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hindusim/buddhism
flash card terms for my test on Hinduism/Buddhism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dualism | the concept of something being two different things at once, but one cannot exist without the other. |
| Arjuna | the central character in the Bhagavad Gita, a warrior |
| Mahabharata | The longest epic in the world, this poem contains the Bahagavad Gita |
| Bhagavad Gita | Part of the Mahabarata, a Hindu story about a warrior prince trying to follow his dharma. |
| Krishna | The seventh avatar of Vishnu, this character figures prominently in the Bahagavad Gita. |
| Laws of Manu | the laws that define the Hindu caste system |
| Caste | social groups that define your dharma, if you are a Hindu |
| Purusha | The divine primeval person, whose body parts became the four Hindu castes. |
| Vedas | The central, sacred texts of Hinduism |
| Upanishads | writing that are found in on book of the Vedas |
| Brahman | the great, infinite, source of everything that encompasses all. |
| Atman | the spark of Brahman inside of you, similar to the western concept of a soul |
| Karma | what happens in this life will affect what happens to you in other lives |
| Dharma | your duty in life, how to get good karma |
| Maya | the deceptive, material world that does not truly exist. |
| Shiva | the creator and destroyer god of the universe |
| Vishnu | A Hindu god that is great, all-being, with great, divine knowledge and can cross all being in three strides. |
| Ganesha | the god of wisdom and obstacles, this god has an elephant head. |
| Sage Sandilya | A sage who contributed to the writings of the Upanishads. |
| Samsara | the endless cycle of rebirth and redeath |
| Moksha | liberation, or release from the cycle of samsara. This happens when you stop believing entirely in Maya. Your atman then reunites with Brahman. |
| Siddharta Gautama | a prince who would end up creating Buddhism, and become the world’s first buddha. |
| Buddha’s story | The story of Siddharta Gautama's life: holy birth, prophecy, enclosure, sees real-life horrors, vows to find cause of suffering, doesn't find asceticism helpful, sits under Bo tree, becomes enlightened/discovers basic Buddhist concepts, teaches them |
| Middle Way | the way of Buddhism, neither being too moderate, nor too severe. |
| Mara | The Buddhist concept of the real world, a place that is always trying to tempt you with material desires. |
| Dharma | The teachings of the Buddha, the way the universe is run. |
| Dhamma | the teachings of the Dhammapada |
| Dhammapada | the central sacred text of Buddhism. |
| 4 Noble Truths | the central ideas for living that Buddhism gives to guide us |
| Eightfold Path | the guide on how to liberate the self from suffering and achieve Nirvana. |
| Five Precepts | not to destroy life, not to lie, not to use intoxicants, not to steal, not to abuse. |
| Buddha | a person who has became enlightened and has detached themselves from all material desires. |
| Buddha Nature | the potential that we have, in all of us, to become Buddhas. |
| Bodhisattva | an enlightened person who stays behind on earth to teach others how to achieve enlightenment. |
| Nirvana | the great place, beyond life or death, where people go when they become enlightened. |
| Sangha | a spiritual community for Buddhists. |
| Simplicity | In Buddhism, one must not live with attachments to any material objects. |
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