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Flashcards by cdbrisson1, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by cdbrisson1
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| Question | Answer |
| Himalaya Mountains | the highest mountains in the world. |
| Monsoon | a seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia. |
| Harappa | Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 km west of Sahiwal. |
| Aryans | moved south across the Hindu Kush mountain range into the plains of northern India. |
| SansKrit | an Indo-European language. |
| Varnas | social groups that ranked people from high to low. |
| Caste System | a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too. Same goes for being rich, if you're a glass-half-full person. |
| Hinduism | a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion. |
| Yoga | a method of training designed to lead to such union. |
| Reincarnation | the belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death. |
| Karma | the force generated by a persons action that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. |
| Dharma | in Hinduism, the divine law that rules karma. |
| Buddhism | a religious doctrine introduced in northern India in the sixth century B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha. |
| Siddhartha Gautama | known as the Buddha or "Enlightened One" |
| Nirvana | ultimate reality the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul. |
| 4 Noble Truths | the doctrines of Buddha; all life is suffering, the cause of suffering is ignorant desire, this desire can be destroyed, this means to this is the Eightfold Path. |
| Eightfold Path | the path to nirvana, comprising eight aspects in which an aspirant must become practiced: right views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. |
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