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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
04/28/2011

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Sants
Definition
"Holy People" - Sikhism is part of the sant tradition in India
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Sikhs
Definition
"Disciple" - 5th largest religion in the world. 20 million adherents
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Kabir
Definition
weaver and mystical poet. Wrote songs that are sung today. Considered a "bridge between Muslims and Hindus"
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Ramananda
Definition
Leading Hindu Sant and Kabir's guru
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Guru Nanak
Definition
Founder of Sikhism
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Guru Gobind Singh
Definition
10th Sikh Guru. Created the Khalsa.
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Amrit
Definition
Nectar/Immortality. God gave Nanak a bowl of milk, or amrit, which gave him "power of prayer, love of worship, truth, and contentment"
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Guru Granth Sahib
Definition
The Sikh scriptures, which teach that Hindus and Muslims worship the same God
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Nirguna bhakti
Definition
loving devotion to a formless God
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Sat
Definition
“truth”
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Ik Onkar
Definition
“the one supreme reality”
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The Three Truths of Sikhism
Definition
Meditation, Truthful Living, Sharing.
Meditation: Sikhs should recite or listen to God’s praises and offer prayers
•Truthful Living: Sikhs must lead a truthful life. Their actions should be true and noble
•Sharing: Sikhs should share wealth, knowledge and services with others who are less fortunate
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The Mul Mantra (“The Basic Statement”):
Definition
“There is One God, Eternal Truth is His Name. Maker of all things, fearing nothing and at enmity with nothing, timeless is His image. Not begotten, being of His own Being: by the grace of the Guru, made known to humanity.” (Adi Granth)
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Two Significant points of the Mul Mantra
Definition
1.God has no enemies
2.God’s image is timeless
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5 Markings of a Sikh
Definition
Long Hair, Comb, Steel Bracelet, Short Trousers, Sword.
1.Long Hair: long, uncut hair
2.Comb: a comb to keep hair tidy
3.Streel Bracelet: a steel bracelet to remind one that one is a servant of God
4.Short trousers: short trousers
5.Sword: a sword for dignity and willingness to fight for justice and protection of the weak
Term
Basic Beliefs and Practices of Sikhism
Definition
-Khalsa: (“Pure Ones”): The Sikh community.
-Equal Status for all human beings
-Community Kitchen
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Two main approaches to Chinese Religion
Definition
•the mystical way of Taoism
•the social way of Confucianism
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Four main strands of Chinese Religion
Definition
•Popular or folk religion
•Confucianism
•Taoism
•Buddhism
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Other Important Religions in China
Definition
•Islam
•Christianity
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Shang-ti:
Definition
“the Lord-on-High.” The ruler but not creator of the universe; a great spiritual being who is the supreme ancestor of the Chinese
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T’ien: (“Heaven”).
Definition
Like Atman or Brahman, it can be thought of a the "Universal Spirit"
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ch’i (qi)
Definition
“An impersonal self-generating energy.” This force has two aspects: Yin and Yang
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Yin-Yang:
Definition
The two opposite energies [of ch’i] from whose interaction and fluctuation the universe in its diverse forms emerge
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yin:
Definition
the dark, receptive, female aspect: the moon
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yang:
Definition
the bright, assertive, male aspect: the sun
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Tao:
Definition
”the Way.” The creative rhythm of the universe. The interaction of yinand yangconstitutes the Tao
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Ancestor veneration
Definition
the true bedrock of religious belief in China
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I Ching: (Book of Changes)
Definition
One of the three pre-Confucian classics. A diviner’s manual (a diviner is a soothsayer, prophet, fortune-teller)
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tsung-chiao
Definition
this is the nearest generic term for religion in Chinese (tsungmeans ancestral, traditional, devotion, faith)
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men
Definition
„door‟ as in door to enlightenment, immortality
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tao
Definition
means “way”
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chiao:
Definition
“teaching,” „guiding doctrine”
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fo-chiao:
Definition
the religion of the Buddha
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ju-chiao
Definition
the way of Confucius, or “the teaching of the scholars”
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tao-chiao
Definition
religious Taoism
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Confucius, or
Definition
Master K‟ung fu-tzu (fu-tzu= “master”)
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Mencius:
Definition
“The Second Sage” after Confucius.
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Juchiao:
Definition
“the teaching of the scholars”
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The Analects:
Definition
“Selections.” Confucius‟s major work, arranged later by disciples
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The Great Learning:
Definition
An epitome of Confucius‟s teaching
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ethics and etiquette:
Definition
synthesis of moral duty and courtesy
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li:
Definition
ancient ceremonial rites. It also means “ritual,” “propriety,” “civility”
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jen (pronounced ren):
Definition
innate goodness, love, benevolence, humaneness, and human-heartedness
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moral rectification(or “rectification of names”):
Definition
“The heart of moral rectification is filial piety to one‟s parents.”
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filial piety:
Definition
Respect for and devotion to one‟s parents
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yi:
Definition
“righteous conduct.” A principle articulated by Mencius
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hsing:
Definition
“nature”
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Confucianism: The Five Relationships
Definition
1.Father and son
2.Older and younger siblings
3.Husband and wife
4.Older and younger friend
5.Ruler and subject
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Tao:
Definition
the Way, or the watercourse way
Term
Te:
Definition
virtue, or power
Term
Te
Definition
virtue, or power
Term
Tao Te Ching:
Definition
“The Classic of the Way and its Power”
Term
Lao-tzu:
Definition
a minor official; wandered at age 160 off into the mountains to become a hermit
Term
Chuang-tzu:
Definition
a minor official; also became a hermit
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wu-wei:
Definition
non-action, or not forcing
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unlearning
Definition
undoing one‟s conditioning
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spontaneity
Definition
living naturally or in accord with the Tao; going with the the flow
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Tao Te Ching (1)
Definition
The Tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name. (1)
Term
Tao Te Ching (4)
Definition
The Tao is like a well:
used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.
It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is older than God. (4)
Term
Taoist Critique of Confucianism
Definition
Banish “wisdom” and discard “knowledge,”
And the people will be benefited a hundredfold.
Banish benevolence, discard morality,
And people will be dutiful and compassionate.
Abandon righteousness,
And people will return to filial piety and love.
Banish skill, discard profit,
And thieves and robbers will disappear.
Banish education,
And there will be no more sorrow. --Lao-tzu
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Shinto (in Japan)
Definition
is the oldest Japanese indigenous religion. The worship of the kami is the soul of Japanese religion
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Buddhism (in Japan)
Definition
is concerned mostly with funerals, memorials for the dead, or ancestor worship, and safe passage to the abodes of their ancestors in Buddhist paradises
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Confucianism (in Japan)
Definition
gives social legitimation to the hierachy of father-son, ruler-citizen, etc.
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Taoism (in Japan)
Definition
is concerned with divination and the calendar (good luck and bad luck days, important for deciding when to have weddings, funerals, start a journey)
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Folk religion (in Japan)
Definition
is expressed agricultural rituals and New Year celebrations (the simultaneous delivery of cards)
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New Religions (in Japan)
Definition
blend elements of older religions, including Christianity, and are practiced by many Japanese, though few belong to more than one of these New Religions
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Christianity (in Japan)
Definition
is influential among the almost completely non-Christian Japanese through widespread Bible reading (and reading of sophisticated Christian thinkers, Kierkegaard, Tillich, Barth) and its pioneering of various social reforms
Term
Shinto
Definition
a Chinese word that means “way of faith” or “ way of the sacred.” The ancient religion of Japan. First among religious traditions in the mix of Japanese religions
Term
Butsudo:
Definition
“way of the Buddha”
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kami:
Definition
“god” or “spirit” or a quality. Kamiare the soul of Japanese religion. Kami(sing. or plur.) refers to “an object of worship, and can be translated as “god,” “goddess,” “deity,” or “spirit.” The word connotes the sacred quality of human existence and of the universe.
Term
kannagara:
Definition
natural religion
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tsumi:
Definition
impurity or misfortune
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misogi:
Definition
ascetical purificatory rutual of standing under waterfall
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torii:
Definition
is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entry to a Shinto shrine. A torii(tori= bird; i = place) is designed for birds to rest. This is because in Shinto birds are considered messengers of the god
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