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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Vedas mean:

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Wisdom

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Rig Veda:

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Cosmology and that the universe is cyclical

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How man Epochs are there? and which one are we in?

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4 epochs and Kalki period

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Yajur Veda

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Followed by Priests

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Sama Veda

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For music and meditation

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Athrava Veda

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Gurus and spiritual mentors

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Upanishads mean

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“sitting near” but are books

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Brahman means

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Oneness of all reality, consciousness, found within you

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Atman

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Essence or what could be considered a soul

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Maya

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The world is real but illusory, like social standards, fear money

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Karma

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The law of sowing and reaping

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What is Linear Karma

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Action = reaction

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What is Metaphysical Karma

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Multiple lives, that your past life and current life offset the next

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14
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What is Samsara

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The wheel of existence; reincarnation or atman

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15
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What is Moksha

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Liberation from Karma and Samsara or also called ego death

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16
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Name all those in the caste system

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Priest or gurus
Warrior class & rich
Merchant class or middle class
Peasants or working poor
untouchables, so poor that they could not receive medical care
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17
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What are the hindu stages of life

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Student stage from 5-20, practiced celibacy
Householder stage from 20-60, focus on family
Retiree stage 60+ to focus on religion
Sannyasin stage gives up everything to search for new meaning, sometimes living in communal groups

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18
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What are Yogas?

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Pathways to enligthment

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19
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What is Jnana Yoga?

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Pathway to knowledge

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20
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What is Karma Yoga?

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Actions

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21
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What is Bhakti Yoga?

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The loving a personal god

22
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What is Raja Yoga

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Medidation

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What is Hatha Yoga

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Physical yoga

24
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What is Kundalini Yoga

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Physical yoga with the 7 chakras

25
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Who are the three Male Hindu Deities and what are they?

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Brahma: the Creator deistic
Vishnu: Creation/ positive ex of avatar would be jesus or buddha
Shiva: Destruction/ negative but also creator

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What are avatars

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physical manifestation of deities

27
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Who are the 3 femal hindu deities

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Devi: Mother, similar to Mary
Durga: Always riding a tiger, meaning Justice and to vanquish evil
Kali: Destruction and evil, depicted as the great multitasking

28
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4 Passing Sights of Buddhism

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  1. Pain, the dying old man
  2. Disease, leper sick on the street
  3. Death, Seeing a corpse for the first time
  4. Renunciation; Pilgrim who gives everything up
29
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Asceticism means what

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Self Denial

30
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What is the middle way

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living between the two extremes of materialism and asceticism

31
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What are the 3 Jewels of Buddhism

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  1. The Buddha, the idealized human who is “woke”
  2. Dharma, The teachings
  3. Sanha: Community of monks or nuns
32
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What are the 3 marks of reality

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  1. change
  2. suffer, we reject change
  3. No Permanent self, anatta, no enduring self
33
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What are the 4 noble truths

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  1. From birth to death is suffering
  2. We suffer therefore we crave and desire
  3. Ending suffering means ending your attachments
  4. Follow the 8 fold path
34
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What is the Right Understand

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Recognizing everything is impermanent

35
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What is the right intentions

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Minimize your attachments

36
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What is the right speech

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Be kind, have empathy and think before you speak

37
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What is the right actions

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Ahimsa, non violence

38
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What is the right work

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good career and purpose, find your passion, live to work or work to live

39
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Right effort

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Moderation in all things

40
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Right mindfulness

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Meditation

41
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Right contemplation

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Samadhi, inner peace

42
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What is Theravada Buddhism

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“way of the elders” the traditional path and focuses on path 1

43
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What is the Tripitaka

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Book for buddhism

44
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Mahayana Buddish is what

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“the Big vehicle” focus on path f4

45
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Karuna means what

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compassion

46
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Bodhisattva

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Nirvana, to take on the suffering of others and return to reincarnate

47
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What is Zen Buddhism

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Meditation and sittingf

48
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Satori means what

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Momentary Enlightenment

49
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What is Koan

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Illogical riddle for thinking outside of the box

50
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What is a Lama

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A person with elements of buddha

World Religions (4 decks)

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