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World Religions 2860

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Religion   relationship between humans and the divine  
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Teological   beginning and end  
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Ethnocentric   you cannot convert into it  
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Non proselytize   not actively trying to convert  
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Non transcendental afterlife   no promise of an after life with a higher form of existence  
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Cosmogenic myth   creation myth  
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Shamanism   people who work with magic and intercede with the spiritual world for something  
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Divination   determining events  
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Belief in Mana   “innate power in things”  
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Animism   belief that inanimate & animate objects have a spirit connected with it.  
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Taboo   a “bad” cultural act  
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Totemism   connection between certain animals and a tribe or individual.  
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Catal Huyuk   7000BCE, oldest Neolithic settlement  
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Tengri and Etugen   Ski and Earth gods  
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Anu of Uruk   Sky god  
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Enlil or Bel of Nippur   wind and flood god  
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Nanna or Sin of Ur   Moon god  
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Utu or Shamash of Larsa and Sippar   Sun  
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Enki or Ea of Eridu   water and wisdom  
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Ninhursag or Aruru   Mother goddess  
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Ishtar   love and fertility. Universal goddess.  
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Osiris   Good.  
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Horus   son of Osiris “Sun god.”  
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Isis   Osiris’ wife. Mother of Horus.  
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Seth   evil, kills Osiris  
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Scales of Truth   weight of heart verses feathers.  
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Dyaus Pitar   “Zeus” Significant of Indo-European spread  
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Zeus   offspring of Kronos (time)  
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Poseidon   god of the sea  
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Hades   god of the underworld  
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Hera   wife of Zeus; goddess of women and marriage  
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Athena   goddess of civilization, wisdom, strength, craft, skill and justice  
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Ares   god of warfare, bloodlust  
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Demeter   goddess over grains, fertility of the Earth and harvest  
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Hestia   virgin goddess of the hearth  
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Hermes   messenger god and guide to the underworld  
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Apollo   god of light and sun, truth and prophecy, archery.  
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Aphrodite   goddess of love, beauty and sexuality.  
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Homer   Wrote the Iliad, ca 800BCE  
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Moira   fate, something destined to each individual  
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Hesiod   wrote origin (theogony) and genealogy of Gods  
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Xenophanes   (philosopher) divine, creative power. Gods were omniscient.  
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Socrates   critical of gods and myths.  
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Plato   student of Socrates, everything embodied the good. Human beings are a soul in a body seeking higher forms.  
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Aristotle   early ideas of gravity and force.  
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Oracles   woman who communicate with Gods  
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Delphi   oracle responsible for war  
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Humina   spirits  
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Mithra   Aranian, Indo-European god of war born on December 25th to a virgin mother.  
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Druids   priests.  
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Odin, Woden   father God and God of war. Very wise. Earth god.  
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Thor or Donar   Thunder god, sky god. Symbol was hammer.  
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Tyr, Tiw, Tiwaz   war god, the god of justice. One armed god.  
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Frigga   Earth goddess, odins consort  
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Valhalla   great hall where souls of great warriors live. Odin waits with army of Valkyries  
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Hel   ruler of Hel  
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Wignts   burial chambers  
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Gotterdammerung or Ragnarok   showdown where everyone dies and earth destroyed.  
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Jotunheim   realm of giants.  
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Axial age   500BCE to 400BCE. Change in attitudes, consciousness about religion.  
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Hinduism   19th century British term to define religion and people of India.  
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Law of Karma   cause and effect  
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Reincarnation   life after death.  
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Vedas   religious hymns. Sacred knowledge  
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Rajah   chief king  
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Indra   God of battle and lightning  
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Dasas   conquered indigenous population  
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Samhitas   sacred writings  
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Shruti   “that which is heard” or sacred core  
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Rig Veda   Veda of stanzas of praise. Gods are everywhere.  
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Devas   shining ones (devil)  
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Worship area   bare, open pit. Garhapatya, ahavaniya, dakshina  
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Soma   sacred drink (and god)  
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Brahmin   presents the Brahman prayer.  
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Purusha   cosmic man. God’s sacrifice.  
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Caste system   varnas  
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Prithivia Mater   Gaea. Mother earth.  
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Henotheism   no single god is paramount. None are all –powerful.  
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Indra   ruler of sky, controls storms/ monsoons. God of war.  
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Vajra   Thunderbolts  
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Rudra/ Shiva   the destroyer and the reviver.  
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Ushas   dawn. Female goddess.  
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Yama   first man to die, god of the dead  
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Varuna   god of the high, arch sky. Concerned with morality of the men.  
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Liturgical deities   gods involved in the ritual/ worship.  
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Agni   god of alter fire  
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Brihaspati   able to move gods and compel to grant powers  
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Yajur veda   prose, dedication, prayers, litanies  
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Sama veda   chants soma sacrifice  
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Atharva Veda   charms and spells. Beginnings of anatomically correct medicine  
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Varna   color  
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Kshatriays or Rajanyas   warriors  
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Vaisayas   commoners  
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Shudras   servants  
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Brahmanas   holy power of Brahman gives power to Brahmin.  
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Asvamedha   most lengthy and largest sacrificial ceremony. War offering.  
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Agnihotra   indoor offerings, at home. Ancestral offerings.  
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Brahma   creator of the universe, move to monotheism.  
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Upanishads   “sitting near” addendums to Vedas. Shruti.  
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Asceticism   activity of the mind and spirit. Seclusion, meditation, contemplation  
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Tapas   heat  
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Atman   inner self  
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Prakriti   here and now – outside world. Ignoring Atman leads to ignorance to suffering.  
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Monism   merging of dualities. Merging the mundane and the spiritual.  
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Moksha   release from being trapped in material world.  
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Brahman   immortal, existing as the lord, intelligent, omnipresent, the guardian of the world. “is he who constantly rules the world…”  
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Hiranyagarbha   golden egg.  
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Saguna Brahman   Manifest Brahman. Immediate, more approachable.  
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Birguna Brahman   unmanifest Brahman (neti neti). Ultimate.  
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Outcastes   not in castes, don’t fit in.  
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Jati   subgroups created over time  
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Law of Karma   how castes plays into religion. The more good in life, higher up you go.  
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Karma   determines ones future and why things are happening now.  
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Samsara   cycle of birth/ death  
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Kelpa   end and annihilation then return again. Cosmic cycle.  
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Dharma   sacred law.  
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Upanayana   sacred cord to mark caste  
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Kama   god of pleasure.  
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Artha   acquire “stuff” and power  
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Dharmasutra   books of law. How to unburden selves of the household.  
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Nirvana   the end of ignorance and claim to the world.  
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Sannyasin   homeless wanderer. Give up all; name and status.  
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Karma marga   the way of works.  
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Code of Manu   observe and participate in ones own caste  
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Sati   sacrifices self in husbands funeral. Cremation.  
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The jhana marga   the way of knowledge, based on Upanishads.  
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Bhakti marga   the way of devotion.  
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Bhagavad gita   song of lord, epic song.  
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Arjuna   warrior who faces dilemma before battle.  
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Trimurti   triad of gods  
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Vishnu   the preserver, preserving morals. Has 10 avatars (matsya the fish , kurma the tortois, varaha the boar, narisimha the man lion, vamana the dwarf, parasurama). Sits on the world serpent, lord of the world. (Shesh or Ananta, Garuda, Shakti)  
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Shiva the destroyer   “great god.” God of medicine, healing. Reproduction. (Mahadeva, lingham and yoni, ganesha, parvati, Nandi, Kali, feminine side).  
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Avatars   other forms of the gods.  
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Gurus   teacher, most highly honored Brahmin.  
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Ram mohan roy   focused on unity. Denounced polytheism.  
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Arya samaj   trying to establish universal religion.  
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Ramakrisha movement   incorporates western religions into Hinduism.  
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Mahatma Gandhi   pivotal in changing caste society.  
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Dharma   cosmic law or Dhamma. teachings of Buddha  
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Sasana   the teachings or laws  
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Sidhartha Gautama   Buddha. Known as Shakyamuni or Sakya muni  
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Bodi enlightenment   ones actions are motivated by desires, desires are attached to the world.  
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Mara   evil one tests Buddha three times.  
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Buddha   enlightened one  
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Dukkha   truth of suffering. Suffering comes from desire.  
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Samudaya   truth of arising of suffering  
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Nirodha   cessation of suffering  
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Magga   truth of the path  
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Dharmachakra   spokes on the wheel of life and enlightenment.  
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Tathagata   truth finder  
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Arahat   saint  
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Sangha   order or community  
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Anicca   impermanence  
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Anatta   ultimate unreality of the atman  
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Dukka   suffering comes from inebulous mind.  
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Nirvana   better existence than physical now  
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Vinaya sutra   voice of Buddha  
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Abhidamma   addendums  
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Swarga   heaven or paradise  
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Ashoka   son of Chandragupta. Was harsh and warlike but then sees change, converts to Buddhism.  
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Rajagana   saints, arahats meet to write holy books  
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Dyana   knowledge  
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Prajna   highest wisdom  
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Bodhi   enlightenment  
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Boddhisatva   denies nirvana to stay on earth and teach others  
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Maitreya   messiah  
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Jataka   holy texts  
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Avalokita   the lord who looks down from above  
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Kshitagaran   heaven for those who have repented  
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Dyani Buddhas   tathagatas. contemplative buddahs. Always dressed as monks.  
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Varocana   solar Buddha  
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Amatersasu   Japanese sun goddess  
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Amitabha   deals with future bliss.  
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Tantric Buddhism   book learning is not the most affective, learn from guru. Sex  
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Pure land school of thought   reach blissful heaven. Good works aren’t needed, just faith and humility.  
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Namu O Mituo Fo   All hail great Buddah  
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Chan & Zen   meditation, enlightenment  
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Tian Tal   rationalists. Seeks balance between mediation and text.  
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Nichiren   Japanese Buddhism.  
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Vajrayan   diamond or thunderbolt vehicle. Quickest path to enlightenment.  
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Lamas   monks in yellow hat sect. essentially boddhisatva.  
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Dalai Lama   oceanic priest.  
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Mahavira   great hero.  
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Ahimsa   non injury to all living things.  
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Jina   the conqueror  
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Salla Khana   voluntary self starvation.  
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Karma   matter that forms on the soul. Chief goal of Jainism is to get rid of Karma  
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Siddha   liberated from world, soul rises to highest part of the universe or isatpragbhara.  
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Isatpragbhara   highest point of the universe. Universe is shaped like a human body.  
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Shvetambaras   white clan, wear white robes. Woman can be members.  
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Digamaras   nude. No women.  
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Sthanakavasis   do not tolerate idols or symbols.  
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Nanak the guru   founder of Sikhism  
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Mardana   follower  
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Japoi   preamble  
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Maya   focus on god  
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Kesh   long hair  
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Kangha   comb  
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Kachh   breeches, shorts  
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Kara   steel bracelet  
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Kirpan   sword  
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