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CHAPTER 3
HUMANITIES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| UNTOUCHABLES | "OUTSIDER" IN THE INDIAN CAST SYSTEM |
| YIN & YANG | DESIGN THAT DESCRIBES THE CREATIVE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE & THE NATURAL ORDER ITSELF HAVING 2 PARTS: MALE & FEMALE |
| DRAGON | "BEAST THAT STOOD FOR STRENGTH, FERTILITY, & LIFE GIVING WATER REPRESENTED THE CHINESE ROYAL FIGURE |
| THE AMERICAS | NORTH, SOUTH, & MIDDLE (MESO-AMERICA) PARTS OF PRESENT-DAY MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA |
| VISHNU | OFTEN SUCLPTURES RESEMBLE THOSE OF THE BUDDHA; HE WAS THE INDIAN SUN GOD |
| OLMEC HEADS | A MESO-AMERICA CULTURE THAT HONORED THEIR RULERS BU CARVING COLOSSAL STONE HEADS |
| KARMA | HOLDS THE COLLECTIVE SPIRITUAL ENERGY GAINED FROM ACCUMULATED DEEDS DWTERMINES ONE'S PHYSICAL STATE ON THE NEXT LIFE |
| NASCA LINES | ON THE PLAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN PERU, ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF EARTHWORKS IN THE SHAPE OF GEOMETRIC FIGURES...CREATED BY REMOVING SURFACE STONES TO EXPOSE THE YELLOW SOIL BENEATH...FULLY VISIBLE FROM ABOVE |
| SHIVA | SURROUNDED BY A RING OF FIRE, _______ DANCES THE ETERNAL RYTHEMS OF THE UNIVERSE: BIRTH, DEATH, & REBIRTH |
| RAMAYANA | ONE OF INDIA'S GREAT EPICS: :SONE OF PRINCE RAMA" |
| CHINA'S EARLY SHANG DYNASTY | WITH ROYAL AUTHORITY SYMBOLIZED BY THE DRAGON: ROYAL TOMBS WERE FILLED WITH TREASURES |
| CALLIGRAPHY | BEAUTIFULL WRITING; USUALLY WITH BRUSH & INK IN CHINA |
| DAOISM | THIS PHILOSOPHY EMBRACES A UNIVERSAL & NATURAL PRINCIPLE - THE DAO OR "WAY" IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN THE HARMONY OF THINGS |
| YOGA | MEDITATION TECHNIQUES WHICH SEEK LIBERATION OF THE SELF & UNION WITH THE SUPREME SPIRIT |
| NIRVANA | ULTIMATE GOAL OF EVERY HINDU (WHEN UNION OF BRAHMAN & ATMAN; RESULTING IN THE REJECTION OF THE MATERIAL WORLD) |
| ATMAN | IS SELF ("SOULDLESS, FORMLESS, INTANGIBLE, UNDYING, TASTELESS, ORDERLESS, WITHOUT BEGINNING, WITHOUT END, ETERNAL, IMMUTABLE, & BEYOND NATURE") |
| CHINA'S TANG & SONG | CHINA EXPERIENCE A FLOWERING OF CULTURE/CONFUCIAN, DAO, & BUDDHIST PRACTICES CONTINUES INTO THE NEXT ERA. |
| CASTE SYSTEMS | IN INDIAN, THE HIERARCHICAL ORDER MARKED THE SOCIAL RANKING OF INDIVIDUALS STARTING WITH THE MOST PRIVILEGED: PRIESTS & SCHOLARS, RULERS & SCHOLARS, RULERS & WARRIORS, ARTISANS & MERCHANTS, AND SKILLED WORKERS |
| BHAGAVF-GITA | (POEM: SONG OF GOD) "IN THE MOST FAMOUS PART, A DIALOGUE TAKES PLACE BETWEEN ARJUNA & KRISHNA, SEEKS TO RECONCILE HIS MATERIAL OBLIGATIONS WITH HIS SPIRITUAL QUEST FOR SELFLESSNESS |
| PANTHEISM | 'IDENTIFICATION OF THE DIVINE WITH THE UNVARYING RHYTHMS OF NATURE" |
| VEDAS | "SACRED KNOWLEDGE" INDIA'S OLDEST DEVOTIONAL TEXTS IT IS A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS & HYMNS |
| ORACLE BONES | ON THE SURFACES OF ANIMAL BONES, SHANG DIVINERS INSCRIBED QUESTIONS...HEATED TO CREATE CRACKS THAT THE PREIESTS MIGHT READ & INTERPRET |
| BRAHMAN | INDIAN GOD; ALL PREVADING COSMIC-SPIRIT (IS INFINITE, FORMLESS, & ULTIMATELY UNKNOWABLE |
| MAHABHARATA | ONE OF INDIA'S GREAT EPICS: "GREAT DEEDS OF BHARATA CLAN" |
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