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27 Cards in this Set
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aggregate
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you're not a single unitary thing; you're composed of 5 different aggregates; "NO REAL YOU"
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arhat
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an enlightened being; goal in Theravada Buddhism
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ayurvedic medicine
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classic Hindu/Indian medical system
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Bhagavad gita
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expert from the Marahabarata; tells of ways to live properly; 3 ways of liberation
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Bhatki
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devotion to a particular deity
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Bodhisattva
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person on the path to Buddhahood; goal in Mahayana Buddhism
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Brahman
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supreme cosmic being; ultimate reality
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Laozi
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Daoist who supposedly wrote Dao De Jing - embarassed Confucius; some stories have him going to China to become a Buddha and teacher lesser forms of Daoism to barbarians
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Mandala
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map of the cosmos; depiction of the sacred universe
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Brahmin
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highest of the casts; priestly cast
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Mencius
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scholar who wrote important book on Confucius; believed people were born innately good and were wicked if they were exposed to wickedness
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Moksha
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liberation from Samsara; not accumulating anymore karma
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Mudra
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hand gestures believed to have magical powers
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Parinirvana
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final Nirvana; when a fully enlightened being dies
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Samnyasin
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aesthetic stage of life; wear yellow robes; live by begging; has funeral for himself
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Shramana
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people who become aesthetics instaed of householders (2 survive in present day-Buddhism is one)
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Sutra
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sermon delivered by Buddha; one of the 3 baskets of Trapitica
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Tantra
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texts associated with Vajrayana Buddhism
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Upanishads
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last of the vedas; philosophical matieral
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Vajra
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central symbol of Vajrayana Buddhism; lightning bolt or diamond
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Vedas
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4 sacred Hindu texts: hymns, ritual instructions, compositions of the forest, philosophical material
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Vinaya
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monastic rules; part of the 3 baskets of tripetika
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Xia
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virtue
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Xiao
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filial piety = being good to your parents
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Yangshen
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radiant spirit; grows in your abdomen; believed that when you die you'll live on in the form of your Yangshen
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Zhang Daoling
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named 1st heavenly master by vision of Laozi; could be named founder of Daoism
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Zhuangzi
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stories
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