Hinduism & Buddhism (not including their core beliefs) Flashcards
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| 196423843 | Founder or Partriarch of (Hinduism) | No clear founder; the religion is an amalgam of regional religious practices of the last 3500 years | 0 | |
| 196423844 | Aryan Classical theory of place and date of origin (Hinduism) | Indus river valley after Aryan invasion (c. 1500 BCE) | 1 | |
| 196423845 | Emergence Theory of place and day (Hinduism) | Indus river valley w/o Aryan invasion (before 1500 BCE) | 2 | |
| 196423846 | Modern Extent (Hinduism) | India, metropolitan areas of Great Britain, Australia, and the United States | 3 | |
| 196423847 | Holy or Sacred text (Hinduism) | Vedas: Rig Veda is the oldest with hymns, rituals, and oral traditions of Indus Upanishadas: Elaborates the role of the soul and karma | 4 | |
| 196423848 | role of women (Hinduism) | -Women are to be respected, but could not own property--many were considered property of their husbands in a sense -Actual religious status was tied heavily to caste position | 5 | |
| 196423849 | Founder of (Buddhism) | Siddhartha Gautama (Known as the Buddha, enlightened one) | 6 | |
| 196423850 | Place or date of origin (Buddhism) | Northern India c. 500 BCE; quickly spread throughout east asia | 7 | |
| 196423851 | Modern extent of Mahayana (Buddhism) | Eastern Asia - China, Korea, Japan | 8 | |
| 196423852 | Holy or sacred text (Buddhism) | Tripitika is important primary document; Most sutras stress and interpret the importance of the four noble truths and the eightfold path | 9 | |
| 196423853 | proselytize | to convert or attempt to convert | 10 | |
| 196423854 | Role of women (Buddhism) | women are dependent upon the existing cultural norms of the society that adopted buddhist beliefs. Generally women are equal to men in their potential to reach spiritual enlightenment: | 11 | |
| 196424722 | Modern extent of Theravada (Buddhism) | Theravada Buddhism: Indochina (vietnam, cambodia, laos, thailand) | 12 |