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a usually ascetic spiritual community of followers gathered around their guru (hinduism) |
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the individual soul (Hinduism) |
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an incarnation of a deity (Hinduism) |
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Intense devotion to a personal manifestation of supreme Reality (Hinduism) |
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The Supreme Reality (Hinduism) |
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Priest or member of the priestly caste (Hinduism) |
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an occupational category (Hinduism) |
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a subtle energy center in the body (Hinduism) |
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visual contact with the divine (Hinduism) |
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moral order, righteousness, religion (Hinduism) |
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spiritual teacher (Hinduism) |
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The present degraded era (Hinduism) |
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our actions and their effects on this life and lives to come, even unintentional (Hinduism) |
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the invisible life force (Hinduism) |
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ritual worship (Hinduism) |
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after death, rebirth in a new life (Hinduism) |
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worshiper of Shiva (Hinduism) |
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Worshiper of the divine in female form (Hinduism) |
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the worldly cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (Hinduism) |
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renunciate spiritual seeker (Hinduism) |
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the ancient language of the Vedas(Hinduism) |
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the constitutional principle of not giving favored status to any religion (Hinduism) |
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terse spiritual teaching (Hinduism) |
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a sacred esoteric text with spiritual practices honoring the divine in female form (Hinduism) |
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Worshiper of Vishnu or one of his manifestations, such as Krishna (Hinduism) |
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Practices for union with the true self (Hinduism) |
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Nonviolence, a central jain principle |
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the jain principle of manifold aspects of the truth |
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nonacquisitiveness, a major jain principle |
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a highly ascetic order of jain monks who wear no clothes (sky-clad) |
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the continual round of birth, death, and rebirth (Jain) |
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Jain order of monks who are less ascetic than the digambara |
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the great enlightened teachers in jainism, of whommahariva was the last in the present cosmic cycle |
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the principle that there is no eternal self |
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arhant (pali: arhat or arahat) |
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a "worthy one" who has followed the buddha's path to liberation |
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bhikshu (pali: bhikkhu; feminine: bhikshuni or bhikkuni) |
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a monk or nun who renounces worldliness for the sake of following the path of liberation and whose simple physical needs are met by lay supporters |
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a person who is dedicated to liberating others from suffering |
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vajrayana meditation on a deity in order to develop his or her qualities |
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the teachings and laws for conduct given by the buddha |
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discomfert, suffering, frustration, disharmony |
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actions; the law of cause and effect |
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a sudden experience of enlightened awareness |
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a question used by zen teachers to boggle the student's mind and thus liberate direct awareness |
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the "great vehicle," the buddhist school that stresses the altruistic wish to become perfectly awakened in order to free all living beings from suffering |
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liberation from mental afflictions, suffering, and rebirth |
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ancient buddhist scriptures written in pali and considered authoritative |
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cyclic existence; the continual round of birth, death, and rebirth |
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monument containing buddhist relics or images |
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the doctrine of voidness, emptiness |
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the remaining orthodox school of buddhism, which adheres tot he earliest scriptures |
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the buddha, the dharma, and the sangha |
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the monastic community; more broadly; a dharma community |
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a branch of mahaana buddhism practiced in the tibetan diaspora that incorporates deity yoga, mantras, mudras (hand gestures), and mandalas to achieve awakening |
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insight. a meditation technique for developing insight into dukkha, anicca, and anatta |
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sitting meditation, in zen schools |
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a chinese and japanese school emphasizing that all things have buddha-nature, which can only be grasped when one escapes from the intellectual mind |
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originally derived from the indo aryan word for sea, shindhu |
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1. no identifiable founder 2. no single revealed text 3. no single overarching institutional or ecclesiastical hierarchy which has the power to decide what was orthodox and what was not |
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ways in which hinduism is not like many other religions1 |
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2 major cities of indus river valley |
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•environmental factors •internal collapse due to political economic mismanagement •invasions •none or all of the above |
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possible cause of collapse of indus valley |
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indo-european migration thesis |
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Thesis that aryans originated in central asia and migrated some becoming ancestors of persians and began to appear in successive waves on the indian continent. they were pastoral |
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sacred language of the vedas |
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"that which is heard" originally intuited by seven ancient seers who transmitted them for the benefit of the world |
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"that which is remembered" thousands of other texts including the mahabharata and ramayana and puranas. considered to be scripture |
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4 parts, or samhitas, of the vedas |
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rig veda - the oldest and most important section comprised of 1028 hymns to the vedic devas (gods) |
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1 of the main components of hinduism
high regard for vedas and vedic scriptures
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1 main component of hinduism
refers to the non-aryan high-cultures on the indian subcontinent
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disparate religious beliefs and practices |
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1 main component of hinduism
remote tribes etc and their practices |
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prose texts of a more theological kind; observations instructions and comentaries on the sacrificial rites and ceremonies |
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sacrificial rites / fire rituals |
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pure, supreme conciousness |
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