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Final Exam Flashcards

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Progressive Revalation

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Religious truth is revealed by God progressively and cyclically over time through a series of divine messengers with teaching tailored to suit the needs of their time/place of appearance.
Baha’i

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Baha’i

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A monotheistic religion emphasizing the spiritual unity of humankind
- Unity of God - Unity of Religion - Unity of Humanity
Follower of Bahaullah

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The Bab

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“The Gate” Publically executed by a 750 man firing squad. Station Prophet- Herald ministry from 1844-1850
Baha’i

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Baha’u’llah

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“The Glory of God” Died in Exile in Palestine - Station:Prophet - Founder ministry from 1863-1892
Baha’i means follower of Bahaullah
Baha’i

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Manifestation of God

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Manifestation NOT Incarnation - These are the Baha’i prophets, who reflect the attributes of the divine into the human world
Baha’i

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Pluralism

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An attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society

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Interfaith Dialogue

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Cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religion/beliefs/traditions

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Perspectivism

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Reality is One.

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Inclusivism

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Religions refer ultimately to the same truth, they all point to reality.

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Exclusivism

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Only one religion is true, salvfic or correct

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Adi Granth

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Sikhism - “The First/Beggining Scripture” affirmed as the perpetual Guru of the Sikhs

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Nama

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Sikhism - Nature of God -“The Name”
Ineftable, beyond name and form, called by different names.
God is eternal, unborn, omniscient, omnipotent and creator of the universe.
God cannot incarnate itself or dwell on earth
god is both transcendent and immanent
God is gracious and merciful

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Khalsa

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Sikhism- “Royal Domain” “community of the pure”
The calling of five soliders to dir for their faith by guru Singh - He gave them a name singh “lion” to baptized members of the Khalsa and charged them to crusade the battle of righteousness - He then asked them to basptize him.

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Guru Gobind Singh

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Sikhism
Instituted the 5K’s
The symbols of devotion and protection opened up the Khlsa to members of all classes, regardless of caste.
Ended the hereditary office of the Guru and gave the Adi Granth the status of Guru

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5Ks

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Sikhism 
Ways to show devotion
Instituted by Guru Gobin singh
Kesh - uncut hair and beard
Kirban - sword
Kara- Steel bracelet
Kachh- Short pants
Kangh- comb
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Gobind Singh

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Sikhism
the 10th guru - 1675-1708
founded the Kalsa - royal domain

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Nanak

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The first of 10 gurus
Born into the warrior caste
Nanak’s birth, is the beggining of the Sikh calendar

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Guru

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Sikhism
A communicator of divine truth and grace invested with the authority to speak God’s word
The guidance of the Gurus is said to aid the individual Sikh attain moksha

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Sikh

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Sikhism
Disciple
one who believes in -One God - ten gurus and their teachings -Adi Granth

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Ali

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Islam
The reason of the Islam culture splitting
Sunni’s consider Ali the fourth and final caliphs
Shia’s regard Ali as the first Imam- Sright successor to Muhammad

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A H

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Islam Anno Hegirae

In the year of the hijrah

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Hijrah

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Islam
The prophet Muhhamed’s migration from Meccas to Medina in order to escape persecution.
Between June 21- July 2

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Masjid/ Mosque

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Islam

place for Muslim worship

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Mecca

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Islam
Holy City of Islam
where muslim makes their pilgimage to once in their lifetime “Center of the World”

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Muslim

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Islam
“submitter”
one who submits (out of free choice) to Allah and follows the laws and teaching of Islam

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Sufi

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Islam “the science of the direct knowledge of God”
The mystical side of Islam
1%

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Rumi

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Islam

Poet- Don’t know a thing about it

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Rasul

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Islam
“Messenger” “Envoy”
one who rings a new revelation, often in the form of new scripture and new laws
-Christ -Muhammad

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Nabi

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Islam
“A Prophet:
One who prophesies within an existing religion
*2 kinds of prophets

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Jihad

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Islam
Misinterpreted as “holy war”
But it really means, the struggle is real
The greater jihad- personal struggle of ego
the lesser juhad- a military struggle

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Shia

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Islam
“Follower of Ali”
The 16% of all Muslim
90% in Iran, where is it the state of religion
60% in Iraq
Leadership is based on descendants of Muhammad

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Sunni

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Islam
"The people of the tradition"
The orthodox and powerful majority of Muslim 
83% of Muslims are Sunni
Leadership decided by popular consencus
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Shariah

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Islam
Islamic law
Based upon the Hadith

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Surah

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Islam

“rows” “series” “chapters”

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Caliph

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Islam

“temporal ruler” Sunni

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Qur’an

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Islam
“The Mother Book”
revelation about morality and divine law with little narrative
emphasis on the Divine Word

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Islamism

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Islam
a political movement
compare to KKK

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Islam

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“Submission”
a peace and tranquility that results from submitting one’s will to the will of Allah.
A religious tradition - advocates non violence
compared to Chrisitanity

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Muhammad

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Islam
“Highly praised”
The Messenger of God

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Allah

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Islam
“The God”
The Arabic word for God, and acording to Islam, the same God of the Christians and Jews

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Hadith

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Islam
“sayings” “statements”
SACRED TEXTS
This is the recordings of Muhammad and his followers

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Tawhid

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Islam
“to declare oneness”
The central concept around which a Qur’anic and for that matter all Islamic teachings revolve is the absolute unity or oneness of God”
emphasized repeattedly throughout the Qur’an

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Tahzih

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Islam

Elmination of all human being like traits

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Shirk

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Islam
One of the two major Human sins
Sin by association, associating anything other than God with the divine

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Kufir

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Islam
One of the two major Human sin
Unbelief in God, atheism, active denial of God even ungratefulness to God.

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Arkan ad-Din

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Islam
The Five Pillars of Islam
accepted by all branches of Islam

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Kaaba

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Islam
“the black cube”
in the center of Mecca, where pilgrim set of to on their pilgrimage to pray.

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Hajj

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Islam
The fifth pillar of Islam
Pilgirmage

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Sawm

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Islam
4th pillar of islam
fasting
Ramadan - abstain from food, drink, smoking and sexual relations during the daylight hours of Ramadan

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Zakat

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Islam
3rd pillar of Islam
purification
tithing, giving 2.5% of your total income (at least) to furth the cause of Islam

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Salat

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Islam
2nd pillar of Islam
prayer
5 times a day

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Shahadah

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Islam
1st pillar of Islam
“There is no God but God and Muhammad if the Messenger of God”

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Ramadan

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Islam

The month commemorating when Muhammad first began to receive revelation from Allah

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Allah-u-Akbar

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Islam
“God is Greater”
apart of the daily obligatory prayer (2nd pillar of Islam)

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Shimenawa

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Shinto
A roper made of twisted star and adorned with hanging strips of straw or zig zag
MARKS OF A SACRED SPOT

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Torii

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Islam
All Shinto shines have a Torii
A distinctive open gate or archway which makes the approach of entrance to the sacred space of a Shinto Shrine

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Kami

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Shinto
Divinity - Spirits- Deity
“Anything whatesoever that is outside the ordinary, that possess superior power of that is awe- inspiring”

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Shinto

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Shinto

‘The way of the spirits”

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Kami No Michi

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Shinto

The way of the Kami

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Orthopraxy

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Chinese Religions

Doing the right way rather the right beleif

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Orthodoxy

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Chinese Religions

Believing right rather than doing right

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Chuang Tzu/Zhuangzi

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Daoism
Philosopher, referred to as Master Zhuang, who lived between 399-295 BCE
authored the Divine Classic of Nan-hua

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Dao Jiao/ Dao Jia

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Daoism
Jia- Philosphical Daoism “The School of the Way”
Jiao- religious daoism “Teachings of the way”

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Yin and Yang

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Daoism
Yin and Yang compliment eachother
The good and the bad of life

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Wu-Wei

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Daoism
non action
going with the flow

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ShangTi

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`Daoism

Ruler on High

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Tian

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Daoism

Heaven

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Dao/Tao

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Daoism

The way of the universe

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Tai Chi

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Daoism
Ridge Beam
A term denoting the supreme ultimate, or ultimate reality, the primordial ground of being from which everything arisies

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Tao Te Ching

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Daoism
The Book of the Way and it’s Power
written by Laozi

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Lao Tsu/Laozi

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Daoism
The Hermit Sage
“Old Master Lao” author of the Daodejing

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Yi/Yee

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Confucianism
Second of 5 Cardinal
righteousness in all action with all living things

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San Jiao/ Da Jiao

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Confucianism
Da Jiao - The Great Religion
The three sages of Dao Jiao Buddha, Laozi and Conficius
San Jiao
The Three Religions - Daoism, Confuscianism, Buddhism

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Mencius

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Confucianism
Master Meng
Philospher after confucius
One of the four books of Confician thought is called the Book of Mencius

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Wu Lun

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Confucianism
The Five Relationships
father son
older brother younger brother
husband wife
student teacher
friend and friend
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Wu Jing

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Confucianism
The Five Classics
History
Songs
Rites
Changes
Annals of Spring and Autumn
destroyed during the Chin Dynasty and were re-constructed in the Han Dynasty
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Wen

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Confucianism
The cultivation of “the arts of peace”
(fine arts) over the arts of the way

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Lee/Li

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Confucianism
Third of the Five Cardinal Virtues
Rituals and Ceramonies

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Kong Jia/ Kong Jiao

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Confucianism
Jia- Philosophical Confucianism - “The School of Kong”
Jiao- Religious Confucianism - “Teachings of the Kong”

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Ren/Jen

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Confucianism
“Two People”
The Ideal relationship between two or more people”
benevolence
Ren is expressed as 1. development of character 2.unselflessness

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I Ching/ Yi Ching

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Confucianism
The book of changes
4th of the 5th classics

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Hsiao/Xiao

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Confucianism
1 of the 5 relationships
Filial Piety- love of paretns, loyalty to parents

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Confucius

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Confucianism
Great Master Kong
not a religious prophet
teachings are basis of confucianism, but were discreditted during his life time

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Junzi

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Confucianism
The superior human being
TRUE HUMAN BEING

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Analects

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Confucinism

The Book of sayings of Confucius and his disciples

World Religions 2513 (1 decks)

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