World Religions Vocab Quiz 3

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-bhakti

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-hindu concept of devotional service to a personal god
-spiritual path of devotion is known as bhakti-yoga

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-biocentric

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-the perspective that all living beings form one community
-humans are not at the center

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-bodhi

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-sanskrit "enlightenment"
-in buddhism, the tree under which siddartha gautama experienced enlightenment is called bodhi tree

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-bodhisattva

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-sanskrit "a being intended for enlightenment"
-in mahayana buddhism, one who has taken a vow to delay his or her own experience of nirvana in order to aid others

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-bon

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-the pre buddhist religion of tibet

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-brahma

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-hindu god of creation

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-brahman

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-in hinduism, the spiritual oneness of all reality

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-brahmin

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-in the hindu class system, the highest of the four traditional classes
-the "priestly" class

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-buddha nature

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-the mahayana buddhist concept that all reality is infused with buddhahood

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-bushido

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-japanese "military warrior way"
-the code of belief and conduct of the samurai warrior, synthesizing confucian, zen buddhist, and shinto teaching

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-caliph

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-arabic "successor"
-in islam, political successors to the prophet muhammad

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-canon

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-a collection of sacred writings deemed authoritative by and for a religious group

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-caste

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-from the portuguese casta, meaning "race"
-used to designate elaborate, stratifed system found in traditional hindu society

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-casting the circle

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-in wicca, a ritual used to create sacred space

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-celestial kingdom

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-in the cosmology of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints, the highest of the three levels of heaven

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-charismatics

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-in christianity, refers to groups, individuals, churches that emphasize the role of the holy spirit manifest in ecstatic gifts like speaking in tongues

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-cheng ming

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-confucian virtue of "rectification of names"

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-ch'i (qi)

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-in chinese worldview, the vital energy that animates all living beings

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-consubstantiation

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-the belief that in the sacrament of holy communion the body and blood of Christ are actually present with or alongside (but not replacing) the physical elements of bread and wine

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-consumerism

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-term used to designate a modern secular religion in which the acquisition of material things is ultimate