| Term | Definition |
| Aryans | light skinned people group who invaded Inida from the north |
| Samsara | another word for reincarnation |
| Noble Eightfold Path | "right" actions to achieve gaol to renounce desire |
| The "Buddha" | Sidhartha Gautama |
| Vishnu | Hindu god "The Preserver or Renewer"
Siva |
| Karma | what goes around comes around; fulfill Dharma to best of abilities= good karma |
| Moksha | similar to enlightenment - not a place attained when the soul becomes completely pure and detached from everything on earth |
| Nirvana | highest state of enlightenment in Buddhism |
| Trimurti | Brahma, Sina, and Vishnu |
| Brahman | supreme spirit but not a god |
| Why was Hinduism more successful in India than Buddhism? | Hinduism is polytheistic (more than one god); absorbed Buddhism |
| Vedras | sacred texts of the Aryans |
| Caste system | class system into which a person is born and stays in for their entire life |
| Enlightenment | clarification - gaining understanding of something - learning |
| How is the Dalai Lam chosen? | by supernatural mean or by things like watching a child's attraction to the Dalai Lama's possessions |
| Sudras | bottom of the caste system - slaves |
| Siva | Hindu god "The Destroyer" |
| Brahmins | top of the caste system |
| Four Noble Truths | *suffering is everywhere
*suffering is cause by greed and selfishness
*to escape suffering a person must renounce desire
*eightfold path is how to renounce desire |
| Order of Indian Caste system | Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Untouchables |
| Similarities between Hinduism, Buddhism | Karma, reincarnation |
| How is Buddhism different from other major world religions? | No God, no soul |
| Dalai Lama | leader-monk of the Tibetan Buddhists |
| Reincarnation | belief that when a person dies he will be reborn into another creature |
