Question | Answer |
Himalaya | the highest mountains in the world |
monsoon | a seasonal wind pattern in southern asia |
harappa | An avanced civilaton flourished in these cities for hundred of years |
aryans | moved south across the hindu kudh mountain range into the plains of northern india |
sanskirt | an indo-eurpoean language |
varnas | social groups that ranks high to low |
casstle system | in this system every indian was belived to be born in to a caste a social group defined by occupation and family lineage |
hinduism | has its origins in the religious belief of the aryan peoples who settled in india |
yoga | a method of tranning designed to lead to such union |
reincarnation | had appeard in hinduism reincarnation is the belif that the individual soul is reborn in a differnt form after death |
karma | the force generated by a person actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life |
dharma | the law requires all people to do there duttys |
buddhism | apperad in the northern india and soon become a rival of hinduism |
siddhartha gautama | know as the buddha or enlightened one |
nirvana | ultimate reality the end of the of the slef and a reunion with the great world soul |
4 nobble truths | 1 ordinary life is full of suffering 2 this suffering is caused by our desire to satisfy oursleves 3 the way to end suffering is to end desire for selffish goals and to see others as extensions of oursleves 4 the way to end desire is to follow the middle path |
8 fold path | 1 right view 2 right intention 3 right speech others 4 right actions steal don't lie don't drank alcohol 5 right livelihood 6 right effort 7 right mindfulness 8 right concentration |
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