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Jainism Flashcards

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1
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Originator of Jainism

Parallels with Buddha’s life

A

Mahavira

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The 24 illustrious teachers

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Tirthankaras

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Shvetambaras think the 19th Tirthankara to be a woman

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Malli

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A rival religion created by Mahavira’s disciple

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Ajivaka

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The “sky-clad” sect

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Digambaras

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The “white-clad” sect

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Shvetambaras

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Negative substance that sticks to the soul

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Karma

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Heaven

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Ishatpragbhara

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How does time move?

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  • improving upward spiral

- degenerating downward spiral

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Monks

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Munhi, sadhu

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Nuns

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Sadhvi

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People in a Jain community

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Munhi/sadhu, sadhvi, and laypeople

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Nuns are _____ to monks.

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Inferior

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14
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Does not believe women can achieve nirvana

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Digambaras

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Five Mahavratas

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  1. Non-harming (ahimsa)
  2. Truthfulness (satya)
  3. Non-stealing (asteya)
  4. Sexual purity
  5. Non-attachment
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16
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Mahavira’s name “the Conqueror”

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Jina

17
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Earliest religious texts

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Purvas

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Scriptural collections of the Shvetambaras

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Agamas

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A sect of Shvetambaras that oppose the use of temples and images for worship

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Sthanakvasi

20
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the first of the 24 tirthankaras

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Rishabha

21
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souls

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jiva

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non-souls

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ajiva

23
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nonharming

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ahimsa

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svastika

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symbol with spokes signifying world existence or the four realms: divine, human, animal, hellish

25
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open palm

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symbol of non-violence

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diksha

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renouncer initiation

27
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puja

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image worship

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The Three Jewels

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  1. Right Conduct
  2. Right Faith/Views
  3. Right Knowledge
29
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Six Obligatory Actions

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  1. Equanimity
  2. Show reverence to the ford-makers
  3. Adoration of monks and nuns
  4. Repentance (pratikramana)
  5. Meditation
  6. Renounce a list of actions
30
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Sallekhana

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religious fast until death

31
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Puja

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worship

32
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Caturmas

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Four months of monk retreat during monsoon season

33
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Festival in honour of Mahavira’s liberation

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Divali

34
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Festival in honour of Mahavira’s birth

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Mahavira Jayanti

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