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Buddhism Terms
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2007
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Tirthankaras
 Definition
"victorious Jinas" -those who ferry mankind across the river of transcendence to salvation.
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Jiva
 Definition
with souls
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Ajiva
 Definition
of matter, no souls.
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sallekhana
 Definition
voluntary death through fasting
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Buddha - term
 Definition
the enlightened one who has reached the ultimate constion of wisdom and empirically mastered the way to achieve transcendence.
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the kshatriyas
 Definition
2nd of four castes- ruling or military class
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brahmin
 Definition
the highest of the four castes
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vaishya
 Definition
3rd in the caste system
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sudras
 Definition
fourth in the caste system
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enlightenment
 Definition
the discovery of the truth about life
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bhavana
 Definition
meditation
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marga
 Definition
the path, the way.
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dharma
 Definition
truth, law, teaching, doctrine.
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akaliko
 Definition
timelessness
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anicca
 Definition
impermanent.
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anatma
 Definition
the view that there is NO SOUL.
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kusala karma
 Definition
good action= good karma
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akusala karma
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bad action= bad karma
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vipka
 Definition
consequence.
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