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| Himalaya | The highest mountains in the world. |
| Monsoon | Seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to decribe seasonal changes in atmospheric ciruculation and precipitation. |
| Harappa | Name of city in ancient india where an advanced civilzation existed for. |
| Aryans | Moved south across the Hindu Kush mountain range into the plains of northern india. |
| Sanskirt | Indo - European Languge. |
| Varnas | Social group that ranked people from high to low. |
| Caste system | In the system , every indian was believed to be born into a caste , a social group defined by occupation and family lineage. |
| Hinduism | Had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryan peoples who setteled in india |
| Yoga | A Method of training designed to lead such a union . |
| Reincarnation | Belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death . |
| Karma | (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences |
| Dharma | the teaching or religion of the Buddha. |
| Buddhism | Buddhism is a religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama. Buddhism teaches people how to end their suffering by cutting out greed, hatred and ignorance. When people do bad things, they will get bad consequences. |
| Siddhartha | one who has accomplished a goal. |
| Nirvana | a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth |
| 4 Noble Truths | The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha's teachings, though they leave much left unexplained. They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni Sanskrit: चत्वारि आर्यसत्यानि; ... Chinese: 四聖諦(T) / 四圣谛(S); (pinyin: ... Japanese: 四諦; (rōmaji: shitai) |
| Eight fold path | The Eightfold Path of Buddhism, also called the Middle Path or Middle Way, is the system of following these eight divisions of the path to achieve spiritual enlightenment and cease suffering: Right understanding: Understanding that the Four Noble Truths are noble and true. |
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