The Great Transformation By Karen Armstrong Flashcards
Why is it so hard to date eastern philosophies?
Because at the time of the Buddha before and after people had no interest in history or keeping things in chronological order.
What is the axial age?
Axial Age or Axial Period (Ger. Achsenzeit, “axis time”) is a term coined by German philosopher Karl Jaspers to describe the period from 800 to 200 BC, during which, according to him, similar new ways of thinking appeared in Persia, India, China and the Occident.
Historians now say what about the Buddhas life time period.
He live a full century later then was previously thought.
Lao Tsu did not live in what century as Jaspers had assumed.
Did not live during the 6th century as Jaspers had assumed
What was mosey?
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What time period did The Axial People’s live in?
1600 - 900 BCE
Who were the Pastrialists?
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What is Pastoralism?
is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep.
Is Arian a Race?
No it means Nobel or honorable.
What are the Arians also referred to as
Indo European
What best describes what the Arians were?
A loose knit network of tribes with a common belief set
What two groups did the Arians that stayed rather than travel on to Greece, Italy and Germany, break up into?
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What did the Arians lack that kept them fairly contained?
They did not have the benefit or discovery of horses.
What did the Arians believe?
Believed the same Devine energy flows through everything and everyone.
What was the name of the earliest God of Arian Worship?
Diaspita - sky God
Varuna
Preserved the order of the universe
Who was Mythra
What the God of storm thunder and life giving rain.
Mazda
Lord of justice and wisdom. Linked with the star and the sun.
What was Agney?
Arian God of Fire
What was the God of Psychedelic drugs called in Sanskrit
Soma
What did the avestin Arians call their gods?
Devas
The Gods at this time had to adhere to what?
The rules of life and the world
What did the Arians thinks the act of listening brought them?
Arians thought the act of listening brought them closer to their God.
Arians believed what about sound?
That the chanting of one vowel could bring about the Devine.