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Buddhism spreads in the

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300 BCE

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Buddhism arises from

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Hinduism

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Where was Hinduism dominant

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India

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What had Buddhism reject

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the class structure of the existing Vedic system

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The core of Buddhism is the

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4 noble truths and 8 practises

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How does Buddhism arise

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teachings of Prince Siddhartha Gautama

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What were the teachings of Prince Siddhartha Gautama?

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Had a rich family.
leaves the palace and sees the suffering in the world which he had been unaware of
As a result, he takes an extreme path
comes to realize this isn’t the way either, meditates to find enlightenment, and calls for the middle way.

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What are the Vedic Periodès major religions

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Buddhism and Hinduism

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4 Noble truths

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  1. Life is suffering: we are imperfect, the world is imperfect; experiences are not ultimately satisfying
  2. This suffering has a cause – attachments to pleasure, to ourselves, because we are all just part of the universe.
  3. We can end suffering by detaching ourselves from desire.
  4. We can detach ourselves from the desire by following the Noble eightfold path
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what are the 8 noble paths

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  1. right view
  2. right livelihood
  3. right intention
  4. right effort
  5. right speech
  6. right mindfulness
  7. right action
  8. right concentration
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Who is a key figure in the spread of Buddhism

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Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire

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Why do some religions not like to represent their god(s) as human or something known

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seen to limit or disrespect their power and the god

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Aniconic

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a representation of deities that are symbolic or abstract that do not show the deity in human form

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Iconoclasm

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The DELIBERATE destruction of images, especially those thought to be idolatrous or incorrect

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In the early phase, Buddhism is generally

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Aniconic

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16
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What is an early example of state support of Buddhism

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The Ashokan Pillar

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The Top of the Asokan Pillar is usually a

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lion capital

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the column of the Ashokan Pillar is

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a single stone

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The ____ is a symbol of Budah

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lion

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on the lion capital, lions face 4 directions to show

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the 4 corners of the world

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what does the bottom of the capital made to look like

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a lotus flower with its leaves down

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what was lotus associated with

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purity and cleanliness

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how do wheels represent Budah

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  1. the four wheels on a capital show his teachings around the world
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what is the oldest structure in India

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Great Stupa at Sanchi

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stupa

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a round mound of piled earth, and stone that is surrounded with more stone

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The stupa is designed to have

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no interior

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27
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what is believed to be inside each stupa

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the ashes of Budah

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how was a stupa used

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walk around the stupa in meditation

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Are stupa only seen in Budahism

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NO

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what does the domed part of the stupa represent

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the world

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Toranas

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Gates of the stupa (four)

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Chatras

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found at the top of the yasti

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what do the three levels of the chatras represent

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different faces of Budah
1. teacher
2. teaching
3. taught

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Yasti

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the top of the stupa that represents the connection of Heaven and earth

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Each Torana faces a different direction that represents

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the four great life events of Buddah
and the four different directions

36
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Each Torana faces a different direction that represents

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the four great life events of Buddha

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Four great life events of Buddah

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  1. Buddha’s birth
  2. Buddha’s enlightenment
  3. Buddha’s teachings
  4. Buddha’s Nirvana or death
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What is the Great Departure from the Torana gate a representation of

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an aniconic depiction of Buddha’s life story

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What do the footprints on the Torana represent

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Buddha’s death

40
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what do the umbrellas represent on the Torana

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Some of Buddha’s attendents

41
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Is Buddha directly represented in the Torana

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NO

42
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The Great Departure is the story of

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Buddha as he leaves his royal life

43
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Yakshi are found in which cultures

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Hindu
Buddhist
Jain

44
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the yakshi and yaksha are what

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the attendees of Kubera (Hindu god of Wealth)

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how are Yakshi often depicted

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wide hips
narrow waist
huge breasts
visible sexuality

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yonic

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shape of a female sex organ which symbol female power

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What are Yakshi guardians of

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treasures of the hidden earth (fertility, cycle of seasons)

48
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what is more prominent in Hindu and Buddhist

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body and sexuality

49
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Yakshi are often compared to an

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vertility goddess

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Votive

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offering to a god

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reliquary

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holder of relics which are the remains of a holy person or object associated with them

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votive can be used

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at home, smaller centers or as reliquary

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What do Buddha and Attendants show

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a shift to representing Buddha physically instead of by absence

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What is important about the physical representation of Buddha

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it cannot represent him after he’s reached death

55
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what is Buddha doing under a tree

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meditates

56
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what is the aura called

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a halo-like form

57
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what is the raised hand gesture in Buddha and Attendants mean

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  1. seen as a blessing
  2. seen as protection
  3. seen as a sign of “have no fear”
58
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Buddha is often seen as a

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teacher

59
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What do the distended earlobes mean on Buddha and Attendants

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  1. he is hearing and carrying all the worries of the world
  2. from all the jewels he would have worn as a prince
60
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Greco-Buddhist

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there was a lot of traffic in Western Asia between late Greek Hellenistic and then Roman visual traditions

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aspect of Greco-Buddhist

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  1. the slight bend in the knee
62
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visual representations starts _____ after his ____

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250 years and death

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is the date of Buddha’s death agreed

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NO

64
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Emperor Ashoka

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unites many parts of the Indian subcontinent and spreads Buddhism officially after 250 BCE

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despite spreading Buddhism in 250 BCE, _____ is still practiced

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Hinduism

66
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stupa

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memorial mound for cremated remains that is a representation of the Buddha and of his teachings

67
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Typically in early Buddhist art, it is

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aniconic

68
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when do we begin to see representations of the Buddha

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about 100 CE

69
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How was Buddha often represented in art

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  1. empty throne
  2. a wheel
  3. footsteps
  4. parasol
  5. stupa

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