PHIL 101 1st exam Flashcards
Brahmin (Hinduism)
A priest or teacher; a man of the priest caste
Vedas (Hinduism)
Early Hindu scriptures, developed between 1500 and 600BCE
Upanishads (Hinduism)
Vedic literature concerning the self, Brahman, samsara, and liberation.
Samsara (Hinduism)
One’s cycle of repeated deaths and rebirths.
Atman (Hinduism)
One’s soul or self
Karma (Hinduism)
The universal principal that governs the characteristics and quality of each rebirth, or future life.
Brahman (Hinduism)
The impersonal, all-pervading spirit that is the universe yet transcends all space and time
Asceticism (Hinduism)
The denial of physical comfort or pleasure for religious reasons
Bhagavad-Gita (Hinduism)
The most highly venerated and influential scriptures in Hinduism
Dukkha (Buddhism)
The inevitable suffering of dissatisfaction inherent in existence
Anicca (Buddhism)
Impermanence; the ephemeral nature of everything.
Anatta (Buddhism)
Impermanence of the self; or not self or soul.
Nirvana (Buddhism)
A state of bliss and well-being attained when one extinguishes the flames of desire and thus halts the repeating cycle of death and rebirth.
Ahimsa (Buddhism)
The principle of not harming living beings (often referred to as non-harm or non-violence principle)
Dao (Daoism)
The “Way” in Daoism, the mysterious first principle of the universe; the eternal source of all that is real and underpinning of the world.
