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1
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“As this [your body], so that. As that, so this. It gives off a foul stench, the delight of fools. Then was I disenchanted with the body and dispassionate within: Heedful, detached, calmed was I. Unbound.” Who said this?

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Nanda, a Buddhist nun

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2
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Distaste with body and sexuality

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Buddhist

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3
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no immortal soul

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early buddhism

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4
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escatology

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theory of end times

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5
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how is mahayana different from early buddhism

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multiple buddhas and bodhisatvas

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6
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hindu idea of karma

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ritual action

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7
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jain idea of karma

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only bad karma that weighs you down

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8
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buddhist idea of karma

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specifies where one will be reborn

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9
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terrabotta funeral

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family donate to monks and they come speak at fuera;l

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10
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avalokitsevera

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buddhism

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11
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concern with worldly possession

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mahayana buddhism

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12
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arjuna

three paths to liberation (action, loving devotion to god)

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hinduism

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13
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the creator is making me like this

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daoism

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14
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dharma

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moral duty

cosmic order

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15
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agni

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vedic god of fire, carries sacrifices to gods

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16
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how hindus dispose of bodies

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cremation

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17
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yama

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vedic god of death, first being to die

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18
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brahman

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one god in upanishadic religion

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19
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the man

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hindu text

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20
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pitra

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transformation into an ancestor

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21
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preta

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hungry ghost, not supported by living

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22
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sannyasa

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devoting life to finding religious truth

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23
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samsara

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idea of life death and rebirth

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24
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upanishadic idea of karma

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all actions and their cnsequences

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25
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atman

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human self

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26
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moksha

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liberation

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27
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three paths to liberation in bhagavad gita

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path of action (karma)
knowledge (jnana)
devotional love (bhakti) (most accessible)

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28
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naraka

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hells

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29
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shraddha

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memorial rites, construct body that allows spirit to become ancestor

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30
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rite of renunciation

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symbolic death

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31
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jina

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conqueror

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32
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mahavira

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founder of jainism

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33
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tirthankara

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religious teacher, build bridge across river

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34
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ahimsa

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non violence

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35
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jiva

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soul

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36
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soteriology

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salvation

37
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sallekhana

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the good death, slowly starve to death while reciting mantra

38
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punya

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generate merit

39
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buddha

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awakened one

40
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boddhisatva

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not fully enlightened

41
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nirvana

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outside of cycle of samsara

42
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parinirvana

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death of enlightened one

43
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anatman

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no immortal soul

44
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dependent origination

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everything that exists is causal

45
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six realms of rebirth

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what you can be reborn into depending on karma

46
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four nobles truths

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life is unsatisfactory
suffering is caused by craving
craving can cease
cessation of craving through the eightfold path

47
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sangha

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community of buddhist monks and nuns

48
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eightfold path

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morality
insight
wisdom

49
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jataka

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“earth story” the origin of the buddha

50
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stupa

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mound that holds remains of buddha

51
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avalokitsevera

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boddhisattva that listens to people in need of help

52
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kshitigarbha

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boddhisattva that aids those stuck in hells

53
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parable of burning house

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house- samsara
children- humans
cart- vehicle

54
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ghost festival

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support all of the dead

55
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yulanben sutra

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tries to feed his mother who is a hungry ghost but cant

56
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pure land

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not part of the cycle of samsara

57
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buddha of infinite life

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creator and overseer of pure land

58
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pure land

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not part of the cycle of samsara (mahayana buddhism)

59
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mandala

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geometric image of abodes of buddhas used during visualisation

60
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vajra

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object used during ritual

61
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delok

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return from death

62
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tulku

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incarnate buddha/boddhisattva

63
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bardo thodol

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book about states between death and birth

64
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tibetan sky burial

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body fed to birds

65
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ling

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spiritual potency, power to influence world

66
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extrahuman world

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spiritual world where beings are not superhuman or supernatural

67
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ming

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alotted lifespan that can be changed

68
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wu

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communicate with spirits

69
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qi

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energy

70
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dao

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makes things as they are

71
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hun and po

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po soul is tied to body, hun is free to leave

72
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filial and incorrupt

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if individual mourned properly they were given a government position

73
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xian

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the immortal, benevolent

74
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spirit register

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list of gods that can be called upon

75
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soul silk

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paper with details of deceased person, offerings are made to it, rite of passage to ancestor

76
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kubler ross five stages of grief

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denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

77
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bonanos theory of grief

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chronic, recovery, resilience

78
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symbolic immortality

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biological, creative, theological, natural (part of the process), experiential (shift in mindset)

79
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bill c 14

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allows physician assisted suicide

80
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disenfranchised grief

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social support for people who have an established relationship with disease but not those who dont

81
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phase of negated death

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tries to resurrect, wash body, spoken to as if theyre alive

82
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muen

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graves that have no ties (are not paid for)

83
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will di?

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chinese religion

84
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one who does this will become this

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hinduism

85
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recite copy and preserve the sutra

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mahayana buddhism

86
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tries to feed mother rice but cant

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mahayana buddhism

87
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mother feared thunder

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confucianism

88
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ritual propriety

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confucianism

death and afterlife (3 decks)

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