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Flashcards by mdeleon-tomas, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by mdeleon-tomas
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| Question | Answer |
| Himalaya mts. | highest mount in the world. |
| Monsoon | seasonal wind pattern in southern asia |
| Harappa | a village,indus valley civilization. |
| Aryans | A group, moved south across the hindu kush mountain range into the plains of northern india. |
| Sanskrit | Indo-european language. |
| varnas | social groups that ranked people from high to low. |
| Caste system | indian was believed to be born into a caste, a social group defined by occupation and family lineage. |
| Hinduism | origins in the religious beliefs of the aryan people who settled in india. |
| Yoga | method of training designed to lead to such union. |
| Reincarnation | individual soul is reborn in a different from after death. |
| Karma | generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. |
| Dharma | divine law |
| Buddhism | sixth century b.c. a new doctrine. |
| Siddhartha Gautama | known as the buddha, or enlightened one. |
| Nirvana | the end of the self and a reunion with the great world soul. |
| four noble truths | 1. ordinary life is full of suffering. 2. this suffering is caused by our desire to satisfy ourseleves 3. the way to end suffering is to end desire for selfish goals and to see others as extension of ouerselves. 4.the way to end desire is to follow the middle path. |
| Eight old path | 1.need to know the 4 noble truths. 2.decide what we really want. 3. speak truth & speck well to others. 4.not kill,not steal,unchaste, no druge ect. 5.work that uplifts our being. 6. must follow OX by carrying heavy loads. 7. minds control. 8. meditate( & see world in a new way. |
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