Karteikarten
Ch. 3 India, Hinduism, & Buddhism
Karten in diesem Stapel (17)
- 1Himalaya Mountainsthe highest mountains in the world.
- 2Monsoona seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia.
- 3HarappaHarappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 km west of Sahiwal.
- 4Aryansmoved south across the Hindu Kush mountain range into the plains of northern India.
- 5SansKritan Indo-European language.
- 6Varnassocial groups that ranked people from high to low.
- 7Caste Systema 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.
- 8Hinduisma major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion.
- 9Yogaa method of training designed to lead to such union.
- 10Reincarnationthe belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death.
- 11Karmathe force generated by a persons action that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life.
- 12Dharmain Hinduism, the divine law that rules karma.
- 13Buddhisma religious doctrine introduced in northern
India in the sixth century B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha. - 14Siddhartha Gautamaknown as the Buddha or "Enlightened One"
- 15Nirvanaultimate reality the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul.
- 164 Noble Truthsthe 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.
- 17Eightfold Paththe path to nirvana, comprising eight aspects in which an aspirant must become practiced: right views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration.