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chpts 10

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agnostic   one who believes that we can't know for sure whether God exists  
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athiest   one who believes that God can't logically exist  
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atman   In hinduism, the individual soul that is part of a universal soul  
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Brahma   in Hinduism, a godlike personification of the creative principle of the universe  
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brahman   in Hinduism, the name given to the spiritual force that governs the universe; the universal soul  
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buddha   Sanskrit term for "the awakened one"; used in Hindu prophesies as a reference to a special being who comes along one in 25000 years and attains enlightenment without having to be reborn; the Buddha referse to Siddhartha Gautama-taught anyone can do this  
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Buddhism   lifestyle, meditation practice, and religion based on the teachings of the Buddha  
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caste   in India, a social class; in Hindu belief, determined by the moral quality of your previous life  
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creatio ex nihilio   Latin phrase meaning "creation out of nothing"; used in Judaism, Chritianity, and Islam to describe the universe that God made  
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dharma   in Hinduism, the moral structure underlying existence; in Buddhism, the quivalent of brahman, the universal soul; Chinese equivalent, Tao  
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dialectic   the philosophical method used by Socrates, involving question and answer  
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enlightenment   in Buddhism, the state achieved by the Buddha, total detachment, devoid of ego, in which one sees things as they really are  
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heresy   a belief held or statement made that challenged medieval Christian teachings  
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Hinduism   generic term for religion of India dating back to c. 1500 BC based on honoring numerous deities and a belief in reincarnation  
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Inquisition   high Christian court assembled beginning in the 13th century for the triat and sentencing of those convicted of heresy  
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karma   in Hinduism, a moral summoning up of one's deeds that determines where one will be in the next lifetime  
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materialism   a philosophy that says only matter is real  
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meditation   in Buddhism, the practice of sitting until one achieves a state of detachment from ego  
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moksha   in Hinduism, Sanskrit term given to the state of eternal bliss achieved after having successfully gone through many rebirths  
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monotheism   religion based on one supreme god  
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nirvana   in Buddhism, a state of bliss attainable to those who devote their lives to meditation and a transcendence of ego; adopted into English to mean a totally stress-free condition  
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polytheism   religion based on more than one god  
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pragmatism   philosophy developed in America which holds that the truth of an idea is measurable by experiment and practical outcomes  
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predestination   a belief stated by Augustine that one's entire life, including moral and immoral choices, is already determined before birth; in Calvinism, the belief that one is born either for salvation or damnation  
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Shiva   in Hinduism, a personification of the principle of change; of destroying what Brahma has created in order to make way for the new; the 2nd god in the Hindu trinity  
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Talmud   a collection of writings that interpret the Torah and provide clarification of biblical laws  
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Tao   in Taoism, the moral order that rules the universe  
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Thomism   name given to the logical system developed by Aquinas, strongly influenced by Aristotle, to prove the existence of God  
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Torah   the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible - Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut; attributed to Moses  
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Unmoved Mover   what Aristotle called the force that always existed and was responsible for setting the entire universe in motion but was not in itself set in motion by anything preceding it  
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Vishnu   in Hinduism, the principle that creates a balance b/t the need for permanence and the need for change  
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wu wei   phrase used in Taoism that translates as "to do w/o doing"' means that people who live their lives in tune with the moral order of the universe will always do the right thing  
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yang   in Taoism, the active component of existence, symbolized in art as the white crescent of a circle, which also contains a small black circle; the yang is balanced by and works w/ the yin  
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yin   in Taoism, the passive component of existence, symbolized in art as the black crescent of a circle, which also contains a small white circle; the yang is balanced by and works w/ the yang  
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Zen   austere and monastic form of Buddhism, centering on the highly disciplined practice of meditating for very long periods of time; from the Chinese ch'an, meaning "mediation"  
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