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Theology Final Flashcards

1
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Re-enacts a myth

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ritual

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Brings about the symbolic death of childhood and redefines one’s identity within the tribe as an adult

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Initiation

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3
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Name for the supreme reality, the great spirit means “most sacred”

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Walkman Tanka

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Live in eastern Montana, Wyoming, and the western regions of the Dakota’s and parts of Nebraska

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Lakota

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5
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the axis mundi in the sun dance

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the cottonwood tree

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The elder who presides over the sun dance

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A medicine man

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Seeking spiritual power through an encounter with a guardian spirit usually in the form of an animal or other natural entity following a period of self-denial. Includes purification in the sweat lodge

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Vision quest

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The ritual of the Lakota that celebrates the new year and prepares the tribe for the annual bison hunt

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Sun dance

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A ritual offering one’s body through bodily mutilations as the only suitable sacrifice to offer the supreme being

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Sun dance

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10
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Means the center of the universe and is considered the link between the earth and the heavens, can also represent the supreme being

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Axis mundi

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People who can access the spirit world, either good or evil, often through a trench at a ceremony or ritual. They often practice divinations and healing

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shaman

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12
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What Jews call that which Christians call the Old Testament

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Tanakh

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Two of its three sections are Nevi’im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings)

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Tanakh

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14
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The oral Torah written down in 200 CE by Judah the Prince

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Mishnah

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15
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Commentary on the Mishnah and the basis for Judaism even to today

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Talmud

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16
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That which Christians call the Pentateuch. It also tells the story of Moses

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Torah

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17
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A little container with the Shema in it attached to the doorpost of one’s home

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Mezuzah

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18
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Day of Atonement for one’s sins from the previous year

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Yom Kippur

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19
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Celebrates the successful Jewish Maccabee revolt against Greece

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Hanukkah

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20
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Weekly holy day of no work Friday night at sundown to Saturday night at sundown

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Sabbath/Shabbat

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21
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Celebrates liberation from slavery in Egypt

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Passover or Pesach

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22
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Jewish New Year

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Ross Hashannah

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23
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Islamic statement of faith “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of God”

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Shahada

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24
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Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Hajj

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25
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Prayer five times a day

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Salat

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26
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Month of Fasting

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Ramadan

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27
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Sharing Wealth with the poor

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Zakat

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28
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Muhammad’s birth

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570

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29
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“Night of Power and Excellence,” the beginning of the recitations

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610

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30
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Flight to Yathrib/Medina, aka the Hijra

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622

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31
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Return of Mohammads troops to Mecca

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630

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32
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Muhammad’s death

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632

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33
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Means submission to the will god

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Islam

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34
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Means one who submits to the will of God

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Muslim

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35
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According to our textbook and the presenter at the mosque

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Muhammad is the restorer of Islam

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36
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Jesus and Mary were

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Muslims

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37
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the Qur’an is described as

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The very worlds of God transmitted through the angel Gabriel to Muhammad (Night of Power and Excellence)

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38
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The oldest son of Abraham and Hagar through whom Islam traces its ancestry back to Abraham

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Ishmael

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39
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The mountain on which Muhammad prayed and from where the Angel Gabriel appeared to him

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Hira

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40
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It means recitation

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Qur’an

41
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The customs of the prophet Muhammad

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Sunna

42
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The book in which the customs of the Prophet are written

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Hadith

43
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The worldwide community of Muslims that transcends race, ethnicity, and gender

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Umma (ummmm ah ummmm idk)

44
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Islamic law and rules governing every aspect of Muslim life including political

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Shari’a -share your beliefs

45
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One’s struggle for the faith, commonly understood as the holy war

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Jihad

46
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The physical center of Islam around which Muslims pilgrims circle seven times during the Hajj

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Ka’ba

47
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The 114 separate chapters of the Qu’ran

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Sura (are you Sura there’s that many?)

48
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The niche in a mosque that one faces to know the direction toward Mecca for prayer

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Mihrab

49
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The tower attached to a mosque that a person ascends to announce time for prayer. The equivalent on a Catholic Church is the steeple with bells, originally rung to tell people time for prayer

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Minaret

50
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The person who climbs up the tower to announce times for prayer

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Muzzein

51
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The Arabic word for mosque

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Masjid

52
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87% of Muslims, follows the customs of the Prophet Muhammad and believes the successor to Muhammad should be elected

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Suní-largest the Sun is huge

53
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A mystical movement within Islam that emphasized extraordinary closeness to Allah. Some members experiences closeness to Allah by spinning. (Whirling dervishes)

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Sufism

54
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Believes the successor to Muhammad must be a blood relative and is the more politically volitive of the two main branches

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Shia

55
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Endless cycle of reincarnations

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Samsara

56
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Ethical duties based on caste, gender, and stage of life

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dharma (dharma is what you DO)

57
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Acts of devotion to a particular god or goddess

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Puja

58
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The goal in Hinduism, that is, release from the cycle of reincarnations

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Moksha milkshake

59
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Moral law of cause and effect, determines level of reincarnation, explains source of evil

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Karma

60
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The ultimate unknowable impersonal only being, the essence of everything and in fact is everything

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Brahman

61
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The highest caste in the caste system

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Brahmin (he is IN)

62
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The cosmology of Hinduism that there is only one reality

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Maya

63
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Cosmic Illusion, does not exist, includes you and me as well as the physical universe

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Monism (one)

64
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The part that got separated from the “one and only” like a drop of water that gets separated from the ocean, developers an ego and believes it exists as a separate being, thus preventing Moksha

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Atman

65
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The goal of pleasure within the bounds of ethical duties and Karma

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Kama

66
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The goal of material success within the bounds of ethical duties and karma

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Artha (buy art)

67
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A wandering ascetic after one has passed the other stages of life

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Sannyasin

68
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The highest level of the path of knowledge in which one becomes that which is known, the experience of the realization that the soul is Brahman, that Atman is Brahman, that Brahman is Atman, practicing yoga helps achieve this

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Samadhi

69
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This would most likely result in moksha

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Samadhi

70
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Priests

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Brahmin

71
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Warriors, princes, rulers

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Kshatriya

72
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No caste, outcaste, untouchables, comparable to dogs, also called Harijans, “Gods people” by the Mahatma Ghandi

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Dalit (Dalit dogs)

73
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Merchants, businessmen, artisans, farmers, skilled laborers

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Vaishya

74
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Servants, unskilled laborers

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Shudra

75
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They collect dead animals, garbage, clean latrines, cremate the dead

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Dalit

76
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They most likely will experience Moksha when they die

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Brahmin

77
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What dies in Hinduism

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ego and body

78
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What is reincarnated in Hinduism

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Soul

79
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What determines the level of reincarnation

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Karmic record

80
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Hinduism belief on the soul

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I am a caretaker of my soul, which is not really me, but Brahman

81
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A person would be born in a certain caste because

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The karmic record of a previous person which is attached to the reincarnated soul

82
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The goal in Hinduism is to

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get rid self of ego, which is in fact maya, does not exist and stands in the way of moksha

83
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What is the ultimate goal in Buddhism

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To reach nirvana

84
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Boddhisattva means

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a Buddhist who qualifies for Nirvana but willingly reincarnates out of compassion to help others

85
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The impermanence of life

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anicca

86
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No soul

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antta

87
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Suffering

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dukkha

88
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A river demonstrates this

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anicca

89
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a sand mandala demonstrates this

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anatta

90
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Means “Larger raft” and is the largest branch of Buddhism with 80% of other Buddhists

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Mahayana

91
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Boddhisttva is the holy one, willing reincarnates to help others. The Buddha is also seen as a god. There are two ways to nirvana. Anyone can become a Buddha

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Vajrayana

92
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Arhat is holy one, Nirvana achieved when criteria is met. The Buddha is a human only and points the way to Nirvana. Anyone can become a Buddha.

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Theravada

93
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Otherwise known as Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama comes from this one. Mantra, Mudra, and Mandala are main expressions of this one

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Vajrayana

94
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Ritualized hand movements

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Mudra

95
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Repeated sounds, chanting

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Mantra

96
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First noble truth

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Life is dukkha

97
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Second noble truth

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cause of dukkha is Tanha

98
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Third noble truth

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To get rid of dukkha, get rid of tanha

99
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Fourth noble truth

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To do this follow eight fold path

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