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| Islam -- Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law; the fourth caliph |
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| Islam -- Early leaders of Islam |
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| Islam -- Muhammad's migration to Medina |
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| Islam -- Pilgrimage to Mecca |
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| Islam -- Prayer leader; in Shi'a, one of twelve great leaders, the last of whom is in hiding and will return at the end of the world |
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| Islam -- Submission (to the will of God) |
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| Islam -- The struggle for Islam, either in war or in spiritual striving |
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| Islam -- Shrine in Mecca; contains the Black Rock |
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| Islam -- Home of Muhammad; pilgrimage site |
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| Islam -- "City of the Prophet," where Muhammad went on the Hijra |
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| Islam -- The last of the Prophets |
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| Islam -- One who submits to God |
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| Islam -- A prophet; prophets include Jesus; Muhammad is the last |
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| Islam -- The Scriptures, revealed to the Prophet |
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| Islam -- Month of fasting during daylight hours |
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| Islam -- Worship or prayer; performed five times a day |
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| Islam -- Fasting, especially during Ramadan |
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| Islam -- Profession of faith |
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| Islam -- "Partisans" or Ali; second largest Islamic group |
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| Islam -- "Customary" Muslims; comprise the great majority |
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| Islam -- Collectively, teachers of law and theology who finally decide questions of faith and practice. |
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| Islam -- The whole Muslim community |
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| Hinduism -- The essence within human beings that is identical to the essence of the universe |
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| Hinduism -- A book of devotion to Krishna as the supreme deity |
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| Hinduism -- "Devotion," a religious orientation including faith, love, surrender, and devotional attachment; it is usually directed at a specific deity. |
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| Hinduism -- The absolute of all that is incapable of being described, the universal world soul, or an impersonal principle and primary cause of the universe; the goal of some Hindus is to attain Brahman |
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| Hinduism -- Seeing and being seen by a deity |
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| Hinduism -- A spiritual teacher |
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| Hinduism -- "Deed" or "act," casual connection with the spiritual order; results of actions; the law that governs rebirth. |
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| Hinduism -- "Liberation," the ending of the cycle of death and rebirth |
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| Hinduism -- Adoration and worship; rites or offerings and circumambulation of a temple or image |
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| Hinduism -- The first of the four Vedic literary collections |
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| Hinduism -- Deep concentration |
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| Hinduism -- The rebirth of the soul into a new body after death |
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| Hinduism -- The passing of the soul at death into a new form of being or into a new body |
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| Hinduism -- Mystical, philosophical texts that come at the end of the Vedas |
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| Hinduism -- "Hold fast" or "yoke," any technique of physical and spiritual training by which an individual's bodily and psychic energies are controlled and directed toward moksha and away from this world |
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| One who is worthy of being honored, one who is enlightened; someone who has achieved nirvana in this life and will never regress from it. |
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| "An enlightened one," a person who has enough karma to attain nirvana but chooses not to depart this world unitl he or she can liberate all other sentient beings as well. |
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| A title meaning "enlightened one" given to the founder of Buddhism. |
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| Law; the principle of order in society and in the universe; the teaching of the Buddha |
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| "Lesser vehicle," pejorative name for Theravada Buddhism sometimes used by Mahayana Buddhists. |
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| A question posed by a Zen master to his or her students that is intended to remove mental barriers and aid in the attainment of enlightenment |
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| "Greater vehicle" the Northern School of Buddhism |
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| The state of enlightenment and bliss |
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| Successive states of rebirth; implies bondage or being trapped in illusion |
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| Siddhartha Gautama Sakyamuni |
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| "Thread," short statements; discourses of the Buddha |
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| Esoteric Buddhism or Hinduism with sacred texts, magical practices, shamanistic activities, and some focus on sexual acts |
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| "Way of the Elders," the Southern School of Buddhism |
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| "Lightning" or "thunderbolt" vehicle; Tantric Buddhism, especially Tibetan |
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| The practice of sitting in meditation in Zen Buddhism |
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| "Meditation," a movement within Mahayana Buddhism (Chinese: Ch'an) |
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