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Vedic age
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age when Vedas were created and aryans crossed Himalayan mountains tho invade india
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Vedas
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hindu religious text that aryans wrote about religious life
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Samsara
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rebirth in Hinduism
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vishnu
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good of protectionof creation
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Hinduism
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Shiva
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god of distruction
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brahman
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world soul
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Hinduism
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atman
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a persons soul
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Hinduism
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moksha
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liberation from the cycle of rebirth (the hindu way of nirvana)
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karma
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Destiny following a cause
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Hinduism
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Brahmins
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priests
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Hinduism
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laws of manu
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hindu text that clearly defined role of women
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Mahabharata and ramayana
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hindu epic poems
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bhakti
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selfless devotion to reach Brahman
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dao
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the way
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ren
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humaneness
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yin/yang
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two parts of world helped maintain equality
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warring states period
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second half of eastern Zhou era
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monsoons
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a Seasonal wind in asia
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cofucious
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creator of Confucianism, philosopher
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han fei
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legalist writer and political adviser
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analects
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collection of sayings of Confucius guide to living good life
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filial piety
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a virtue of respect for ones elders
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founder of buddhism
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siddharta gautama
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Jainism
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a later religion
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bhagavad gita
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hindu text attribute about warrior hero
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varna
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one caste in a caste system, Hinduism
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jati
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another way to devide people within a caste
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upnishads
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a hindu religious text, not in sandscript
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eight fold path
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how you should act to reach nirvana, Buddhism
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four noble truths
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the way Buddha explains the truths about the universe
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bodhisattvas
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people who have reached or almost reached nirvana but come back to help others reach it , mahayana Buddhism
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Theravada
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traditional buddhism, goal is to reach nirvana, philosophy
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