Q2 - IWRCB Tr. Eli's reviewer Flashcards
The study of the nature of god and religious belief.
Theology
A lack of belief in gods
Atheism
Spiritual leader and founder of Buddhism
Siddhartha
The belief in or worship of more than one god.
Polytheism
The religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions.
Reincarnation
Collection of these exist in various religious traditions, including hinduism, buddhism, and jainism.
Sutras
A personal follower of Jesus during His life, especially one of the twelve apostles.
Disciple
The ____ of Confucius is a collection of aphorisms and historical anecdotes embodying the basic values of the confucian tradition: learning, morality, ritual decorum, and fillial piety.
Analects
The birthplace of this religion is Indus River Valley which runs through northwest India into Pakistan.
Hinduism
The universal casual law by which good or bad actions determine the future modes of an individual’s existence.
Karma
A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
Martyr
To signify the entrance to a sacred place.
Tori gates
Divine spirits or deities.
Kami
An early japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, and oral traditions.
Kojiki
Literally “the way of the gods”. Japan’s native belief system and predates historical records.
Shinto
An ancient religion of Japan. It started as long as 1000 b.c.e.
Shintoism
Generally considered the founder of taoism.
Laozi Tzu
Central text of laozi.
Tao te ching
Two complementary principles of chinese philosophy.
Yin and yang
It is negative, dark, and feminine.
Yin
It is positive, bright, and masculine.
Yang
Fillial piety
Xiao
Etiquette and manners
Li
Moral character, virtue, and integrity.
De
A japanese school of mahayana buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition.
Zen
Founder of confucianism.
Confucius
Translated most often as “emptiness”, “vacuity”, and sometimes “voidness”, or “nothingnes” is an indian philosophical concept.
Sunyata
Six perfection (paramitas)
1 - generosity (dana)
2 - morality (sila)
3 - patience (ksanti)
4 - vigor (virya)
5 - concentration (dhyana)
6 - wisdom (prajna)
Anyone who has generated bodhicitta, a spontaneous wish and compassionate mind to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Bodhisattva
Teaches that all people can attain buddhahood, just as they are, in this lifetime.
Lotus sutra
Japan’s belief sytem and predates historical records.
Shinto
The ninth month of the muslim calendar, is one of the most sacred times for muslims.
Ramadan
The first of the hebrew patriarchs and an important figure in judaism, christianity, and islam.
Abraham
A place of prayer for muslims.
Mosque
The teaching or revelation of Christ.
Gospels
It represents the final goal of buddhism.
Nirvana