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Chapter 3 Section 2,
World History
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atman | an essential self |
| Moska | union with brahman |
| Reincarnation | allows people to continue working toward Moska through several lifetimes |
| Karma | affects a person's fate in the next life, and people who act correctly are reborn closer to braham |
| Dharma | personal, religious, and moral duties |
| Ahimsa | nonviolence, toward all people and things |
| Siddhartha Gautama | he believed he understood the cause and cure for suffering; became known as Buddha, or "the Enlightened One" |
| Four Noble Truths | explain life as suffering and give ways to cure it |
| Eightfold Path | the fourth truth; includes "right aspirations" and directs people in achieving the goals of a moral life and enlightment |
| Nirvana | union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth |
| Sects | subgroups |