Midterm Exam

Question 0

Yoga

Answer 0

Yolk together
Method of training designed to lead to intergration and Union
Leads us beyond the limits of our individual egos and desires.

Question 1

Karma

Answer 1

Literally means the effects of our actions.

Question 2

Brahman

Answer 2

• Supreme reality; ultimate principle of reality; God

- highest sustainer of all things

Question 3

Nirguna Brahman

Answer 3

God without attributes

Question 4

Saguna

Answer 4

God with attributes

Question 5

Atman

Answer 5

• Deepest self

- true self

Question 6

Samsara

Answer 6

• Cycle of life , death and rebirth

- reincarnation or transmigration of the soul

Question 7

Buddah

Answer 7

• Enlighten one

- Awaken one

Question 8

Dukkha

Answer 8

Suffering (life is suffering)

Question 9

Tanha

Answer 9

Desire- specifically the desires for private fulfillment

Question 10

Dharma

Answer 10

Buddhist texts

Question 11

Nirvana

Answer 11

• to blow out -to extinguish
• the highest destiny of human spirit
• extinguish the boundaries of the finite self

Question 12

Anatman

Answer 12

• No self

- there is no substantial self that passes from one life to another but simply karmatic tendencies

Question 13

Jen

Answer 13

Ideal relationship between human beings

Ex. Goodness, human-heartedness benevolence or love

Question 14

Chun Tzu

Answer 14

Fully actualized person

Superior or mature person

Question 15

Li

Answer 15

Propriety :what’s right or appropriate

Ritual: the proper pattern for every act

Question 16

Te

Answer 16

• Power to rule

- Power of moral example

Question 17

Wen

Answer 17

Arts of peace

Question 18

Tao

Answer 18

Literally means the path or way

• the way of ultimate reality
• the way of the universe
• the way of human life

Question 19

Wu Wei

Answer 19

• Notion of inaction, inactivity, doing nothing

- Creative, quietude, Pure effectiveness or action without friction