WORLD RELIGIONS Flashcards
All of your good and bad deeds that you have done in your past lives.
Karma
The cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
Samsara
One’s duty and values to be followed.
Dharma
Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic?
Polytheistic…they believe in one God but worship many.
What is the Indian social class system called?
The Caste System
What religion was India’s social class system based on?
Hinduism
What determined your caste?
Your Karma from previous lives.
Explain why Hindu’s thought that the Indian Caste system was fair.
Your caste was based on your previous lives and karma so you are destined to be where you end up.
What was not a form of suffering that Siddhartha witnessed?
Hunger
Siddhartha meditated and found the path to enlightenment. It was called the ___________path.
Eightfold
What did Buddha think was the cause of all human suffering?
Craving, wants, or desires.
What are the rules to living according to Buddhists?
The Eightfold path.
Describe one similarity between all three religions; Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
They all believe in life cycle, have a holy book, and a scared set of rules to follow.
What does the word Diaspora mean?
Being forced out of your homeland and spread to another part of the world.
Why did the Jewish Diaspora happen?
The Jews were persecuted in their homeland.
