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72 Cards in this Set
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agnosticism |
"not know"
the existence of god cannot be proven |
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animism |
common among oral religions that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirits |
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atheism |
"not god"
the is no god/gods |
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deconstruction |
created by Jacques Derrida
sets aside ordinary categories of analysis and makes use of finding underlying values |
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dualism |
reality is made up of two different principles, spirit and matter
or belief in two gods of good and evil in conflict |
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nontheism |
unconcerned with the supernatural, no assertion or denial |
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pantheism |
everything in the universe is divine |
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polytheism |
belief in many gods |
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post-structuralism |
created by Focault
analytical approach that doesn't seek to find universal structures that underlie, but rather focus on individual elements |
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structuralism |
looks for universal structures that underlie |
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transcendent |
"climbing beyond" beyond time and space |
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calumet |
sacred pipe by native americans smoked as a token of peace |
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divination |
foretelling of the future or look into the past
discovery of the unknown by magical means |
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holistic |
organic, integrated, a complete system
a culture where all elements may have religions meaning |
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libation |
pouring liquid on the ground as offering to a god |
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shaman |
contacts and manipulates the power of spirits for the tribe |
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sympathetic magic |
an attempt to influence the outcome of an event by mimicking the desired result |
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taboo |
a strong social prohibition |
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totem |
an animal that is considered to be related by blood to a family or clan |
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ashram |
spiritual community |
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atman |
spiritual essence of all human beings "soul" |
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avatar |
earthly embodiment of a deity |
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bhagavad gita |
a religious work about arjuna and krishna |
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bhakti yoga |
spiritual discipline of devotion to deity or guru |
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brahma |
god of creation |
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brahmin |
member of priestly caste |
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caste |
major social class sanctioned by hinduism |
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devi |
"goddess" divine feminine, great mother |
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durga |
"awe-inspiring" mother goddess
a form of devi |
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guru |
spiritual teacher |
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hatha yoga |
spiritual discipline of postures and bodily exercises |
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jnana yoga |
spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight |
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kundalini yoga |
for of raja yoga that envisions the individuals energy as a force that is capable of beings raised from center of body to the head producing a state of joy |
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raja yoga |
"royal" discipline of meditation |
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kali |
"dark" a form of devi
goddess associated with destruction and rebirth |
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karma |
moral law of cause and effect that determines direction of rebirth |
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krishna |
a god associated with divine playfulness; form of vishnu |
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mantra |
short sacred phrases chanted during meditation |
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moksha |
"liberation" from limitation, ego, and rebirth |
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puja |
offerings and ritual in honor of a deity |
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rama |
a god and mythical king; form of vishnu |
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samadhi |
state of complete inner peace from meditation |
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samsara |
the everyday world of change and suffering leading to rebirth |
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sannyasin |
a wandering holy man |
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shiva |
a god associated with destruction and rebirth |
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trimurti |
holy trinity of brahma, vishnu, and shiva |
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upanishads |
written mediations on the spiritual essence of the universe and the self |
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vedas |
four collections of ancient prayers and rituals |
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vishnu |
god of preservation and love |
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yogas |
a spiritual discipline, method of perfecting one's union with the divine |
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amitabha |
buddha of western paradise, bliss-body buddha in mahayana |
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anatman |
"no self" in people and things |
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anichcha |
impermanence, constant change |
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arhat |
theravadian monk who has reacher nirvana, the ideal |
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bodhi |
enlightenment |
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bodhisattva |
"enlightenment being" |
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dharma |
totality of buddhist teaching |
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dhyana |
"meditation" focusing of the mind, sometimes trance |
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dukkha |
sorrow, misery |
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koan |
chan and zen buddhist questions that cannot be answered logically |
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mandala |
geometrical design containing deities and shapes |
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mudra |
hand gestures |
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nirvana |
release from suffering and rebirth that brings inner peace |
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sangha |
immunity of monks and nuns |
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adi granth |
"original collection" primary scripture of the sikhs |
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digambara |
"clothed in sky" naked monks |
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gurdwara |
sikh temple |
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muhapatti |
jain mouth covering |
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sallekhana |
suicide by starvation
"holy death" |
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shvetambara |
"clothed in white" wear white robes |
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sthanakavasis |
"building persons" rejects use of states and temples |
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terapanthis |
"thirteen" newest jain sect |
