Ahimsa

Ahura Mazda

is the Avestan name for a divinity of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed the uncreated God by Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism

Allah

is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "the God"

Amaterasu

is a part of the Japanese myth cycle and also a major deity of the Shinto religion. She is the goddess of the sun, but also of the universe

Amesh-Spenta

is an Avestan language term for a class of divine entities in Zoroastrianism, and literally means "Bounteous Immortal"

Anatman

the doctrine that there is in humans no permanent, underlying substance that can be called the soul.

Ancestor veneration

is the practice of living family members who try to provide a deceased family member with continuous happiness and well-being in the afterlife

Angra-Mainyu

is the Avestan-language name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive spirit".

Animism

refers to the belief that non-human entities are spiritual beings, or at least embody some kind of life-principle.

Aryan

it was used initially as a national name to designate the worshippers of the Hindu deities and especially Indra according to Brahmanical principles

Atman

means 'self' in Sanskrit and is a concept of importance in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism:

Avatar

is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being

Avidya

word that means "ignorance", "delusion", "unlearned", "unwise" and that which is not, or runs counter to, vidya. It is used extensively in Hindu texts, including the Upanishads

Baals

Any of various local fertility and nature gods of the ancient Semitic peoples considered to be false gods by the Hebrews.

Bar Mitzvah/ Bat Mitzvah

- are Jewish coming of age rituals. Bar "בר" is a Jewish Babylonian Aramaic word meaning son, in Hebrew it's Ben "בן". Bat "בת" is Hebrew for girl, and Mitzvah "מצוה" is a commandment and a law. According to Jewish law, when Jewish boys become 13, they become responsible for their actions and become a Bar Mitzvah (plural: B'nai Mitzvah). The age for girls is 12.

Bhagavad Gita

also referred to as Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata.

Black Stone

the ancient stone building toward which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia                                                

Bodhisattva

Brahma

- is the Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimūrti,

Brahman

is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe

Brahmin

is a name used to designate a member of one of the four varnas (castes) in the traditional Hindu societys. Brahmin was the name given to persons who had attained the highest spiritual knowledge

Bushido

"Way of the Warrior-Knight", is a Japanese word which is used to describe a uniquely Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry.

Caliph 

    an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah

Caste

caste system in India is a system of social stratification, social restriction and a basis for affirmative action. Historically, the caste system in India consisted of four well known categories (the Varnas)

is an outer garment or open cloak worn by many Iranian women and female teenagers in public spaces.

Chanukkah (Hanukkah)

also romanized as Chanukah, Chanukkah, or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE

Chinvat

in Zoroastrianism is the bridge which separates the world of the living from the world of the dead. All souls must cross the bridge upon death.

Dakhma

is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead.

Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama is thought of as the latest reincarnation of a series of spiritual leaders who have chosen to be reborn in order to enlighten others

means Law or Natural Law and is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion

Diaspora

is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location" or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands"                                             

Digambara

Digambara is one of the two main sects of Jainism, the other being Svetambara

Divination

to foresee, to be inspired by a god". related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic standardized process or ritual.

Elohim

is a grammatically singular or plural noun for "god" or "gods" in both modern and ancient Hebrew language. When used with singular verbs and adjectives elohim is usually singular, "god" or especially, the God.

Essenes

were a sect of Second Temple Judaism that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE which some scholars claim seceded from the Zadokite priests.

Fakir

is a MuslimSufiascetic in Middle East and South Asia.

Fetish

- is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the etic attribution of inherent value or powers to an object.

Gabriel

is an angel who typically serves as a messenger to humans from God.

Gemara

is the component of the Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Rabbi Judah the Prince (c. 200 CE), the work was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in Babylonia and the Land of Israel.

Ghetto

A ghetto is a section of a city predominantly occupied by a group who live there, especially because of social, economic, or legal issues. The term was originally used in Venice to describe the area where Jews were compelled to live. The term ghetto now refers to an overcrowded urban area often associated with specific ethnic or racial populations living below the poverty line                                                               

Granth

Any of a number of sacred texts in Sikhism

Guru

term for "teacher" or "master", especially in Indian religions.

Hadith

is a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophetMuhammad

Haggadah

is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder.

Hajj

It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam

Halachah

is the collective body of Jewishreligious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.                                                                 

Hasidim

- is the plural of Hasid (חסיד), meaning "pious". The honorific "Hasid" was frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods.

High God

This position is often reserved for the deity who reigns over the others, or at least is one of the most powerful, and incorporates the concept of the Sky Father

Hijab

refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general.