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mysticism
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religious traditions that emphasize some "hidden" or "secret" (Greek: mystikos) communion, even complete identity, between the human and the divine
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gnosts
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jewish and christian communities with emphasis of personal and DIRECT MYSTICAL KNOWING
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Marsilio Ficino
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The Books of Hermes; (15th)
Humanist movement |
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Pico della Mirandola
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Oration on Dignity of Man;
powers of human nature occupying THIRD space; "to be human is to be potentially divine" |
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Enlightenment
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(18th)
only HUMAN REASON can arrive at truth of the world |
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William Blake
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(18th)
radical comparativist; real origin of all relgions - MAN |
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Idealism
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MIND as ultimate nature of reality
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David Friedrich Strauss
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The Life of Jesus Critically Examined
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animal magnetism
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existence of cosmic energies or "magnetic" forces as source of HEALING
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Paul
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never met Historical Jesus
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Max Muller
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(19th)
Sacred Books of the East |
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spirituality
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understanding of a non-physical spirit
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Spiritualism
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communicating with DEAD
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psychical
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telekinesis and telepathy
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paranormal
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mind-to-matter phenomena
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Quakerism
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every individual has direct access to INNER LIGHT
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William James
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(19th) founder of Modern study of Religion;
"door" in psyche to other dimensions |
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materialism
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only matter; no spirit, soul or Mind
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modernity
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science, progress, universalism
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Shoah
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Hebrew word for Holocaust
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perennialism
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difference major religions all point to single mystical truth
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Western esotericism
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secret/special knowledge of the divine
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Contextualism
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all behavior interpreted through local culture
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Constructivism
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all experience constructed through local contexts
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Neblim
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Prophetic section of Hebrew scriptures
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Polemic term
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CRITICIZE of another religious worldview
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apologetic term
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design superior truth of own religion
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shirk
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identification of NON-divine with the divine
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canon
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books that are orthodox - true to faith
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Methodology
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way to get where one is going
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theory
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new perspective where a study takes on new meanings
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reflexitivity
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think about thinking; reflect on reflection; aware of awareness
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humanities
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study of human consciousness in human culture
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initiation
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activities through which a person's religious identity is transformed or formed
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Arnold van Gennep
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tripartite patter in religion:
separation, transition; reincorporation |
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Victor Turner
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"liminal" quality of transition period
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liminal
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"in between" phase where person is removed from his world to undergo change
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profane
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ordinary or non-sacred
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entheogen
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plant or chemical substance
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psychedelic
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mind-manifesting states
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1532
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year where Incas were kicked out of Peru by Spanish conquistadors;
establishment of Roman Catholicism |
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Akhenaten
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Egyptian pharoah;
created sun god - Aten *birth of Monotheism |
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Aztecs
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(1400 BCE)
Valley of Mexico human sacrifice |
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Bronze Age
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3000 BCE
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canon
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authoritative texts
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Celts
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no longer cultural marker
localism in religion reincarnation & human sac. |
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Christ of faith
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Jesus in bibles
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Communitas
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intense community togetherness;
experienced liminality together |
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Counterculture
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group against mainstream society;
political opposition |
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Cynic
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philosophy of living life in Virtue, agreement with Nature
simple life; equality for all; |
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Druids
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big part in Celtic culture
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Dumuzi
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Sumerian shepherd, marries Inanna and goes to underworld
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El
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Sumerian god Anu becomes El
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heresy
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opinion difference from orthodoxy
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Inanna
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Summerian goddess of love/war
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Incas
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1532 - Peru
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Iron Age
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1300 BCE
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Ishtar
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Inanna becomes Ishtar
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Lower Paleolithic
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30,000 BCE
hunter-gatherer cross symbol - quartered |
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Maya
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300 BCE
Central America; human sacrifice and child sac. |
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method
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"path to follow"
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myth
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story that grounds particular worldview
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Neolithic
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3000 BCE
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Olmec
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500 BCE
Gulf Coast of MExico temple communities JAGUAR |
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Orthodoxy
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correct teaching of religion
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revelation
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truth by direct or indirect communication with divine
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sacred marriage
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Sumerian ritual re-enactment of the marriage of Dumuzi & Inanna by kings and queens
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scripture
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portion of canon as word of the divine
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Sikhism
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found by Guru Nanak;
monotheistic; combines Hinduism & Islam |
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skeptic
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one who rejects that anything can be certain
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stoic
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world order reflects DIVINE INTELLIGENCE
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Sumerian
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Bronze age;
Southern Mesopotamia |
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book of the dead
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collection of spells buried with Egyptians
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theism
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belief in ONE divine being
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Toltec
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1000 BCE
Mexico; Chichen Itza |
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Yggdrasil
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Norse ash tree;
unifies creation of Norse mythology |
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orthoprax
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right way of action, practice
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varna
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Indian society classes
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ashrama
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class of scholars, housekeepers, renouncers, retired
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dharma
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Hinduism - cosmic order, existence
Buddhism - "teaching" |
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karma
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moral law of cause & effect
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samsara
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cycle of birth and death
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moksha
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liberation from samsara
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dalits
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lowest caste - untouchables
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yoga
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union with god in Hinduism
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bhakti
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devotion to god
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puja
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temple worship
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brahman
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divine, absolute REALITY
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atman
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self or soul
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avatara
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incarnation of GOD
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Hindutva
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movements of Hindu nationalism
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thirds
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breaks binarism of categories (sex, gender)
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seed: soil
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analogy to procreation of male & females
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Mahavira
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Jain teacher;
abolish caste system; starved death, lived naked |
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Jinna
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jainist teachers who have attained enlightenment
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tirthankaras
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people who have achieve enlightenment through asceticism
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asceticism
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abstinence all worldly pleasures
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ahimsa
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non-violence in indian
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sallekhana
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death by fasting
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Digambaras
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supports total nudity
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Shvetambaras
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opposes total nudity in Jains
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doublet
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2 separate creation stories
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midrash
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Jewish interpretations of stories
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duhkha
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Suffering
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Theravada
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Teaching of the Elders
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Mahayana
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Great Vehicle
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Vajrayana
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Diamond/thunderbolt Vehicle
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Tantra
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scriptures or texts
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Engaged Buddhism
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tradition is about transformation of the world
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