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| humped bull; second most common structure in Indus seals; symbolizes prosperity |
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| cycle of rebirth; trying to escape into moksa through dharma to enlightenment |
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| earthly action defines rebirth' what happens to you is of your own doing; keep improving until you escape samsara and become immortal by recognizing non duality with the universe (Atman=atman); improve it through moral and ethical behavior; determines moksa |
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| illusion; reinforces our idea of our individuality when in reality all is one |
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| release from samsara; liberation from cycle of rebirth; achieve it via dharma and enlightenment and realizing Upanisadic equation |
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| monastic community; monkhood as founded by Sakyamuni Buddha; symbiotic relationship with the laity |
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| mortal; as the Buddhas are; Buddhas are exemplars, not deities |
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| practice of nonviolence associated with Hinduism; respect for life displayed in pacifism and vegetarianism |
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| houses the relic of Buddha or another venerable monk; most important monument in Buddhist caves; it's venerated as part of Buddha; 1st tier-anything of Buddha; 2nd tier- touched by Buddha; 3rd- picture of Buddha |
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| "thou art that:" Upanisadic equation; all is one; self is equal to the whole; an intrinsic nature that is not dependent on others |
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| hall where monks live; two mirroar-image halls; cells for monks to live |
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| relic hall/shrine; rounded tip |
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| size indicates rank; how far you must go to attain what Buddha attained |
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| a being who has attained perfect knowledge; takes a vow to forgo nirvana until all sentient beings find it; often heavily adorned; often hold attributes in hand that show aspects of personality, ie-padmapani |
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| loving couples; notion of man and woman dualness and completeness |
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| symbolic hand gesture of Buddha |
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| symbolic body poses of Buddha |
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| holy being; born with thirty-two marks on body, like webbed fingers/toes, neck folds, long arms, protuberance on head; attained enlightenment |
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| reverence/worship ritual or hospitality ritual; offering/worship to deities; important part of Buddhist/Hindu spirituality |
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| divine ground of all being; unchanging, infinite, transcendant reality; also hgihest/Priest caste |
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| often held by Bodhisattva; displays aspects of personality |
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| walking around in circles, as in many vihara often in shape of svastika (unchanging center); walk around stupa in center |
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| seeing something/someone sacred and that person/thing seeing you; main purpose of Indic art is to provide darsan |
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| duty in physical world; correct path to enlightenment to escape samsara into moksa |
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| prophet of Islam/ founder of Islam |
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| holy text of Islam; literal word of God |
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| king with enormous wealth and power |
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| Islamic clerghy who studied Koran and are considered experts on religious matters |
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| unquestioning love for God |
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| perfect awareness; knowledge/understanding of Upanisadic equation; compassion for all sentient beings |
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| approach advocating factual/realistic representation of subject without stylization |
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| fit to be made into a picture |
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| any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave the ethnic homeland, being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture |
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| most recent Buddha; founded Buddhist monastic tradition; 4 noble truths/eightfold path |
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