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64 Cards in this Set
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Brahmin
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upperclass, educated folks, priests
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Atmin
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unswerving, eternal part of self
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supple
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limber, flexible, lovely
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ardent
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passionately devoted
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vocation
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job/calling
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avaricious
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greedy
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orator
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speaker
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atonement
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forgiveness
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Rig-Veda
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The Vedas and Upanishads are holy books of Buddhism from India
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ablutions
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ritual self-cleansing
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supplication
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beseeching (earnest, humble asking for things, as in praying)
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Prajapti
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Hindu/Buddhist creator god
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Upanishads
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Buddhist holy texts
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Samanas
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ascetics
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ascetics
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hardcore self-depriving spiritual seekers
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anxiety
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stress due to future worries
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resignation
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acceptance (of something you aren’t crazy about)
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seemly
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seeming appropriate
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shimmering
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shiny
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benumbed
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numb
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inevitable
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destined, unstoppable
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palliative
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relief
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venerableness
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respectableness
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sojourn
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stay temporarily
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unfathomable
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impossible to understand/interpret
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equanimity
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peacefulness, balance
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Illustrious
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honorable
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relinquish
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let go of/abandon
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imperturbable
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undisturbable
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Maya
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illusion
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ostracize
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shun, avoid in the extreme
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breast
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half a bosom
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courtesan
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high class call girl
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erudition
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learning
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mortification
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(of the flesh): whipping/hurting
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resolution
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promise to oneself; goal
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desolation
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emptiness
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sanctuary
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safe haven
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prudent
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cautiously wise
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derive
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new part from an original
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Samsara
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the ways, pleasures, traps of the sensory world
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disdain
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contempt
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imperceptibly
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not noticeably
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threadbare
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worn out
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acquisitiveness
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greed; wanting to acquire things
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fervor
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intensity, passion
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satiated
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satisfied
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tepid
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lukewarm
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insipid
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meaningless, stupid
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ennui
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heavy boredom
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besmirched
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dirtied
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efface
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wipe out, erase
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expiation
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atonement; ritual cleansing and making amends
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pomade
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hair grease
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carousing
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living like a playa (drinking)
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thwart
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foil, obstruct, block
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commend
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give props to
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countenance
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face
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precocious
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prematurely mature, insightful, maybe a bit arrogant
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pyre
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cremation fire
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forbearing
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patiently enduring hardship
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tenacity
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intensity and persistence
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veneration
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holy admiration
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BILDUNGSROMAN
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story that follows main character from cradle to grave- usually the main character, when close to death, reflects back over his or her life.
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