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IHUM 241 Flashcards

1
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The attribution of a soul to something inanimate is known as

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animism

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2
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The Confucian value Ren means

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Humaneness

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The Confucian value Li means

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propriety, sense of order

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4
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The Daoist idea that things backfire if you try to hard is

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

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5
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Buddhism originated in

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India

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6
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A believer of Pure Land Buddhism can receive grace by saying

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Namu Amida Butsu

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7
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What are the 5 Confucian relationships?

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Ruler – subject
Father – son
Older brother – younger brother
husband – wife
senior friend – junior friend

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What are the 4 noble truths of Buddhism?

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  1. Life is suffering
  2. The origin of suffering is attachment
  3. End suffering by severing attachment
  4. Freedom from attachment is possible by following the Eightfold Path
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9
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Who is the author of the pillow book?

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Sei Shonagon

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10
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Who is the author of the Dao De Jing?

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Lao tzu

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Who is the author of the Confucian Analects?

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Confucius’s followers

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12
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Author of Account of my Heritage

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Kamo no Chomei

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13
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Architecture of Chinese Buddhism

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Cave temples and Pagodas

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14
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Art of Buddhism

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Mandala and Raigo

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15
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Cycle of life, death, and rebirth in Buddhism

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Samsara

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16
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Getting out of Samsara for esoteric Buddhism

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Getting out of Samsara for Pure Land Buddhism

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Getting out of Samsara for Zen Buddhism

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Meditation

19
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Zen aesthetics (wabi sabi)

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Austere, Imperfect, Incomplete, Suggestion, awareness of time

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Confucianism

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Social Harmony

21
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Shinto

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spirituality of Nature

22
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Daoism

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Non-action

23
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Buddhism

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Detachment from world

24
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Zen Buddhism

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Enlightenment

25
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Pantheism

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Belief that God is part of universe rather than outside it

26
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8 fold path

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leads to freedom from attachment

27
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tea ceremony

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Zen Buddhism

28
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Cosmology

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account of universe and how it came to be

29
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5 Central virtues of Confucianism

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Ren, Li, Uprightness, Knowledge, Faithfulness

30
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Literary Style of Dao De Jing

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Metaphors Parallel prose, Paradoxical statements

31
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Characteristics of sacred spaces

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set apart from everyday
utilize symbolic meaning
invite us to physically separate from world
reorients experience

32
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Bodhisattva

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help others reach Pure Land

33
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Upaya

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any means that helps those stuck to move forward (parable of burning house)

34
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Enlightenment sYmPtOms?

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  1. the world is transitory
  2. experience in the world is nondualistic
  3. meaning we impose on the world is an illusion

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