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Religions Quiz 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dharma (H) | "duty," job in life |
| moksha | "release," liberation from cycle |
| 3 yogas | "3 disciplines," how achieve moksha |
| karma | good and bad consequences, determine next life |
| dukkha | suffering and dissatisfaction |
| Nirvana | "enlightenment," freedom from cycle |
| Buddha | Siddartha Gautama, achieved nirvana and taught others |
| sutra | eyewitness accounts of Buddha's teachings |
| jnana yoga | meditation and philosophy |
| bhakti yoga | devotion to and favor from god |
| karma yoga | moral and ritual action |
| devotional | insider, faith. doing religion |
| academic | outside, understand not practice |
| substantive definition | religion is |
| functional definition | religion does |
| religion assumptions | internal diversity, change over time, influences all parts of culture |