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60 Cards in this Set
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Agni
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Hindu god of fire
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Aryan
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Asian people believed to have brought Hinduism into India about 1500 B.C.
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Asoka 264?-226? B.C. and his son, Mahendra
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Englightened Indian monarchs who spead Buddhism in India and Sri Lanka
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Atharva
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Vedas
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Atman
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In Hindu belief, the Universal Soul or Self. The essence of the individual self and the universal self.
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Bo Tree
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Old World tree under which the Buddha experienced Enlightenment
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Arahma
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In Hindu belief, the Supreme Being
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Brahman
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member of hte highest, priestly Hindu class
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Buddha
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The Enlightened One, founder of Buddhism
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Eightfold Path and Four Noble Truths
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teachings of Buddha
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Gotama (Gautama)
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family name of the Buddha
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Jetavana
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Grove in which the Buddha preached
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Kama
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Hindu god of sensual love
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Karma
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In Hindu and Buddhist belief, the destiny of the individual determined by deeds in a previous incarnation
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Krishna
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One if the incarnations (avatars) of the Hindu god Vishnu the Preserver
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Lakshmi
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Hindu goddess of beauty and luck
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Maya
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In Hindu belief, the illusory physical world.
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Nirvana
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In Hinduism and Buddhism, a state of blissful nonexistence or release from the sensual world and suffering.
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Om
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Perfection, the word of mediation, which begins and ends Hindu prayer
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Pali
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Sanskrit dialect of Buddhist scriptures, believed to be Buddha's language
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Prajaparti
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In Hindu belief, the Creator
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Rig-Veda
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Vedas
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Sakya
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The Buddha's clan. Sakyamuni, "wise man of the Sakyas," is one of the Buddha's names.
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Sallow
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Old World willow
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Salvation religions
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Lake Hindu sects promising release from the cycle of rebirths
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Samanas
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Sect of ascetic, wandering beggars
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Samsara, Sansara
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In Hindu and Buddhist belief, the physical world, characterized by repeated cycles of birth (reincarnation)
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Satyam
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Universal truth, It is used to mean everything that exists and is real. It is also seen as the same as Brahman-as beyond any limitation of object, time, or space; limitless
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Sanskrit
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India's ancient literary language and the lenguage of the Hindu scriptures
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Upanishads
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Poetic dialogues added to the Vedas as commentaries and philosophic discourses
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Vedas
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The original Hindu scriptures
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Brahma
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The supreme spirit of the universe
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Ablutions
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The washing of the body as a part of a religious ceremony.
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diety
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god or goddess
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caste
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One of the hereitary social classes of Hinduism
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equanimity
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composure
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial
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satiation
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to be satisfied fully or to excess
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ardent
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passionate
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acquisitive
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eager to acquire
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ennui
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boredom
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declivity
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a steep downward slope
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besmirched
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soil, sully
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efface
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to wipe out; do away with
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transitory
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not lasting; brief
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expiation
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the means by which atonement or reparation is made
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contemplation
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thoughtful observation
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lofty
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extending high in the air
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supple-limbed
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bending limbs
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vocation
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a particular occupation
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avaricious
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characterized by avarice; greedy
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atonement
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amends
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emanating
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orginate; come from
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suffice
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satisfy; to be enough
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transient
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not lasting
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied
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discourses
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conversation
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blanched
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to take color from, bleach
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bast
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a strong woody fiber
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Buddhism
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originates from the life and teachings of Prince Siddhartha Gautama
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