Bhagavad Gita
A Hindu holy book where the god Krishna teaches the importance of selflessness, performing religious duties, and of devotion to God.
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Belief Systems
BCE
Date designation meaning Before Common Era, or more than two thousand years ago.
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Atman
In Hinduism, the human soul.
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archipelago
A group or chain of islands.
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Animism
The oldest known type of belief system in the world. It is still practiced in a variety of forms in many traditional societies. Animists practice nature worship. They believe that everything in the universe has a spirit. This is exemplified by the practices of the Plains Indians in North America who would praise the spirit of the buffalo that they killed for giving its life to them so that they might survive. Animists also believed that ancestors watch over the living from the spirit world.
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ancestor worship
Worship given to deceased relatives who are believed to be closer to the Gods, and therefore able to grant favors.
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Analects, The
Collection of moral and social teachings of Confucius, including the concept of the Five Relationships.
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Ahimsa
In Hinduism, it is the principal of non violence against all living things.
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Abraham
The first patriarch in the Bible. Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and was rewarded for being prepared to do so. He is considered by Jewish people as the father of the Israelites through his son Isaac, and by Muslims as the father of Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.
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