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Aryan
Hinduism
People that invaded India.
Brought with them one of the first written languages called Sanskrit.
Conquered the natives that were living in India of that time.  
Polytheistic religion, with personifications of natural forces; the Vedas were developed as Aryans came into India
Sanskrit
Hinduism
Now considered an Indo-European language, was one of the first written languages.  
It triggered the spread of writing geographically across Europe and Asia, then onto the rest of the world.
Rig Veda
Hinduism
The oldest of four Hindu scriptures written in Sanskrit.
Bhagavad Gita
Hinduism
Story of Vishnu's reincarnation.
Arguna goes from one problem to another but you’re likely to hear about fighting in a war and beings responsible for suffering and death.
Sutra
Hinduism
Hindu books on yoga
Upanishad
Hinduism
Philosophical books
Brahman
Hinduism
Great universal god
universal soul
Brahmin
Hinduism
Priestly caste of god
(top of caste system)
Brahma
Hinduism
God of creation
Shiva
Hinduism
God of destruction
Vishnu
Hinduism
God of preservation
Avatar
Hinduism
name for god
what their gods are called when in human form
Krishna
Hinduism
an incarnation of Vishnu/avatar
Shakti
Hinduism
(example?)
gooddess who is wife, consort, companion to a god
ex. Saraswati to Brahma
Kali
Hinduism
best known shakti of Shiva
Goddess of evil in its most grotesque forms
Lakshmi
Hinduism
best known shakti of Vishnu
God and goddess of preservation
Soma
Hinduism
traditional drug early Hindus took to enhance visions
Maya (and Moksha)
Hinduism
comic illusion of separation, the illusion itself
(Moksha: the illusion of separation, freedom from illusion)
Karma
Hinduism
cosmic law of good effects and bad effects
Moksha
Hinduism
the illusion of the separation
- wanted to overcome it, represent freedom of separation, freedom from illusion (Maya)
Atman
Hinduism
individual soul
Samsara
Hinduism
cycle of existence
"what goes around comes around"
4 Types of Yoga
Jnana
yoga of the mind
4 Types of Yoga
Bhakti
yoga of emotions/feelings
4 Types of Yoga
Karma
yoga of actions
doing good deeds
done behaviorally
4 Types of Yoga
Raja
translates to "royal" yoga
Ashram
Hinduism
monestary
Shakra (chakra)
Hinduism
energy centers
(world axis is the spine)
Siddhi
Hinduism
supernatural powers
(levitation, seeing future before it happens)
magical physical abilities
Jainism
demanding into discipline
moral standards needed to be kept
5 vows
Mahavira
founder of Jainism
(originated 5 vows)
The 5 Vows of Jainism
1. never kill/revere life: includes animals, insects, plants
2. never tell a lie
3. never steal anything that is not given to you (taking)
4. no sex
5. no posessions or ownership of anything
Digambara
(Jainism)
clothed by the sky
Skyclad do not wear (or own) clothes
created by Mahavira
Ahisma
reverence for life
Rahula
(Buddhism)
the Buddha's son
many monks today have this name
The 4 Passing Sights
(Who saw them?)
an sick man - illness suffering
a old man - age suffering
a dead man - others suffering
an ascetic (monk meditating) - avoid suffering
(all seen by Gautama, but forbidden by father after turned 13)
The Bo Tree
(Buddhism)
the tree that Gautama (Buddha) sat under and achieved enlightenment
Deer park
(Buddhism)
where the Buddha preached his first sermon
The 4 Noble Truths
(Who wrote them?)
1. suffering is universal
2. suffering is caused by desire/attachment
3. rid suffering by release attachment/desire
4. to eliminate desire, follow 8 fold path
(Siddhartha)
Dukkha
Buddhism
created "suffering is universal"
and cannot escape
Tanha
Buddhism
"cause of suffering is desire"
its not wanting things, its the way in which you attach yourself to things
Theravada "small vehicle"
Buddhism
(What does it maintain/Where is it found?/Size of Branch?)
conservative Buddhism
tries hardest to maintain original traditions
smaller branch population than Mahayana
found in India, Sri lanka, Burma, Southeast ASia
Mahayana "where it goes"
Buddhism
(Example? Where? Size of Branch?)
accomodate to where it develops (existing traditions)
Example: Zen Buddhism in Japan or Tibet
largest branch of buddhism
Anatman
Buddhism
no soul
remove soul indefinable sense
Karuna
Buddhism
"compassion" (passion)
Asoka
(Buddhist)
1st Buddhist king
Bodhidarma
(Buddhist/what did he do with religion?)
1st Buddhist missionary
carried religion from India to China
Bardo
(Bardo Thoto?)
Buddhism
between death and reincarnations
("book of the dead", best known Buddhist scripture
book to help with transition time/training program)
Ching-t'u (Jodo)
Buddhism
(Where found?/Type of Buddhism?/Resembles what?)
"Pure Land Sect"
(found in Korea and Japan
Mahayana Buddhism
resembles savior figure)
Zen
Buddhism
(Type of meditation?)
basic principle/balance between social networks
"meditation"
silent meditation
Zazen
Buddhism
(How performed?)
seeded silent meditation
knees forward, feet tucked under
Koan
Buddhism
(How answered?)
"puzzling story" with a surprising component
no simple answer to the story
Satori
Buddhism
(How stage achieved?/ level of inspiration?)
(sudden) burst of enlightenment
proceed a new stage slowly and gradually
reach highest level of inspiration
Roshi
Buddhism
(master of what?)
a Zen master
Kenzo Ala, master of archery
Analects
writings of Confucius
"Kung fu tze"
Han Fei-tzu
Buddhism
(Positive or negative view?)
only way to get people to do what's right is coerce people
make order in society by force
rewards and punishment
"leader of Realists" pessimistic view
Mo-tzu
Buddhism
(Who was in between Han and Mo?)
no law, just love
Love child of China
if have enough love, it will answer all problems
optimistic view
(Kung Fei-tzu/Confucius in between Han and Mo: the middle path)
Jen
Buddhism
(What does he believe in?)
the model of the middle path in society
social harmony, he believes it is possible
believes in rules and regulations, but also relationships
especially family
Chun-tzu
(Levels?/What is it the gift of?)
(Model/Dr. Thomas' true model? EXAM ANSWER)
the person that embodies to create this social harmony
government levels and popular levels
gift of bringing everything together when there is chaos
(model = Dave roarman)
Li
(Different relationship behaviors?)
doing things in proper way
order is created, preserved, or restored
rules deal with different relationships
certain behaviors appropriate in different relationships (including relationship between father and the mother)
Te
(What is respected?/What is the driving force?)
Power, that resides within Chun tzu/different rules between relationships
morality is powerful and respected within society
(Driving force: the sense of what is good and what is evil)
Wen
(Prime purpose for who?)
translates as the arts of Peace
prime purpose of art for Confucious
Tao te Ching
(For what religion?)
primary text for teachings of Daoism (focuses on nature)
Tao
Daoism
basic principle/movement of nature balancing itself
what is on right or left
"what its about"
Lao-tzu
(Daoist/What were his principles?)
by tradition, founder of Daoism
no prominent political position
"principles of blending with flow of nature"
not much info, subject to question (apart of Daoism mythology)
Wu Wei
(How must one act to achieve?)
"actionless action"
not acting on world to make conscious change
simply go with flow of nature without interference
Yin
(balancing acts)
passive side
recessive
Yang
(balancing acts)
more active side
aggressive
T'ai Chi
Daoism
(Combo of what?/What does it illustrate?)
combination of exercise and dance
illustrates the balancing acts of the tao
I Ching
(Original way and modern way?)
book of oracles
take any question you have to oracle
(Originally started by tossing 40 sticks in air and observing how they land on ground and how you pick up)
moder way to use coins
Similarities between buddhism and hinduism
belief in Karma and reincarnation
Daoism
(Formerly known as? Basic principles?)
formerly Taoism
(path of nature)
basic principle of balance
blending in with flow of nature
Confucianism
(Path?/Goal?)
path of society
goal: to have harmonious society
Buddhism
nothingness (the very thing that holds this together)
"path within"
the middle path
into the path of meditation
Hinduism
(Means of salvation?/Goal of religion?)
"everythingness"
Reaching enlightenment by the Path of Knowledge, the Path of devotion, or the Path of Good Deeds
(To break the cycle of birth, death and reincarnation, and attain salvation)