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19 Cards in this Set
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Three oriental sages and mystics |
BUDDHA LAO TZU CONFUCIUS |
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these oriental sages taugh that man was originally one with the universal reality called |
Brahma |
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Founder of Buddhism |
Gautama Buddha |
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The enlighted one |
Buddha |
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the only one absolute. universal and all prevailing reality in which all things are one |
Brahma |
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Man which is united with Brahma |
Brahman |
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Individual Self of man which seprataes him from his universal Brahman Self |
Atman |
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Reincarnation |
seen as punishments and purifactory processes |
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Cessation of sorrow Sinless Calm state of mind Absence of Lust Destruction if earthly yearnings |
Nirvanna |
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he assumed that man's life on earth is doubly tragic |
Oscar Wilde |
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why man is often unhappy of this life |
Buddha answers that it is because of uncontrolled bodily desires |
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root cause of human misery |
uncontrolled fleshy impulses engendered by the passions |
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end and purpose of human living as said by Buddha |
realization of the virtuous man |
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religion of self denial or unselfishness |
Buddhism |
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Lao Tzu expounds on this book the postulates of moral conduct for the avhievement of virtuous life |
Tao Te Ching |
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Lao Tzu teaches the importance of different virtues just like |
Humility Self-negation absolute calm or quietism |
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Tao te ching emphasizes the importance of |
natural living or a simple life |
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wu wei |
action through inaction |
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Bahala na or wu wei means |
do your work with all your best and leaving the rest to Providence |
