Shared Flashcard Set

Details

World Religion
N/A
79
Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/22/2010

Additional Religious Studies Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
sacred ritual
Definition
pattern of action aimed at forces, energy; aimed at forces "out there"-microcosm
Term
pragmatic
Definition
controlling the forces inside te self-macrocosm
Term
eucharistic
Definition
thanksgiving; high church
Term
myth
Definition
life shaping sotry
Term
doctrine
Definition
what is the significance of the beliefs and rituals; intellectual implications of ritual and myth
Term
ethics
Definition
how someone out to live
Term
social
Definition
how someone is living
Term
primal
Definition
no sense of credo; there was no word for religion(it was the air you breath
Term
credo
Definition
i believe; implies an option
Term
muyalaka
Definition
demon of mahamaya
Term
maha
Definition
big; great
Term
vid
Definition
wiben-knowledge
wissen-to know, wit
Term
shiva
Definition
the king of dance, sports, destruction
Term
raja
Definition
king
Term
how is it hard to be a hindu heretic?
Definition
no orthodoxy(right belief) so there is no wrong way to believe because theres so many directins
Term
brahma
Definition
creation
Term
vishnu
Definition
preservation
Term
shiva
Definition
destruction
Term
agni
Definition
go associated with sacrifice and fire
Term
kathenothesim
Definition
belief in one god at a time
Term
huston smith
Definition
you can have what you want-what do you want?-you've already got it.
Term
ashramas
Definition
schools
Term
brahmin
Definition
priestly caste
Term
kshatriya(Rajanya)
Definition
warrior, kingly cast
Term
raja
Definition
king; action
Term
vaishya
Definition
workers
Term
shudra
Definition
servant-not all untouchables
Term
guru
Definition
a teacher by the way of precense
Term
brahman
Definition
the one; the all
Term
saguna brahman
Definition
w/attributes/qualities; personal
Term
nirguna brahman
Definition
w/out attributes; impersonal
Term
gunas
Definition
attatchments to the world; keeping one from ultimate release; strands, threads, cords
Term
pantheism
Definition
all godism
Term
monism
Definition
oneism; ultimately all reality is one
Term
shaivite hinduism
Definition
shiva(the one or all); impersonal
Term
vaishnavite hinduism
Definition
vishnu(the one/all); personal
Term
samsara
Definition
rebirth
Term
atman
Definition
the tru self
Term
karma
Definition
the world is determined by this; its the energy given off by ones deeds; weighed in at the end of ones life
Term
veda
Definition
knowledge
Term
ramayana
Definition
the carrier of the deeds of Rama; ana means vesile carrier
Term
avatar
Definition
"decent"; take on some wordly infestation; doesn't have to be human
Term
reify/reification
Definition
latin re=thingl thingafication
Term
dualism
Definition
set in stone
Term
neti, neti, tat tam asi
Definition
not this, noth this, that thou art
Term
ahimsa
Definition
jainism, nonviolence
Term
bagavad-gita
Definition
song of the blessed one
Term
attachments
Definition
consequence of ignorance
Term
dharma
Definition
central goal; guide in life
Term
artha
Definition
telos; end/political know how
Term
kama
Definition
pleasure
Term
moksha
Definition
ultimate release; end of samsara
Term
dysteleological
Definition
not purposeful; Hindu and Christianity
Term
theophany
Definition
a manifestation of the devine; a more humble worldly form
Term
incarnation
Definition
represents scandal of particularity
Term
das argernis der einmaligkeit
Definition
the scandal of particularity
Term
shankara
Definition
788-820CE; is a non duelist-a monist(all is to be understood as one); advocate of undifferentiated unity(wine glass, drop of liquid; river entering the ocean)
Term
Ramanaja
Definition
a qualified non duelist; a qualified monist; differenciated unity; mid 11th in 12th century, about 1056-1137CE
Term
Mathva
Definition
1199-12CE, 13th century; a duelist, a non monist
Term
sitz-m-Leben
Definition
setting in life
Term
sattvas
Definition
light
Term
tamas
Definition
inaction
Term
Jainism
Definition
jina-the victorious one; emerged historically in the 6th century out of Hinduism; monkey hold
Term
Mahavira
Definition
Great hero; 24th tirthamkara(fordmakers, crossing over)
Term
cat hold
Definition
god holds us by the scruff of our neck and guides us along
Term
monkey hold
Definition
self help
Term
svetambaras
Definition
sect of jainism; white clad; simple robes
Term
digambaras
Definition
sky clad; sect of jainism; ritualize nude
Term
pragmatic ritual
Definition
not spiritual
Term
dhyana
Definition
deep meditation; results of deep meditation is raising
Term
Buddhism
Definition
founded by Siddartha in 6th century out of Hinduism; Siddartha saw universal suffering for the first time and wanted to stop it; rejects castes; rejects atman-which is central in hindu tradition
Term
siddharta Gotama
Definition
563-483BCE; founder of Buddhism; transition from vedic to traditional; decided the sunyasin was the quest for the holy; he left his family; nirvana without substrate vs. nirvana with substrate; "he who knows nirvana des not speak and vice versa"
Term
nirvana
Definition
the "blowing out" of the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion(va)
Term
sunyasin
Definition
the only possible meaningful path
Term
substrate
Definition
embodiment
Term
sine qua non
Definition
without which not; air is the sine qua non of life; suffering is that to religon; need this to become buddha and be selfless
Term
middle way
Definition
in Buddhism; moderation
Term
4 noble truths
Definition
1. all is dukkha-flux and flow
-anicca: impermanance(life is characterized by radical impermanance; "you can't go home again")
2. the cause of dukkha is tanha(craving)
-trying to hold on, attachment
3. eliminate tanha-eliminatedukkha
-if you get rid of it
4. the noble 8-fold path
Term
noble 8 fold path
Definition
1. view
2. resolve-to act upon it; act of will
3. speech
4. means of livelihood
5. conduct
6. endeavor
7. mindfulness
8. meditation

panna-wisdom(1 and 2)
sila-ethical conduct(3, 4, 5)
samadhi-meditation(6,7,8)
Supporting users have an ad free experience!