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36 Cards in this Set
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4 Stages of Life in Hinduism |
1.) Student 2.) Householder 3.) Retirement 4.) Renunciation |
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The Four noble Truths |
1.) All life is suffering 2.) Suffering originates in desire 3.) End desire to end suffering 4.) The eightfold path ends desire |
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The Four Castes (in english) |
1.) Brahmins-mouth/priests 2.) Kshatriya-arms/nobility 3.) Vaishya-thighs/farmers and merchants 4.) Shudra-feet/laborers 5.) Outcastes-handle the dead |
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Places for the sacred in Hinduism |
1.) Natural Settings (pilgrims on mtn) 2.) Convergence of Rivers (ganges at allahad) 3.) Groves as Temples 4.) Mountains |
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why are mountains sacred? |
height=closer to heaven
difficult to climb=test of faith secluded=not profaned empty=solitude formed |
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Sacred people in hinduism |
1.) Brahmins 2.) Guru 3.) Renunciants |
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Brahmins |
priests of brahma who regulate and officiate the sacrifices; guardians of ritual tradition |
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Guru |
teacher of the secret wisdom through yoga |
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types of yoga |
raja- meditation through chakras jhana- knowledge into wisdom karma-good services bhakti-path to devotion |
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renunciants |
sannyasin; what buddha is going to teach; last phase of life to attain spiritual purity and moksha |
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types of sacred people in buddhism |
1.) Bodhisattva 2.) Arhat 3.) Lama |
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Bodhisattva |
those who mastered the disciplines and achieved nirvana but stay in the world to help others |
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Arhat |
guru who lives ascotic life, role model |
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Lama |
guru attaining to highest wisdom through study and meditation; dalai lama as reincarnation of the buddha to help humanity |
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Om |
Original sound of creation, monism |
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Avatar |
an essence of god taking material form |
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Soma |
hindu viagra, drink from plant (hallucinogens) when you eat a plant, you take the energy from the plant. when you ingest poison you've ingested a bad spirit |
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Sangha |
community of monks and nuns meditating monasticism (being alone) |
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Middle way |
between extreme renunciation and materialism. only essentials of life |
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Bodhisattva |
sanskrit term; those who mastered the disciplines and achieved nirvana stay in the world to help others |
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Moksha |
release from rebirths |
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Samsara |
Rebirths due to karma |
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Agni |
god of fire; accepts sacrifices for others, most important |
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Buddha |
born Siddhartha (wish fulfiller) in Gautama, prince in Kshatriya caste, took on life of ascetic, extreme self denial, became Buddha (enlightened one) |
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Dharma |
truth (parable of the monkeys) |
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Nirvana |
buddhism, the end of suffering |
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Vedas |
3 sublime religious texts; foundations of sanatama dharma |
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The Sleeping Buddha |
buddha's final liberation where he died next to a giant statue
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Upanishads |
collection of texts |
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the eightfold path of liberation |
understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, meditation |
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Where is the sacred in buddhism? |
The bo tree, stupa, lotus position, inside |
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the bo tree |
tree of knowledge, where buddha was enlightened |
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stupa |
sacred mound shaped shrines with bones or relics of monks and saints |
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mandalas |
objects, art used as focal points, portray a buddha or a bod symbolically representing a universe, |
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The monkeys take care of the trees |
even if u think ur doing good it can be destructive |
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BKVS |
be known very soon, brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, shader |
