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51 Cards in this Set
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Hadith |
The sayings of Muhammad. |
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People of the Book |
Other religions that have a formal book,(Jew=Torah, Christian=bible) |
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Zahat |
One of the 5 pillars of Islam. Literally means Alms. |
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Hajj |
One of the 5 pillars saying every Muslim should go on a pilgrimage to Mecca |
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Kabba |
Reference to a building in the city of Mecca built by Abraham and Ishmael dedicated to God. |
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Salat |
One of the 5 pillars saying that Muslims should pray 5 times a day. |
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Shahada |
One of the five pillars saying that there is one creed that there is one god and one prophet, Muhammed. |
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Muhammad |
The prophet of Islam. |
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Islam |
Meaning devotion or submission. |
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Brahma (Brak-ma) |
Meaning ultimate reality, or god. Ninguna is without attributes Saguna is with attributes |
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Brahman |
The priestly caste of Hinduism. |
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Brahmin |
An avatar of God |
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Shiva |
An avatar of God |
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Vishnu |
An avatar of God. |
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Bhagavad gita |
A sacred scripture in Hinduism including Krishna, another avatar of God. |
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Ramadan |
One of the five pillars of Islam, saying one must fast. |
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Kshatriya |
Warrior caste |
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Vaisyas |
Merchant caste |
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Sudras |
Peasant caste |
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Karma |
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. |
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Samsara |
The cycle of life and death |
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Nirvana |
Enlightenment, uniting with God, meaning "blown out" |
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Vedas |
Ancient and oldest Hindu scriptures. |
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Dharma. |
Law of the universe |
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Moksha |
Release from Samara |
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Indus |
A river for which Indian and Hindu are named. An ancient civilization. |
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Jen (Ren) |
Chinese for human being our charity. Goal of Confucianism, to be come an authentic complete human. |
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Dukka |
The first noble truth: all life is suffering and changing. |
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Tanha |
The second noble truth, saying that people try to grasp onto Dukka |
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Upanishads |
A body of scripture for Hinduism. Newer than the Vedas. |
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Yoga |
Meaning practice, it's practice to be a good human. |
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Bhakti |
1 of the yoga's that was because of Buddhism. Meaning to live yourself. |
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Advaita |
Meaning "not to" |
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Lao-tzu |
Founder of the dao |
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Krishna consciousness |
Modern tradition of Hinduism and avatars |
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Bodhisattva |
On the way to becoming enlightened |
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Caste |
A system in Hinduism where you are born into a certain class and if you do well you will reincarnate into a better class. |
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Pali |
Ancient Indian language from Sanskrit. |
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Hinayana |
Meaning that only a few select people can reach nirvana, if nah, be reincarnated. |
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Mahayana |
Meaning big vehicle, that many people can access nirvana |
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Theravada |
Teaching of the elders |
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Pure Land |
Mahayana Buddhism. Things so bad, most ppl can't nirvana. But they can if the see a Bodhisattva, they will be brought to the pure land. |
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Koan |
Japanese for puzzle. A way for a person to break out the ways of normal thinking. |
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Arjuna |
Arjuna was the 3rd of the Pandava brothers. He is considered as the protagonist of the Mahabharata with Krishna and plays a key role in the Bhagavad Gita. |
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Sanskrit |
The main writing for Hinduism. |
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Anatta |
a departure from the Hindu belief in atman (“the self”). The absence of a self, anicca (the impermanence of all being), and dukkha (“suffering”) are the three characteristics of all existence (ti-lakkhana). |
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Gautama's attitude towards God |
He is a non theist. He does not raise the question of god. He doesn't bring up God. |
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Nirodha |
The third noble truth. This is the cessation of dukkha. |
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Noble eightfold path |
The fourth noble truth, is the method of cessations of dukkha. |
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The 4 noble truths |
Dukkha, tanha, nirodha, 8fold path. |
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Li |
Customs. The reflections of the Jen(Ren). |
