New Generations Flashcards
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Basic Hinduism
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Spiritual absolute or divine (Brahman) Practice: meditative yoga Teachers: Guru Full realization takes many lifetimes one lifetime can affect another
2
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4 Verdas
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Chants
hymns
folklore
ritual instructions
3
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Brahmanas
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aka (vedanta)
philosophical
4
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Basic Buddhism
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Enlightened or awakened One
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
Sought wisdom, answers to questions of suffering and meaning
Found insight though meditation
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4 noble truths
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- Life involves suffering
- cause of suffering is found in desire and grasping
- there is a way out of suffering
- This way requires following the 8- fold path