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16 Cards in this Set
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Shunyata
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one Muhayana doctrine asserts all reality is shunyana. "emptiness". Buddhist view that everything is always shifting, changing, taking new form.
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bodhisattva
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"enlightened being" a person of deep compassion, "bodhisattva's vow" to be born again until ALL are enlightened
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Branches of Buddhism
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Theravada (conservative, reaching nirvana through detachment), Mahayana (compassion, nirvana is possible for everyone), Vayrayana ("Tibet", chanting, body and all it's energy can be used to achieve nirvana).
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Early Development of Buddhism
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king named Ashoka who saw the bloody fields after war and though of nonviolence, decided to spread Buddhism in all of India.
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samsara
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decay and pain; everyday world of change.
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ahimsa
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"nonharm"; to cause suffering to any being is cruel and unnessacery.
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nirvana
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ultimate goal of Buddhism; suggests end of suffering, inner peace, and liberation from limitations of the world.
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Three Marks of Buddhism Reality
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1) change- "anichcha" look at life how it really is, constantly changing, nothing we experience in life ever remains the same.
2)No permanent identity-"anatta"each person and thing is not only constantly changing but is made up of parts that are also constantly changing. 3) Suffering-"dukka" |
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Vedas
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Four collections of ancient prayers and rituals
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Yoga
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spiritual discipline; a method for perfecting one's union with the divine.
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moskha
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"liberation" from personal limitation, egotism, & rebirth.
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maya
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"illusion" what keeps us from seeing reality correctly; the world, viewed inadequently.
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Brahman
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the spiritual essence of the universe.
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Lama
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the tibeten buddhist teacher
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Indian caste system
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1) The priest (brahmin) 2) warrior-noble (kshatriya) 3) merchant (vaishya) 4)peasant (shudra) 5)untouchabe (dalit)
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animism
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the belief that non-human entities are spiritual beings.
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