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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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Sacred writings of Hinduism

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Vedas
Upanishads
Bhagavad-Gita

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Describe the Vedas (Hinduism)

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(knowledge, wisdom)

  • the oldest and most sacred scripture
  • four collections including Rg Veda
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Describe Upanishads (Hinduism)

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philosophical extension of Vedas

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Describe the Bhagavad-Gita (Hinduism)

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  • Epic poetry, mythology

- Most popular Hindu writing

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The Hindu God

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Brahman

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Who is Brahman

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  • Ultimate reality

- Without qualities

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Who are the 3 primary Hindu Gods?

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Brahma (creator)
Vishnu (sustained)
Shiva (destroyer)

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Hinduism has how many gods?

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330 million

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What is the atman? (Hinduism)

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True self, soul, essence of human life

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The atman believes that when the body dies…

Hinduism

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the jiva (individual soul) transmigrates (is reincarnated)

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In hinduism, the form of a new body depends on…

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your karma

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Hinduism human being desires

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Pleasure
Wealth
Community
Moksha

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Hinduism 4 stages of life…

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Student
Householder
Forest dweller
Renunciation

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The Hinduism caste system

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ritual/religious hierarchy that is not identical with social status or political/economic power

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Describe the Hinduism Moksha

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the ultimate goal

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The final step of Moksha

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when one renounces all human trappings and discovers truth within the deepest self, he finds the atman is brahman

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17
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Karma-Margara

Hinduism

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The way of action

Most important for Hidus

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Describe the religious deeds of the Karma-marga (hinduism)

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  • Ritual (daily, rites of passage)
  • Festivals
  • Pilgrimage
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Jnana-marga

hinduism

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  • they way of wisdom or knowledge
  • the demanding path
  • transmitted from guru to student
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Two issues of Jnana-marga

hinduism

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What is the essence of human self?

What is the essence of the ultimate reality?

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Bhakti-marga

hinduism

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  • the way of devotion
  • expression of faith and love for personal deity
  • community worship
  • personal care for diety (bathing, dressing, feeding)
  • what is done is not as important as how it is done
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Hinduism belief in eternity

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  • closest concept to eternity is ultimate reality
  • the world is not reality
  • to escape, one must renounce all it all and seek truth
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23
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What is maya?

hinduism

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magic

trickery

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24
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What is lila?

hinduism

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God’s play

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25
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Founder of Buddhism

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Guatama Siddhartha

@563 BC

26
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Guatama Siddhartha

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  • Royal indian family
  • Carefully protected by father
  • Awakened at age 30
27
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Shakyamuni

Buddhism

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the wise man of the Shakya tribe

28
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Sacred writings of Buddhism

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Tripitaka (three baskets) - recitations Buddha’s teaching;

Lotus Sutra - teaching of Mahayana doctrine

29
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Tripitaka (three baskets)

buddhism

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Sutta-pitaka (basket of discources) - doctrinal teaching
Vinaya-pitaka (discipline) - rules and regulations
Abhidhamma - supplement containing reflection on teaching

30
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Buddhist belief in Gods

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  • Do not believe in one god

- worship of divine beings

31
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Doctrine of Dependent Arising

buddhism

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  • No first or external cause
  • circular chain of cause & effect
  • liberation involves breaking one of the links in the chain
  • the weakest links are ignorance and craving
32
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Human beings

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No self (no permanent identity, we are constantly changing like a stream/fire)

33
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3 Jewels

buddhism

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The Buddha
The dharma (teaching)
The sangha (community)
34
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4 Noble Truths

buddhism

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Life is suffering
The cause of suffering is desire or attachment
The cure lies in overcoming attachment
Overcoming attachment involves following the 8fold path

35
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Nirvana

buddhism

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“blowing out” of desire
Escape from Samsara
8fold path

36
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Eightfold path

buddhism

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Right knowledge
Right aspiration
Right speech
Right behavior
Right livelihood
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right absorption/meditation
37
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Eternity

buddhism

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a cycle view of time, no beginning and no end
Reincarnation until enlightenment
When Buddha died, he entered Nirvana and became inaccessible

38
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Islam Founder

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Muhammad

born 570 CE in Mecca

39
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Muhammad’s visit to Jerusalem

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620 CE
ascended into 7 levels of heaven
talked with Abraham, Moses and Jesus
Dome of the rock built in 691 on the site of his ascension

40
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(Hijra) Flight to Medina

Islam

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Marks beginning of muslim calendar

622 CE

41
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Islam Scripture

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Qur’an

42
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Islam God

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Monotheistic

43
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Isalm greatest sin

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Shirk=assigning partners to God

44
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Allah is

Islam

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transcendent
all powerful
creator
sovereign

45
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Jesus was…

Isalm

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Son of virgin Mary
Great prophet (not son of God)
Jesus not crucified
Will someday return
Will stand in judgement over men
46
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Human beings…

Islam

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People are born innocent
Not sinful, but forgetful and weak
Except for shirk, they can make up for sinful deeds with good deeds

47
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5 Pillars of Islam

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Confession
Prayer
Fasting
Giving Alms
Pilgrimage
48
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Confession

Islam

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Public statement: there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his prohet
First step in becoming Muslim
Repeated multiple times daily

49
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Prayer

Isalm

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Five times a day toward Mecca
Preceded by ritual washings
Must follow movements and postures

50
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Fasting

Islam

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Month of Ramadan
Abstinence from food, water, sensual pleasure during daylight
Children, pregnant women and travelers exempt
Three day feast follows

51
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Giving Alms

Isalm

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Zakat = purification

Annual giving to benefit to poor

52
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Pilgrimage to Mecca

Islam

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At least once in lifetime

symbol of purity & equality, men bathe, shave heads, wear white linen robes

53
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Eternity

Islam

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Resurrection
God is final judge
Judgement based on weighing good deeds vs. bad deeds

54
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Rabbinic Judiasm

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Emerged after temple destruction in 70AD
New system of daily prayer
Authority shifts from priests to rabbis

55
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Judiasm writings

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(Tanakh)
Torah - five books of moses
Nev'im -prophets
Kethuvin -writings
(Talmud)
Mishnah - interpretation
Gemara - narratives, illustration
56
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God

Judiasm

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Yahweh
God is:
Eternal
Personal
Compassionate
Transcendent
57
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Human Beings

Judiasm

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God wants relationship with his people
Responsible; able to make ethical decisions
Israel is the chosen people

58
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Salvation

Judiasm

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God’s people must live according to his will
Halakha = the path one walks
When people sin, atonement is necessary

59
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Eternity

Judiasm

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resurrection of the dead
immorality of the soul
coming messiah

60
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Contemporay forms of Judiams

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Orthodox (strict adherence to Torah)
Reform (traditional customs not binding)
Conservative (middle ground; strong Jewish identity with accommodation)

Doctrine 104 (2nd Year) (2 decks)

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