Test 2 Flashcards

Question

Founder of Buddhism

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Guatama Siddhartha | @563 BC

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- Royal indian family - Carefully protected by father - Awakened at age 30

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the wise man of the Shakya tribe

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Tripitaka (three baskets) - recitations Buddha's teaching; Lotus Sutra - teaching of Mahayana doctrine

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Sutta-pitaka (basket of discources) - doctrinal teaching Vinaya-pitaka (discipline) - rules and regulations Abhidhamma - supplement containing reflection on teaching

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- Do not believe in one god | - worship of divine beings

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- No first or external cause - circular chain of cause & effect - liberation involves breaking one of the links in the chain - the weakest links are ignorance and craving

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No self (no permanent identity, we are constantly changing like a stream/fire)

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``` The Buddha The dharma (teaching) The sangha (community) ```

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Life is suffering The cause of suffering is desire or attachment The cure lies in overcoming attachment Overcoming attachment involves following the 8fold path

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"blowing out" of desire Escape from Samsara 8fold path

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``` Right knowledge Right aspiration Right speech Right behavior Right livelihood Right effort Right mindfulness Right absorption/meditation ```

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a cycle view of time, no beginning and no end Reincarnation until enlightenment When Buddha died, he entered Nirvana and became inaccessible

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Muhammad | born 570 CE in Mecca

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620 CE ascended into 7 levels of heaven talked with Abraham, Moses and Jesus Dome of the rock built in 691 on the site of his ascension

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Marks beginning of muslim calendar | 622 CE

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Monotheistic

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Shirk=assigning partners to God

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transcendent all powerful creator sovereign

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``` Son of virgin Mary Great prophet (not son of God) Jesus not crucified Will someday return Will stand in judgement over men ```

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People are born innocent Not sinful, but forgetful and weak Except for shirk, they can make up for sinful deeds with good deeds

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``` Confession Prayer Fasting Giving Alms Pilgrimage ```

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Public statement: there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his prohet First step in becoming Muslim Repeated multiple times daily

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Five times a day toward Mecca Preceded by ritual washings Must follow movements and postures

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Month of Ramadan Abstinence from food, water, sensual pleasure during daylight Children, pregnant women and travelers exempt Three day feast follows

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Zakat = purification | Annual giving to benefit to poor

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At least once in lifetime | symbol of purity & equality, men bathe, shave heads, wear white linen robes

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Resurrection God is final judge Judgement based on weighing good deeds vs. bad deeds

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Emerged after temple destruction in 70AD New system of daily prayer Authority shifts from priests to rabbis

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``` (Tanakh) Torah - five books of moses Nev'im -prophets Kethuvin -writings (Talmud) Mishnah - interpretation Gemara - narratives, illustration ```

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``` Yahweh God is: Eternal Personal Compassionate Transcendent ```

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God wants relationship with his people Responsible; able to make ethical decisions Israel is the chosen people

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God's people must live according to his will Halakha = the path one walks When people sin, atonement is necessary

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resurrection of the dead immorality of the soul coming messiah

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Orthodox (strict adherence to Torah) Reform (traditional customs not binding) Conservative (middle ground; strong Jewish identity with accommodation)

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