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19 Cards in this Set
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-sun dance
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-oglala lakota ritual of rejuvenation
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-sunni
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-the larger of the two main branches of islam
-where the qur'an is not explicit this movement appeals to sunna |
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-sunyata
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-important mahayana buddhist teaching regarding the "emptiness" or "openness" of all things and our perceptions of things
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-surah
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-one of the divisions of the qur'an
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-sutras
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-collections of aphorisms, sayings
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-symbol
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-any object, word, or action which points toward and allows experience of and/or participation in perceived ultimacy
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-synagogue
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-hebrew "assembly"
-in judaism, a place of prayer and study |
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-sweat lodge
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-oglala lakota ritual of purification
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-taboo
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-an object, action, or person that must be avoided because of its potentially injurious power and/or polluted statues
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-talmud
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-hebrew "learning"
-in judaism the collection composed of the mishnah and further interpretation |
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-tanak
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-an acronym from the hebrew names for the three sections of the hebrew bible-torah, prophets, writings
-used as designation for the hebrew bible |
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-tantra
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-sanskrit "that which extends, spreads"
-a religious practice outside the vedic tradition, including rituals open to persons not of the brahmin class -attempts to harness corporeal energy for the highest spiritual purposes |
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-theism
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-belief in one or more personal deities
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-theravada buddhism
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-"way of the elders"
-surviving school of one of two branches of buddhism, found in southeast asia |
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-third adam
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-according to unification church, messiah who will appear to pay the full price for the sin of humanity and establish the kingdom of God on earth
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-t'ien
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-chinese "heaven"
-in ancient china, impersonal power with which the emperor was in harmony, as long as he ruled justly |
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-torah
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-hebrew "instruction, law"
-God's revelation of instructions to the jewish people |
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-totem
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-an animal, plant, or object with which a group develops a special relationship
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-tradition
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-the handing down of beliefs and practices considered as a dynamic collection
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