation
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mahayana buddhism does not advocate
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devotion to dieties
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mahayana buddhism
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spread north
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dalai lamas in tibetan buddhism are
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an emanation of the bodhisattva avalakiteshvara
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enlightenment is
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bodhi
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deep awareness is
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samadhi
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bodhisattva is
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enlightenment being
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three bodies of the buddha
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trikaya
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ashrine
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stupa
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meditation is refered to as
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dhyana
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sangha is the
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community of monks
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buddha is expected is called
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maitreya
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dharma is
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the totality of buddhist teaching
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dalai lamas in tibetan buddhism are
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an emanation of the bodhisattva avalakiteshvara
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enlightenment is
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bodhi
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deep awareness is
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samadhi
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bodhisattva is
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enlightenment being
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three bodies of the buddha
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trikaya
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ashrine
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stupa
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meditation is refered to as
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dhyana
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sangha is the
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community of monks
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buddha is expected is called
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maitreya
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dharma is
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the totality of buddhist teaching
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samsara is
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constant rebirth
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lama is
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a tibetan buddhist teacher
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dukkha refers to
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sorrow
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aanichcha refers to
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impermanence
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koan is a
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question that cannot be answered logically
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karuna refers to
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compassion
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mandala is
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a circular design with dieties
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essential practice in Zen is
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manual labor
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important practice in shingon buddhism is
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a fire ritual with historic links to the vedic fire ceremony
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tendai buddhism is known for
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systematizing varried buddhist teachings into a progressive hierarchy
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hebrews trace themselves to
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abraham
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contract between hebrews and God
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covenant
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someone inspired by God to speak for him
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prophet
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God first appeared in
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a burning bush
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sacred core of the hebrew bible is
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pentateuch
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first king of isreal
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saul
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who conquered the northern kingdom
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assyrians
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who conquered the southern kingdom
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babylonians
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anti-roman nationalistic jewish faction
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zealots
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semimonastic jewish community during roman period
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essenes
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mystical speculation prompted by persecution was
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kabbalah
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jewish day of atonement is
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yom kippur
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center of jewish life today are in
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russia, u.s. and isreal
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two small boxes containing biblical passages
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tefillin
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judaism before destruction of the second temple is
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biblical judaism
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destruction of european judaism
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holocaust
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movement encouraging the creation and support of isreal
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zionism
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priestly faction influenced during second temple period
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sadducees
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means ritually
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kosher
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savior figure sent by God
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Messiah
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beginning of the year
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rosh hashanah
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revelation or appearance of God
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theophany
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joyful spring festival recalling hebrew exodus
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passover
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most traditional branch of judaism
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orthodox
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means rest
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sabbath
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branch of judaism attempts to blend both types
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conservative judaism
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jewish minister
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rabbi
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jewish skullcap
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yarmulke
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daughter of the commandment
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bat mitzvah
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messiah means
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anointed
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jesus as a champion and protector of the family is
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mixed
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most jewish of the Gospels is
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matthew
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gospel not part of the Synoptics is
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john
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Jesus sometimes sums up his teachings in
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two commandments
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God's imminent divine judgment is
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apocalypticism
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before paul was converted he was a
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pharisee
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letters written in the new testament to instruct
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epistles
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first major church council
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nicaea
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person essentially shaped over a thousand yrs of christianity was
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augustine
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event that modernized the roman catholic church was
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second vatican council
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puritans and presbysterian church stand in the tradition of
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calvin
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belief that God is all powerful and all knowing
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predestination
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lengthening day
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lent
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kindness torward
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indulgence
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important bishop of one of the major ancient sites of christianity
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patriarch
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inclination toward evil
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original sin
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emphasizing the authority of the scripture
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evangelical
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one of Jesus' twelve disciples
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apostle
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straight opinion
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orthodox
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eastern branch of christianity is referred to as
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orthodox
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sacred action
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sacrament
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means measure or rule
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canon
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means good news person
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evangelist
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dialogue between christian denominations is
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evangelicalism
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means good news
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gospel
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today the pantheon is a
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catholic church
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the sunni and shiite branches split over
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succession after Muhammad
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muslim calander begins on
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Muhammad's flight to Yathrib
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a religious and political leader was a
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caliph
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the holy object within the shrine of the Kabah is
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a black meteorite
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Allah means
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the God
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Qur'an speaks of
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Jesus
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Taj Mahal is located in
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India
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branch of Islam that believes the successor to muhammad should be his immediate descendant
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shiite
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Muslims appeal to the hadith which is
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recollections people had of Muhammad's words and actions
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muslims believe in
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both a resurrection of the body and a final judgment
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before a prophet, muhammad's job was
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a caravan driver
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religious requirement for muslim and jewish males is
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circumcision
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islam and judaism forbid
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eating pork
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a tower where chanter calls people to prayer
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sura
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decorated niche inside a mosque indicating direction of mecca
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minaret
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pilgrimage to mecca
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hajj
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festival at the end of Ramadan
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id al-fitr
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muslim place of worsh
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mosque
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day of sacrifice during month of the hajj
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id al-adha
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means extinction
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fana
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means submission
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islam
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month of fasting
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ramadan
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means path
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sharia
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reform movement that argues education should be entirely religious
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deobandi
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the jewel that is the sum total of Buddhist teachings is
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dharma
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community of monks and nuns is the
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sangha
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Buddha of the western paradise
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amitabha
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someone of deep compassion
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bodhisattva
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buddhist term meaning suffering
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dukkha
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a question that cannot be answered logically
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koan
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gaining inner peace and release
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nirvana
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a text of the words of Buddha
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sutra
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word for constant rebirth
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samsara
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virtue or quality of compassion is
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karuna
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enlightened awareness in zen
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satori
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means no self
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anatta
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means meditation
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dhyana
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state of deep awareness
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samadhi
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constant rebirth
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samsara
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means impermanence
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anichcha
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has practiced monastic disciplines and reached nirvana
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arhat
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three baskets
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tripitaka
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a shrine in the shape of a dome
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stupa
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three bodies of the buddha
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trikaya
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means enlightenment
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bodhi
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a buddha expected
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maitreya
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popular bodhisattva of compassion in mahayana
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guanyin
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mahayana notion of empliness
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shunyata
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means thatness or thusness or suchness
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tathata
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circular design containing deities
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mandala
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a monk
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lama
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symbolizes compassion
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vajra
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symbolic hand gesture
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mudra
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this practice chants to the lotus sutra
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nichiren
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popular stories in buddhism are the
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jataka tales
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priestly faction
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sadducees
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refers to the dispersion of jews beyond isreal
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diaspora
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early winter festival
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hanukkah
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movement encouraging the creation and support of the nation of isreal is
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zionism
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encyclopedic commentary on the hebrew scriptures
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talmud
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special ritual meal at passover
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seder
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hebrew for commandment
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mitzvah
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candlestick with seven branches
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menorah
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means teaching or instruction
first five books of hebrew scriptures |
torah
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jewish teacher or minister
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rabbi
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ancient name for isreal
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canaan
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means search
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midrash
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revelation or appearance of God
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theophany
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faction during the second temple period
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pharisees
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means shelters or booths; festival
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sukkot
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means rest
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sabbath
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means received or handed down
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kabbalah
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means beginning of the year
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rosh hashanah
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day of atonement
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yom kippur
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jews of spain morocco and the meditatarean are
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sephardim
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jews who lived in or came from central europe are
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ashkenazim
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lords supper is refered to as
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eucharist
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essential belief or a system of beliefs is
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dogma
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religious painting on wood
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icon
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dialogue between christian denominations is
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ecumenism
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rejects the doctrine of the trinity
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unitarian church
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represents the devotional movements and mystical elements of islam
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sufism
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a religious leader
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imam
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Muhammad's flight from Mecca
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Hijra
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literally means struggle
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jihad
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representative sample chapter in Islam's holy book is
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sura
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translated as cube
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kabih
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chanter who calls people to prayer is
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muezzin
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translated as path
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sharia
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translated as successor
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caliph
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devotional remembrance of Allah through recitation
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dhikr
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reform movement of present day Saudi Arabia
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Wahhabi
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