7848381359 | animism | the belief that all living and nonliving things on nature have a spirit | 0 | |
7848388294 | Hinduism | the belief in one unifying spirit called Brahman and reincarnation | 1 | |
7848396888 | Buddhism | belief in the Four Noble truths and following the Eightfold Path to reach nirvana | 2 | |
7848406135 | Judaism | an Abrahamic monotheistic religionassociated with the Hebrews | 3 | |
7848412724 | The Vedas | Hindu sacred texts. Veda means wisdom | 4 | |
7848418136 | The Upanishads | Hindu sacred text that was an attempt to explain the complex Hindu religion | 5 | |
7848428288 | Ramayana | a Hindu creation story that describes the perfect Hindu marriage | 6 | |
7848440119 | The Mahabharata | the longest Indian epic poem which described a civil war in Delhi | 7 | |
7848448526 | The Tripitaka | Sacred Buddhist texts of Buddha's teachings written by his followers | 8 | |
7848461804 | The Torah | a sacred Jewish scripture recording laws and events in Jewish history | 9 | |
7848467179 | Brahman | the unifying spirit of Hinduism that could manifest in one or many forms | 10 | |
7848478577 | Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism | 11 | |
7848482682 | Dalai Lama | the religious leader of Tibetan Buddhists who advocates for freedom from China | 12 | |
7848494619 | Boddhisatvas | people who delayed nirvana to help others reach it | 13 | |
7848497420 | Rabbi | Jewish religious leader | 14 | |
7848504516 | Buddha | The Enlightened One | 15 | |
7848508736 | The Great Renuncitation | Siddhartha Gautama was born into a wealthy family but renounced his wealth to seek spiritual enlightenment | 16 | |
7848520470 | The Ganges River | a river that is considered to be most sacred by Hindus | 17 | |
7848524186 | Synagogue | temple, Jewish church | 18 | |
7848529769 | Reincarnation | rebirth, associated with Hinduism and Buddhism | 19 | |
7848535403 | Karma | the sum of all your deeds, both good and bad | 20 | |
7848540682 | Dharma | duties dependent upon your position, gender, and occupation | 21 | |
7848546090 | The Caste system | a social class system highly involved in Hinduism | 22 | |
7848552867 | Castes | social classes into which a person is born and lives in their entire life | 23 | |
7848566352 | 4 signs Gautama saw before becoming a religious leader | - a sick man - an old man - a dead man - a monk | 24 | |
7848576197 | When Gautama found the meaning of life, he became known as _________ | Buddha | 25 | |
7848579178 | The Four Noble Truths | 1. All life is suffering. 2. suffering is caused by desire for things 3. The way to eliminate suffering is to eliminate desire 4. Following the Eightfold Path will help overcome desire | 26 | |
7848599082 | The Eightfold Path | - right view - right intentions - right speech - right action - right livelihood - right effort - right concentration - right mindfulness | 27 | |
7848612777 | nirvana | Buddhist salvation or release from reincarnation | 28 | |
7848618862 | Theraveda | AKA Hinayana, Lesser vehicle The original type of Buddhism in which Buddha was a teacher and the Eightfold Path was emphasized | 29 |
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