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