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| What is Gandhi's philosophy? |
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Satygraha-
the public and deliberate refusal to obey an unjust law nonviolently. |
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Sidhartha Gautma saw a sick, old and dead man. Terrified, he tried to find the cause of suffering.
He found that desire was the cause of suffering and you must end desire and thus end suffering by following the Eight Fold Path and Four Noble Truths. |
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| What did the vedas center around? |
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Indus Valley was very advanced.
Describe how it was advanced. |
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It was divided into the residential and business district.
It had a sewage system.
It had a system of writing and a religion. |
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| Why was Russia defeated by Japan? In what war were they defeated? |
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| The Russo-Japanese war made Russia lose to Japan. Russia had not industrialized and had few rifals, unlike Japan. |
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| Who is the god of Buddhism? |
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| In most sects of Buddhism, there is no god. For that, Buddhism is often considered a liefstyle than a religion. However, in one sect, Buddha is a god. |
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| What three gods are in the trinity of Hinduism? |
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| Brahma, the creator, Shiva, the preservor, Vishnu, the destroyer of evil and ignorance. |
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| How did Gandhi appeal to the lower and upper class? |
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| He was well educated and came from a wealthy family yet he dressed like a peasant. |
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| How did the British gain importance in India? |
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| They collected unfair taxes and ruled indirectly. |
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| What were some contributions of the British? |
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The English language,
ideas of democracy and freedom of speech, press, etc. |
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| What is the most common religion in India? What god does it focus on? Why is it so famous? Why aren't other religions involved in it? |
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| Hinduism is the most common language in India. Different families worship different gods, though they mainly focus on Brahma, the preservor, Vishnu the preservor and Shiva the destroyer of evil and ignorance. It is famous because it is popular and flexible with no set dogma. Other religions were absorbed into it. |
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| Why are monsoons rainy in summer and dry in winter? Why is it important to the people of India? |
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| Monsoons come north from the seas during summer; since it arrives via the ocean, it has time to gather rain. In the winter, it comes down from the north and has no water to absorb. It is the dominant wind and predictable weather pattern in India. |
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| What is rain shadow? Where does it get this name? |
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The rain shadow is when rain falls on one side of the mountain and not the other.
It gets its name because the dry side ofthe mountain is in the shadow of the rain. |
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| Why was Gandhi assassinated? Who killed him? What happened to them? |
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On January 30, 1948, on his way to a prayer meeting, Gandhi was shot dead in Birla House, New Delhi, by Nathuram Godse.
-From Wikipedia
Godse believed that Gandhi had betrayed his own land. Godse was captured. Gandhi's family begged not to let him be killed, though he later was. |
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| What does Hinduism think about death? |
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| Hinduism believes in reincarnation after death. You must do dharma to make up for your karma, or your sins, until you die sinlessly. Doing dharma makes good karma. If you get perfect karma, you will join the gods. |
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| What happens if you are evil and you die according to Hinduism? |
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| In Hinduism, the more sins you do in this life, the less wealthy you will receive in the next life. If you are evil, you will return a peasant. If you are good, you will return a priest. |
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| What is in the Buddhist Eightfold Path? |
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Right Understanding
Right Thought
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration |
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| What is a skillful life according to Buddhism? |
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| One that does not hurt yourself or others. |
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| What is in the Five Precepts? |
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To refrain from harming living creatures (killing).
To refrain from taking that which is not freely given (stealing).
To refrain from sexual misconduct.
To refrain from incorrect speech (lying, harsh language, slander, idle chit-chat).
To refrain from intoxicants which lead to loss of mindfulness. |
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| Who ended the Russian mongol rule? |
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| The religious Hindu texts which appeared after the Vedas, which centered around meditation. |
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