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36 Cards in this Set
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Monotheism |
Belief in one God |
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Polytheism |
Belief in many different Gods |
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Pantheism |
Belief in a divine force within everything |
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Atheism |
Belief that there is no God |
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Agnosticism |
State of being unable to say if God exists |
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Transcendent |
All powerful God, lives in heaven |
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Immanent |
Limited power God, lives on earth |
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Tawhid |
Belief in only 1 God |
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Shirk |
Making something equal to God (very serious sin) |
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Avatar |
Earthly appearance of a Hindu diety |
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Ahisma |
Nonviolence |
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Kami |
Shinto God or goddess, thousands each with own powers |
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Torii |
Arch that separates regular space from divine space of shrine |
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Omikoshi |
Small shrine that's carried to give special blessings to an area |
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Gohonzon |
Image looked at while chanting nam myoho renge kyo |
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Wu wei |
Noninterference |
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Chi |
Life-giving force of dao, move Chi to reach ultimate goal |
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Zazen |
Sitting meditation in which you empty your mind |
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Koan |
Zen riddle that challenges either/or thinking |
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Samsara |
Cycle of reincarnation |
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Karma |
Moral law of cause and effect |
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Nirvana |
Ultimate goal in Theravada Buddhism, end of reincarnation, achieved after build up of lots of good karma |
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Brahman |
Divine reality within everything |
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Atman |
Spiritual reality inside each individual |
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Maya |
Illusion or something you believe is true, but is actually false |
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Moksha |
End of reincarnation, ultimate goal in most branches of Hinduism |
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Adhan |
Islamic call to prayer proclaimed at beginning of each prayer time period |
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Ramadan |
Islamic ritual involving fasting from sun up to sun down during this month |
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Ka'bah |
Pilgrims walk around this black cube like structure |
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Puja |
Act of devotion to Hindu diety |
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Upanishads written |
800-500 BCE (1) |
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Siddhartha Gautama death |
5th century bce (2) |
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Islam beginning |
7th century (3) |
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Protestant reformation |
16th century (4) |
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Soka Gakkai beginning |
20th century (5) |
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State Shinto |
20th century (6) |
