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61 Cards in this Set
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Padmasambhava:
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Excellent Indian Buddhist practitioner
Jumped over a mountain and landed in Tibet Starts fighting Bon priests using visualization Subdued the natural (evil) spirits of Tibet - pinned them down |
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Focus on transforming yourself into...
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A Buddha
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Currently, in Tibet, Bon spirits protect...
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Buddhism
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Theocracy:
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State governed by religion
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Buddhists competed violently with Bon priests for...
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The patronage of Tibetan kings
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Legend: Buddhism came to Tibet when...
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A Buddhist statue fell from the sky and landed in the king's palace
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Songtsengampo:
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Fierce Tibetan king
Married two princesses from China and Nepal |
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Wenching:
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Chinese princess married to Songtsengampo
Very devout Buddhist Saw simo lying on their back, flailing her arms in the hills of Tibet To tame her, build temples to pin her down |
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Simo:
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Wild demoness
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Jokhang:
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Oldest temple in Tibet
In Lhasa In the heart of the simo |
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Wants to... nature
A religion of... |
Tame
Civilization |
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Tibet genetics:
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Half simo
Half compassionate boddhisattva/Avalokiteshvara |
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Avalokitishvara:
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Monkey
Chenrezi |
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Incorporated parts of...
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Bon
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Communism replaced Buddhism in the government, and...
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Pinned down both Buddhism and Bon
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Buddhism was entwined with...
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Education and politics
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4 main schools of Buddhism:
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Nyingma
Sakya Kagyu Gelug |
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Pa in Tibetan:
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Practitioner
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Nyigma school:
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Aestetic/solitary meditation
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Kagya school:
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Logic and reasoning
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Gelug school:
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Dalai Lama
Mongolian patron |
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Altankhan:
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Renamed Gyatso the Dalai Lama (ocean teacher) <-- became the thrid
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Tulku:
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Sacred jewel
Reincarnated previous teacher |
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Certain teachers were so enlightened that they were...
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Boddhisattva reincarnated
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Boddhisattva:
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Buddha who decides 2 come back 2 samsara out of compassion for others
Teaches using skillful means Training to be a Buddha Wants to enlighten everyone else |
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Tulku leader of Tibet (aka...) from... school
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Dalai Lama
Gelug |
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Dalai Lama #3 was declared... by...
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Religious and secular ruler of Tibet
Mongolian ruler |
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Sky burial:
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Cut up body of sacred person
Feed it to the mountain vultures Helps be totally detached to the body |
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Mountains:
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The higher the more sacred
Considered mandalas Benefactors/protectors Spiritual dwellings Where miracles happen |
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Mandala:
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Geometric representation of Buddha's world
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... relationship between mountains and...
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Symbiotic
Humans |
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Some mountains are... by humans
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Uncontrolled
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Buddhists often meditate in... on...
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Caves
Mountians |
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Gods don't make..., they do everything by...
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Mistakes
Skillful means |
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2 truths:
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Conventional truth: things are eternal/solid
Ultimate truth: everything is empty/changes |
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What we call environmentalism is just... to them
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Buddhist practice
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Humans, animals, and nature are all...
If one is hurt, the others... |
Intricately related
Are also hurt (interdependence) |
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Trees are cut for...
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Timber or land (for agriculture)
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Monks put a... into environmentalism
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Moral standard
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Engaged Buddhism:
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Actively confront suffering
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Unless we humanize something, we don't...
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Respect it
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Equanimity:
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Nature is just as important as we are
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GNH:
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Gross National Happiness (as opposed to GNP)
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Bhutan is... kingdom
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An independent Tibetan Buddhist
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4 pillars of GNH:
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Promotion of sustainable development
Preservation and promotion of cultural vales Conservation of national environment Establishment of good governance |
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Restrict... to protect the country, by...
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Tourism
Charging each day |
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Goal of development should be...
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The happiness of the people
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Bhutan: Government intentionally linked...
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Religion with environment
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Bon:
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Composed of three indigenous beliefs of Tibet
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Tibet:
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Violence by Chinese officials
Close connection between cultural identity, land, and religion |
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Animistic:
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Everything (even inanimate) has a spirit, either friendly or mischievous
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Bon priests were closely connected with...
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Tibetan kings
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Nechin:
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Scared place
Power place |
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Mountains have... and are connected to...
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History
Humans and animals |
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Myths have... significance
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Political and historical
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Mountain gods:
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Associated with white men
Control the weather |
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White man:
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Symbolizes mountain gods and eternal life
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Albino yak:
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Rare and holy
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Bla:
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Life force in every living being
Can move bla into another receptacle |
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There are spirits everywhere, so...
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Be respectful to everything or disaster will befall you
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Emotions in the gods:
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Channeled in a divine way
Not for their self-gratification |
