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Question 1

Dao/dao (Tao/tao)

Answer 1

The way

Question 2

Daodejing

Answer 2

The Classic of the Way and the Power or Virture

Question 3

Laozi

Answer 3

Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching

May or may not have been an actual historical figure

Question 4

Qigong

Answer 4

breath exercises that help the movement of vital energy throughout the body

Question 5

Ying and Yang

Answer 5

opposing forces that create balance and harmony in the world

Question 6

Tai chi (taiji)

Answer 6

The philosophy of Tai Chi (as a movement art) is based on Taoism and the notion that softness or naturalness can prevail over hardness and rigidity.

Question 7

Buddha

Answer 7

a enlightened being

Question 8

Siddarta Gautama

Answer 8

First Buddha

Question 9

Dharma

Answer 9

teachings of the buddha

Question 10

The Four Noble Truths

Answer 10

Key to ending suffering in life and reaching enlightenment

Question 11

dukkha

Answer 11

the suffering that characterizes human life

Question 12

anitya

Answer 12

doctrine of impermanence

Question 13

anatman

Answer 13

“no-soul” no eternal self

Question 14

The Noble Eightfold Path

Answer 14

The Fourth Noble Truth

Right Understanding
Right Thought
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfullness
Right Concentration

Question 15

Middle Way

Answer 15

path to enlightenment, living without asceticism or lavish luxury

Question 16

samsara

Answer 16

rebirth cycle

Question 17

nirvana

Answer 17

the end of samsara, state of bliss associated with final nirvana

Question 18

karma

Answer 18

the energy of the individual’s past thoughts and actions, good or bad, it determines rebirth within the “wheel” of samsara or cycle of rebirth that ends only when parinrivana is achieved

Question 19

bodhisattva

Answer 19

In Theraveda, a being who is on the way to enlightenment or buddhahood but who has not yet achieved it, in Mahayana, a celetial being who forgoes nirvana in order to save others

Question 20

Buddha-nature (or Buddha mind)

Answer 20

The very impermanency of men and things, body and mind, is the Buddha nature. Nature and lands, mountains and rivers, are impermanent because they are the Buddha nature. Supreme and complete enlightenment, because it is impermanent, is the Buddha nature.

Question 21

Theravada Buddhism

Answer 21

“Teaching of the Elders”

Question 22

Mahayana Buddhism

Answer 22

“Greater Vehicle”

Question 23

Zen

Answer 23

tradtion centered on the practice of metidation and the teaching that ultimate reality is not expressible in words or logic, but must be grasped through direct intuition

Question 24

Pure Land

Answer 24

the comfortable realm in the western region of the heaves reserved for those who trust in the merit and grace of its lord, the celestial buddha Amitabha (Amida)

Question 25

Vesak

Answer 25

commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Buddhahood), and death of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition

Question 26

puja

Answer 26

ritual household worship of the deity

Question 27

yoga

Answer 27

practice and disciple that may involve a philosophical system and mental concentration as well as physical postures and exercises

Question 28

Vedas

Answer 28

the four collections of hymns and ritual texts that constitute the oldest and most highly respected Hindu sacred literature

Question 29

Upanishads

Answer 29

philosophical texts in the form of reported conversations on the theory of vedic ritual

Question 30

Ramayana

Answer 30

an epic recounting of the life of Lord Rama, an avatar of Vishnu

Question 31

Mahabharata

Answer 31

a very long epic poem, one section is the BG

Question 32

Bhagavad-Gita

Answer 32

section of the mahabharata epic, which recounts aconversation between Krishna and the warrior Arjuna in which Krishna explains the nature of god and the human soul

Question 33

avatar

Answer 33

incarnation of a deity in earthly form

Question 34

reincarnation

Answer 34

cycle of death and rebirth

Question 35

moksha

Answer 35

liberation from the cycle of birth and death, one of the aims in life

Question 36

chakra

Answer 36

energy point or node in the subtle body. Chakras are believed to be part of the subtle body, not the physical body, and as such, are the meeting points of the subtle (non-physical) energy channels called Nadi.

Question 37

dharma

Answer 37

religious and spiritual duty including both righteousness and faith

Question 38

karma

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action, good or bad, as it is believed to determine the quality of rebirth in the future

Question 39

Indra

Answer 39

vedic deity, guardian deity, parallels to zeus, thunderbolt staff

Question 40

Vishnu

Answer 40

preserver of the universe

Question 41

Shiva

Answer 41

supreme being, destroyer and transformer

Question 42

Krishna

Answer 42

incarnation of vishnu, god of compassion, tenderness and love

Question 43

Rama

Answer 43

seventh avatar of vishnu, story told in the ramayana

Question 44

Holi

Answer 44

spring color festival celebrated by throwing brightly colored water or power, triumph of good over evil

Question 45

Diwali (Deepavali)

Answer 45

festival of light in october-november

Question 46

Varnas (castes)

Answer 46

caste system in India

Question 47

Brahmin

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priest caste

Question 48

Kshatriyas

Answer 48

warrior caste

Question 49

Vaishyas

Answer 49

merchant, skilled worker caste

Question 50

Shudras

Answer 50

unskilled worker caste

Question 51

Outcaste / Dalit

Answer 51

Untouchables, the lowest of the lows, the ones who did the unclean jobs no one else wanted to do