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Classical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism
Total of 50 aksaras (indestructibles)
14 vowels first, then 36 consonants: begin in throat, end in lips |
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Wheel, World-cycle
4 yugas = 1 mahayuga
1000 mahayugas = 1 day of Brahma
1000 mahayugas = 1 night of Brahma
360 days (day&night) = 1 year of Brahma
100 years = 1 lifetime of Brahma
1 lifetime = 1 eyewink of the Supreme Brahman (3.1 x 1014 human years) |
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Great Age, composed of 4 yugas:
Krita Yuga: The Perfect (“Golden”) Age (Dharma walks on four legs)
Treta Yuga: The “Silver” Age (Dharma limps on three legs)
Dvapara Yuga: The “Bronze” Age (Dharma hobbles on two legs)
Kali Yuga कलियुग: The “Rust” Age (Dharma pitches on one leg) |
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| Age of decline and disharmony (Our age) |
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Action, Law of Consequence
proportional
rehabilitative
the determination of outcomes: choice |
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Wants, preoccupations
Varna/Purusartha
Shudra/kama (pleasure)
Vaishya/artha (wealth)
Kshatriya/dharma (service)
Brahmin/moksha (liberation) |
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| Laws of caste and stage of life |
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Social Class:
Shudra ("laborers")
Vaishya ("merchants")
Kshatriya ("warriors")
Brahmin ("priests")
(Dalit - Downtrodden; Untouchables) |
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Stages of life:
Brahmacarin (student)
Householder (parent)
Forest Dweller (retiree)
Sannyasin (renunciant) |
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duty
Shudra/service without envy
Vaishya/production of goods
Kshatriya/protection of social order
Brahmin/spiritual guidance
Brahmacarin/study
Householder/service
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Sannyasin/renunciation |
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Liberation from Samsara
the realization of ultimate spiritual essence (Atman is Brahman) |
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Play, Sport
Samsara as Maya |
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| The 3 manifestations of Brahman: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva |
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The "Blue God"
Avatar of Vishnu
young boy in Bhagavata Purana
Youthful prince giving directions in Bhagavad Gita
Lovable Boy/Erotic Lover (as in Radha and Krishna) |
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The Destroyer (also Creator and Preserver)
Aniconic form is the Lingam |
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Book of Krishna's talk with Arjuna
Applications of jnana-yoga, karma-yoga, and bhakti-yoga |
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| Hindu scriptures that constitute the core teachings of Vedanta. |
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Goddess of Destruction
Female form of Shiva |
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male mark
Creative in Unity |
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Female Mark
Destructive in Duality |
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| Perfect Being, Consciousness, and Bliss |
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| Controlling what is not essential to free what is essential |
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| discipline of wisdom, knowledge |
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| discipline of love, devotion |
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| discipline of psycho-physical exercise |
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1. All of existence is suffering (dukkha)
2. The cause of dukkha is desire (tanha)
3. To end dukkha, eliminate tanha
4. To end tanha, follow the Eightfold Path |
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| five occasions of concealed suffering |
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(1) even something pleasant involves the suffering of others
(2) even something pleasant involves one’s own suffering
(3) even something pleasant involves the anxiety of loss
(4) even something pleasant binds us to further suffering
(5) even something pleasant disappoints our deepest longings |
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| six occasions of universal suffering |
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(1) the trauma of birth
(2) illness
(3) physical decline
(4) the fear of death
(5) being tied to what one hates
(6) being separated from what one loves |
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Five Aggregates
1. body
2.perceptions
3.emotions 4.karmic dispositions
5.consciousness |
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| Prior Births of the Buddha |
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| Dream-conception and birth of the Buddha |
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Old man
Diseased Man
Corpse
Ascetic |
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| Great Going Forth (pravrajya) |
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| Temptations of Mara and Enlightenment |
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| Final Nirvana, when one achieves true awakening |
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prajna (wisdom)
sila (virtue)
samadhi (meditation) |
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| Eight Special Rules for Women |
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