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| An Indian term meaning nonjourney or nonviolence. |
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| The Individual self, soul, essence, or nature of a person; written with an uppercase "A" it refers to the Hindu Supreme Self. |
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| The nondual, self-existent, supreme soul; the Ultimate or Absolute Reality of Hinduism |
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| In Hinduism, law; one's religious and social duty. In Buddhism, cosmic truth; the teaching of religion concerning the ulitmate order of things. |
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| Action; moral law of cause and effect; in Hinduism, one of the paths to liberation. |
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| "Illusion"; in Hinduism the illusory yet attractive physical world. |
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| In Hinduism, release or liberation from the cycle of existance. |
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| The deepest state of trance or yoga self-possession. |
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| Rebirth; reincarnation; the cycle of successive existences. |
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| The three gods that command the highest respect in Hinduism: Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. |
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| In Hinduism the god of death, destruction, and disease as well as the god of the dance and reproduction. |
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| In Hinduism known as "the Preserver." The god of love and benevolence. Has appeared on Earth in many forms. |
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| In Hinduism the Creator. The oldest and least worshiped of the Trimurti. |
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| Belief that Vishnu is the true god. |
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| The eternal, sacred knowledge of Hindus, revealed to the rishis and transmitted orally by brahmins to generation. Applies to a group of writings. Among these writings the Vedas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads are the most important. |
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1. Liberation through fulfillment of duties.
2. Liberation through Philisophical Systems.
3. Liberation through Devotional Acts. |
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| Liberation through fulfillment of duties |
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| This path refers to the methodical fulfillment of rites, ceremonies, and social obligations. These include sacrificing to the deities and one's ancestors, reverencing and saluting the sun, and keeping the hearth fire lit. |
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| Liberation through philosophical systems |
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| Hinduism prescribes the philosophical path, or the path of knowledge. One can attain ultimate bliss through the perception of the illsory nature of names and forms and the realization of the sole reality of Brahman-Atman. By reasoning and uniterrupted contemplation, their ignorance gives way to the realization that the entire universe and all beings are one and the same Brahman. |
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| Liberation through devotional acts |
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| Such experiences assume the form of a passionate love of a deity. One surrenders one's self to the deity or divine being. They have private acts of devotion as well as temple worship. |
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| Buddhist term for no self, that is, no permanent ego or soul that makes a person. |
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| Bodhi is knowledge of enlightenment. Bodhisattva is the ideal person in Mahayana Buddhism who has attained enlightenment but who, moved by compassion to aid humanity, delay indefinitely the final step to nirvvana or Buddhahood; such a person is regarded as a savior. |
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| Buddhist term for human suffering, dissatisfaction, axiety, frustration, and misery. |
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| The technical term in Zen Buddhism for a riddle, a phrase, or word of nonsensical lanuage that cannot be understood by reason or intellect; it is used as an exercise for breaking the limitations of reason and thought. |
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| Extinction; the stae achieved by Buddhists, releasing the individual from the cycle of existance; the state of perfect bliss. |
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| The name given to the monastic order founded by Buddha; Buddhist community of monks and nuns. |
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| A characteristic of phenomena arising from the fact (as observed and taught by the Buddha) that the impermanent nature of form means that nothing possesses essential, enduring identity. |
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| In Buddhism human beings are made up of five skandhas, or components: body, feelings, perceptions, dispositions, and consciousness. |
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| Impermanence, change, transformation; a characteristic of existance, according to Buddhists. |
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| Selfish craving for sentient existance from which Buddhists seek release. |
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| In Buddhism, a memorial shrine; a burial mound, often said to contain some bodily relic of the Buddha. |
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