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Asia Religions
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 4 Noble Truths | Explains the condition of suffering with an offer of "freedom" |
| 8- Fold Path | 8 practices to reach nirvana |
| After-Life | Life believed to follow death |
| Analects | Holy texts of Confucianism |
| Dharma | Your life's purpose/what you are born to do |
| Enlightenment | To be in context with the gods to get information from them like wisdom |
| Filial Piety | Showing respect for ones parents and elder |
| Indigenous | People native to a region and have long standing culturally historical, and ancestral ties to the land |
| Kami | Spiritual beings that are in ancestors, nature, and souls of great leaders |
| Karma | Your actions and behaviors that determines your next life |
| Mandir | Religious temples where people worship gods |
| Moksha | Living a perfect life and breaking the cycle of reincarnation |
| Monotheism | Believing in one god |
| Moral | What a person thinks/believes is right or wrong |
| Nirvana | A state of perfect happiness breaking the cycle of reincarnation |
| Philosophy | A way of living life |
| Polytheism | Believing in more than one god |
| Reincarnation | The cycle of being reborn, death, and life |
| Religion | Belief or worship of a higher power |
| Ritual | Ceremonials or rites used in a place of worship |
| Samsara | The cycle of life, death, reincarnation, and Moksha |
| Shrine | A place where people give offerings to a higher power |
| Sutras | The holy texts of Buddhism containing Buddhist teachings |
| Temple | A place of worship and meditation |
| Torii | The gateway of a Shinto shrine |
| Vedas | Main text of Hinduism |
| Vihara | A Buddhist Monetary |