L6: Transcendence Flashcards
Transcendence came from Latin prefix _____ = ____,” and the word ____, meaning “_____.”
Trans - beyond
scandare - to climb
When you achieve ______, you have gone beyond ordinary limitations
transcendence
A state in which we look beyond our present concerns, heighten our awareness of the outside world, and feel a ___________ as a result
Transcendence. greater sense of connection
Brahman is self-hood
Himduism
Hinduism holds that humanity’s life is a continuous cycle
samsara
What happen to Spirit and body
Spirit - neither born/dies
Body - transmigratory series of birth and death
doctrine that adheres to the beliefs that a person’s soul passes into some other creature, human or animal.
Transmigration metempsychosis
that is, freedom from rebirth, is achieved the moment the individual attains that stage of emancipation.
Ultimate Liberation
Hindu God, referred to as “the Creator”. He is associated with creation, knowledge, and the Vedas (oldest text of hinduism)
Brahman
In Hindu thought, there are four primary values
Wealth, pleasure, duty and enlightenment
are worldly values but when kept in perspective they are good and desirable.
Wealth and pleasure
refers to patience, sincerity, fairness, love, honesty and similar virtues
spiritual value of duty or righteousness
finds release from the wheel of existence
Enlightenment
__$_ is the destiny of those who do not achieve enlightenment.
Repeated existence
Enlightenment, one must understand the ()3).
law of karma, the law of sowing and reaping