Second semester Flashcards
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primal
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first; earliest
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tribal
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based in the tribe
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oral tradition
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no written language; spoken
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the dreaming
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- archetypal (ideal) world
- essential world
- not a separate reality from the ordinary world
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Modern v. Primal
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Modern -solid line between sacred and profane - atemporal time (eternal now) -sacred and profane Primal -ethics are taught in social settings
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totemism
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belief that spirits inhabits natural objects; physical things
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shaman
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person that can see spiritual world (early form of priest)
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vision quest
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go at puberty age
- you go and fast in the forest
- hope for a vision of a spirit animal
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smudge ceremony
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burns certain plants
- sage
- sweet gross
- tobacco
- cedar
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atman
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hindu version of a soul
- doesn’t die
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Brahman
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highest version of God
-doesn’t die
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Atman-Brahman
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our souls united with God
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Yoga
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hindu version of religion
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Bhakti Yoga
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love yoga
-shrink your ego with love
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Raja Yoga
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psycho physical; mind and body yoga
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Jnana Yoga
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yoga of knowlege
- know the difference between
- outer and inner
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Karma Yoga
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yoga of action
- good deeds
- unattached/ working for works sake
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Polytheism
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believe in many Gods
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Henotheism
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know there are other Gods; devote themselves to one
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samsara
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the word for reincarnation
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Brahma
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creator God
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Vishnu
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sustainer God
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Shiva
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destroyer God
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Ganesh
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elephant headed God
son of shiva
author of the Mahabarata
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vedas
oldest sacred text in Hindusims
| - are like God
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upanishasds
"sitting by the teacher"
| philosophical text
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krishna
avatar of krishna
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avatar
human incarnation of god
- object of devotion
- lots of stories
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Bhavadhad Gita
in the mahabarata
| about the war Krishna participates in
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Dharma
laws of nature
| -another word for duty
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karma
what you do in this life will come back to you
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moksha
freedom from samsara
| -can only get there by shrinking your ego
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stages of life
student
householder
retirement
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stages of life student
live with a guru/ taught by guru
| -celibate/moral
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stages of life householder
family, children
| -sex, family life and success
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stages of life retirement
live in forest
| -liberate yourself
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stations of life cast system
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Brahmin
kshatriyas
vaishas
shudras
dalit
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Brahmin
priests
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kshatriyas
elitist, sweatshop owners
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vaishas
skilled laboreres; mechanics
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shudras
peasants; unskilled laborers;
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dalit
untouchables
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Ghandi's political philosophy
satyagraha
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satygraha
Truth
| -violence is opposed to truth
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Sikhism time origin
14th century
| -Hindus and Muslims are fighting
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sikhism was created by
guru nanak
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waheguru
sikh word for God
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5 k's
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kesh
kanga
kara
kachera
kirpan
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kesh
keep long hair in devotions to God
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kanga
comb (cleanliness)
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kara
bracelet (reminder of faith)
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kachera
special underwear (purity)
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kirpan
dagger ( always ready to fight for you symbolically)
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4 noble truths
life is suffering,
suffering is caused by selfish desires,
you can get rid of suffering by stop wanting things, and follow the 8 fold path
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arhat
someone who reaches nirvana
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dharma
the way the world works
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nirvana
extinguish (your desires)
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asceticism
living like a hermit
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the middle way
between gluttony or asceticism
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3 characteristics of existence
anitya
dhukka
anatman
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anitya
impermanence
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dhukka
suffering
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anatman
no self or soul
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avaloketshavara
Bodhisattva of compassion
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therevada
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" the ways of the elders"
little vehicle
southeast asia
exteremly individualistic
wisdom is key virtue
can only achieve nirvana unless you are a monk
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Mahayana
Tibet , napal, mongolia
emphasize compassion rather than widom
don't have to be a monk to reach
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zen
part of mahayana
| meditation
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koan
word puzzzle
| gets rid of ego, let one get out of oneself
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zazen
seated meditation
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satori
one with everything
| type of enlightenment
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rinzai
sudden enlightenment using Koans
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soto
sudden enlightenment
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Vajrayana
diamond vehicle
cut through anything
uses tantra which utilizes the sense to reach enlightenment quickly
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mudra
hand thing
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mantra
a saying that you tell yourself over and over again
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mandala
sand painting that takes weeks to make. you get rid of it to show imermanence
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life and historical content of confucianism
chaotic warring states period
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legalism
strict harsh punishments
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mohism
universal love
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Taoism
indiviudal relationship with nature
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Confucius criticism of legalism
too pessimistic, people will probably rebel
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Confucius criticism of mohism
too optimistic
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coinfucius criticism of taoism
too focused on nature not human relationships
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solution to warring states problems
create enlightened nobility to run the countyr
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chun tzu
enlightened people can look up to
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analects
key text of Confucianisms
morals to live by
collected saying of Confucius
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Jen
benevolence, ideal way in which human being get along
| -the most important aspect of human behavior
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li
right behavior ; manners
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te
power; moral power; influence of morals on others
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wen
cultural arts
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impact on chinese culture
education
manners
respecting elders
art
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key points in Confucianism
individuality is unimoortant/ nothing without relationships
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lao tzu
recluse (hermit)
donn't know much about
wrote Tao te ching
lived int he time of confucius
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Tao te ching
central text of Taoism
| how to become a sage is in there
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sage
wisemen
| becoming one with nature is the main concerns
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ways of taoism
way one : the Tao of ultimate reality (transcendent tao)
way two: the Tao of the universe (the way of the universe)
way three: Tao of human life
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3 different types of Taoism
1. philosophical Tao (goal: conserve chi)
2. vitalizing Tao (goal: increase amount of chi)
3. Religious Tao (goal: get chi through rituals and prayers)
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flow
going with the flow or you get friction
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wu wei
creative quitude
| acting without acting
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naturalism
become more natural
| more in tune with how the world works
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yin-yang
all things have two sides to it
| opposite sides in everything there's a bit in the other
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Taoist ethics
be as ego less as possible
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Main difference between Taoism and Confucianism
relationships is with humans rather than nature
tao te ching is poetic
analects are not
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metaphysics
beyond physical
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epistemology
how do you know what you know
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ethics
what is good and bad
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ethos
character
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aesthetics
the study of beauty
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political philosophy
ideal way to run a government
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Socrates
Athenian
| argued with sopshists
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socratic method
asking questions
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dialectic
exhcange of ideas that comes when people argue
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plato
dualistic metaphysics : spiritual v. matter
| -spirit is most real
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platonic epistymology
we know because of reason
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ethics of plato
being a philosopher/ asking questions
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political philosophy
philosopher kings
then military
then peasants
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Aristotelian metaphysics
focuses on material world
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Aristotelian epistemology
you know through the senses
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ethics of aristotle
virtuous; use the golden mean
