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Ch. 3 India hinduism & buddhism
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- 1Himalaya Mts.Highest mountains in the world
- 2MonsoonSeasonal wind pattern in southern Asia
- 3HarappaAn advanced civilization flourished in this city for hundreds of years
- 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 SystemEvery Indian was believed to be born into a caste or social group defined by occupation and family lineage
- 8HinduismOrigins in the religious beliefs of the Aryan peoples who settled in India
- 9YogaA method of training designed to lead to such union
- 10ReincarnationA belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death
- 11KarmaThe force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life
- 12DharmaThe divine law
- 13BuddhismAppeared in northern India and soon became a rival of Hinduism
- 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 truth of suffering
The truth of the cause of suffering
The truth of the end of suffering
The truth of the path that frees us from suffering - 17Eightfold PathIt consists of eight steps
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