Test 3 Flashcards
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Founder of Buddhism
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Siddhartha Gautama lived from
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563-483 BC
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What does Buddha mean
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enlightened one
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Head of the sakya clan
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Sakyamuni
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Tathagata means what
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thus gone one
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Where was Siddhartha Gautama born
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Lumbini, Nepal
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What cast was Siddhartha Gautama
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Kshatriya cast
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Where was Siddhartha Gautama raised
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sheltered environment in Benares India (holy place for Buddhists)
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Siddhartha’s four sights
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decrepit old man,
sick person (leper),
corpse,
monk (begging for food)
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Who was the mother of Siddhartha Gautama
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Maya (died seven days after his birth)
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Who was the prophet that told the King he would grow up to either a king or a wandering ascetic
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Asita
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The four sights caused Siddartha to leave at what age
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29
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What was Siddartah looking for?
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dukkha (solution for suffering)
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what is the solution for suffering
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dukkha
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How long did Siddhartha lead the life of an extreme ascetic
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seven years
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What did Siddhartha Gautama find?
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the “Middle Path”
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what was Siddhartha Gautama sitting under when he found the middle path
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bo (fig) tree
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(the tempter) attacked Siddhartha Gautama while looking for enlightenment
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Mara
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What was Mara’s last ditch effort?
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Sent his three daughters Discontent, Delight, and Thirst to seduce him.
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Stages of enlightenment
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- saw past 550 lives
- saw hole world at once and learned karma affects your rebirth
- passed through 8 stages of meditation
- reached complete spiritual insight
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What happened at the moment of enlightenment
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earth shook, breezes blew, flowers fell from heaven
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Where did Siddhartha preach his first sermon.
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Benares
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community of Buddhist monks
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sangha
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Buddhist word for teaching
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dhamma
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What happened when the Buddha died
parinirvana
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where did the Buddha enter parinirvana
Kushingara, India
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what age did the Buddha enter parinirvana
80
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The three jewls of Buddha
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha
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what does dharma mean
the teaching
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what does sangha mean
the community
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List the four noble truths
1. there is suffering
2. Cravings produce suffering
3. Get rid of cravings will end suffering
4. All pain can be stopped by following the eight-fold path
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List the eight fold path
1. right views (4 noble truths)
2. right resolve (to extinguish cravings)
3. right speech (don't lie, slander, dont' say more than necessary etc.)
4. right behavior (don't kill, cheat, steal and don't do more than necessary)
5. right occupation (be a monk; otherwise, do a job that harms no one)
6. right effort (to attain good qualities)
7. right mindfulness (observant, alter, contemplative, stoic)
8. right meditation (learn to empty your mind)
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ultimate goal of Buddhism
nirvana
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what does nervana mean
nothingness (lit. blown out)
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The first Buddhist scriptures were what
remembered and recited at the first council
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when was the first Buddhist council
483
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what does Tripitaka mean
"The Three Baskets" written on leaves and placed in three baskets
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what makes up the Tripitaka
Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka
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Vinaya Pitaka means
rules for monks
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Sutta Pitaka means
Buddha's discourses
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Abhidhamma Pitaka
commentaries on discourses
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Name another version considered to be Buddha's true teaching by those whose follow them.
Lotus Sutra
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B/H Who has the "way of works"
Hinduism
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B/H who did not believe the Vedas to be authoritative
Hindu
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who had the caste system
Hindu
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Who had Brahman-Atman (ultimate reality)
Hindu
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Who believes in Atman
non-reality, the world is not an illusion; it is real
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B where are we?
in a rational (not illusory) world, filled w pain which we produce ourselves by bad karma.
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B Who are we?
we are rational beings who are destined to be reborn endlessly as long as we want to exist
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B What's the problem?
We listen to our cravings
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B What's the solution?
Extinguish all desire by acknowledging the 4 noble truths, and follow the eight-fold path, esp meditation
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B How do we know?
enlightenment granted first to the Buddha and now to us through meditation
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What is considered the original version of Buddhism
Theravada "orthodox"
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The version of Buddhisms mainly for monks who can devote full attention to achieve Nirvana
Theravada
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place for non-monks that support monks
Hinayana
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Theravada Buddhism is also called?
Southern Buddhism
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where is southern Buddhism most popular
Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Kampuchea, Laos and Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
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Buddhism that means "Big Raft"
Mahayana
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Sect that emphasizes veneration of bodhisattvas
mahayana
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bodhisattvas
people who have achieved Nirvana, but delay it to help others
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What is the revision that Mahayana hope to accomplish
reach Nirvana and help others reach it
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Mahayana is also called what?
northern Buddhism
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Mahayana spawned sects that flourished where
China, Japan, Tibet, Vietnam, Mongolia and Nepal
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Sect that flourished in China with a combination of Confucius
Tendai
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Which sect claims to unite all variations of Buddhism into one
Tendai
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Most popular form of Buddhism in Japan
Pure Land
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Sect based on legendary Buddha named Amida who attained enlightenment in heaven
pure lands
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another name for Amida
Dhyani Budda
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Who introduced Japan to Pure Land
Honen
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How does Pure Land Buddhism prepare for Pure Land
pure thought, prepare for paradise
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what do pure Land Buddhism call Nirvana
Pure Land
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How is pure thought achieved?
constant repetition of nembustsu
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what is nebutsu
namu amida butsu
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Who advocated the True Pure Land is based on the number of times Nembutsu was said.
Honen's disciple, Shinran
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movement who believe in the Lotus Sutra
Soka Gakkai
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who begun the Soka Gakkai
Nichiren
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Soka Gakkai emphasize what phrase
Daimoku
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what does daimoku mean
nam myoho renge kyo "I bow down to worship the beautiful teachings of the Lotus Sutra"
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A branch of Mahayana influenced by Taoism of China
zen
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founder of zen
Buddhist teacher Bodhidharma
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What branch of enlightenment focuses on intuition based on the legend that Buddha held flowers without saying anything to make a point.
zen
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Which sect has something to do w flowers
zen
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which sect revers no scriptures
zen
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which sect is especially liked in the West
Zen
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Which sect focuses on meditation which focuses the mind on a specific problem
zen
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what does Koans or kwans mean
verbal puzzle that develops mental concentration
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What sect blended traditional animism with Buddhism to product Lamaism
Tibetan (Vajrayana)
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Tibetan sect is also called
vajrayana
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what does Lamaism mean
superior
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Buddhas teachings of scripture is divided into two sects and written in two books
Kanjur and Tanjur
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Which sect has had a Dalai Lama since the 15th century
Tibetan
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When is the Dalai Lama reincarnated
exactly 49 days after he has died
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current dalai lama is
tenzen gyatso
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where does dalai lama live
exile in India
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which sect used chants (mantras), hand positions (mundras and mandalas as keys to meditation
Tebetan (Vajrayana)
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mantras mean
chants
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mundras means
positions
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Jainisms founder
Mahavira
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what is the literal translation of Mahavira
"great man"
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Where was Mahavira born
Nataputta Vardhamana, in Northeast India
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when was Mahavira born
599BC
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Mahavira was born to what cast
Kshatriya
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What religion follows the do no harm policy
Jainism
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how many years of aestheticism did Mahavira engage in
13
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what did mahavira call enlightenment
kaivalya
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what was attained in kaivalya
omniscience
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after he attained kaivalya he was given the title
jina
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what does jina mean
conqueror
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what does Jains mean
followers of the conqueror
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Mahavera died of what at what age
starvation at age 70
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Mahavira is one of what
24 Tirthankaras
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literal translation of tirthankaras
ford finders
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Tirthankara that preceded Mahavira
Parsva
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Parsva died when
84,000 years before Mahavira
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Who was named the first Tirthankara
Rishaba
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how old was Rishaba
70 trillion years old
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how tall was Rishaba
3,000 feet tall
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Does Jainism believe in a creator God
no
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Does Jainism believe in dieties beside the creator god?
yes but they ignore the deities
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Through meditation humans can achieve what
liberation and surpass the gods
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distinction between jiva and ajiva
life (gods, humans, plants) and non-life (rocks, dirt etc.)
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what kind of life does jiva include
gods, humans, plants
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what does ajiva include
rocks, dirt, etc.
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what piles layers of ajiva on the soul and affects status in the next life
bad karma
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what do Jains believe nirvana is
a continued isolated and changeless existence at the top of the cosmos where people will remain motionless, omniscient and blissful
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Sacred texts of Jainism
Agamas or Siddhanta
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what does Agamas mean
tradition
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what does Siddhanta mean
doctrine
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vows of Jainism are similar to what
eight fold path of Buddhism
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what are Jains best known for
ahimsa
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what does ahimsa mean
not killing anything
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what famous person popularized ahimsa
Gandhi
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other vows of Jains
truth telling, no stealing, no sex, detachment
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truth telling makes Jainism using what
syadvada (maybe)
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syadvada means what
maybe
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detachment means
monks are expected to starve themselves while meditating until death takes you
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what produces bad Karma in Jainism
all activity complete inactivity is idea
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two divisions in Jainism
Digambaras/Svetambaras
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which Jain clan wears cloths
Svetambaras
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which Jain clan doesn't wear cloths
Digambaras
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can lay people achieve enlightenment in jainism
no
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what is the main act of worship for Jainism
washing and decorating images of Tirthankaras
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what are Tirthankaras
nude statues that have vines growing over them
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what does a raised hand mean
stop
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founder of sikhism
Nanak
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when was Nanak born
1469-1538
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where was Nanak born
northwest India (now Pakistan)
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Nanak was a member of what movement
Sant
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when did Nanak have a vision
age 30 spent three days in the forest
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what was Nanak's response to his vision
Japji prayer
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Sikhism is a merging of
Hinduism and Islam
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what is Nanak's famous slogan
"There is no Muslim and there is no Hindu"
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Siks dress in a combination of what style
hindu and islamic style
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Hymns Nanak wrote were made into a book called
Adi Granth
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The original copy of the Adi Granth is housed where
Golden Temple in Amrisar
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what does Adi Grath mean
first book (treatise/Punjabi)
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Revered Siks called
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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what does Sri Guru Granth Sahib translate to
reverend teacher Granth
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who wrote the Dasam Granth
Guru Gobind Rai
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Guru Gobind Rai received the widest acceptance in what
Punjab, region Northwest of India
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Jainism Gurus are determined by what
character and not descendants of Nanak
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all who write for Adi Granth
Nanak
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The 10th Guru four sons were murdered and declared what the next Guru
Adi Granth
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What kind of Gods to Siks believe in
one God that goes by different names
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Siks do not believe God has what attributes
human
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what does Sat Nam mean
true name
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Ekankar
one om the lord
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Karma and reincarnation can be escaped in Sikhism how
remembering God
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At death what happens to ones soul
merge with pure light of God
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Sikhs practice what
Japji prayers every morning
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when do Sikhs worship
sundays at temple
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gurdwara
temple (guru's door)
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what is the main feature in a temple
Adi Granth
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what do Sikhs do after the service
langar (Potluck)
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what is Langar
potluck
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center of Sikhism
Golden Temple of Amritsar
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what was initiated by the 5th Guru
miltaristic traditions in response to persecution
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5th Guru's name
Guru Arjan
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who formed the Singhs
Guru Gobind Rai
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Singhs stands for
lions
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kaur
princess
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very dedicated Siks do what
kes, kangha, kirpan, kacha, and kara
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kes
uncut hair
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kangha
small comb
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kirpan
small daggar
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kacha
knee-length underpants
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Kara
steel bracelet
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list the things that dedicated sikhs do what
uncut hair, comb, dagger, knee length underpants, and steel bracelets
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The dedicated fellowship of the Sikhs
The Khalsa
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The pure
Khalsa
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Punjab is part in what two countries
Pakistan and India
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what would an independent Sikh state be callled
Khalistan
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What Sikh became the two term Prime Minister of India
Mammohan Singh
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Mammohan Singh was in power when
2004-2014
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Two founders of Baha'I
Ali Muhammad, Mirza Husein Ali
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John the Baptist of Bahai
Ali Muhammad
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where was Ali Muhammad born
Shiraz persia
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In 1844 Ali Muslim did what
declared himself the mouthpiece of the hidden imam (12th and last Shi'a imam)
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another name for the mouthpiece of the hidden imam
Bab
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advocated reforms within Islam for education, moral purity and raising status of women
Bayan
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The one greater than the Bab
Madhi
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followers of the gate
babi
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how was Ali Muhammad killed
executed for heresy in Persia in 1850
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Who attempted to assassinate the Shah of Persia
Mirza Husein Ali (Baha'ullah)
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during his persecution he assumed what name
Baha'ullah
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glory of God
Baha'ullah
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followers are called
Baha'i
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Baha'ullah spent 30 years where
Acre prison
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how did Baha'ullah spread his doctrine
correspondence
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Most important book of Baha'I
KitabiAydas
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KitabiAydas means
Most Holy Book
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Where did Mirza Husein Ali die, in
Acre 1892
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Baha'I head quarters
Universal house of Justice
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where is the Bahi Universal house of Justice
Mt Carmel
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where is Mt. Carmel
Haifa Israel
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Baha'I believes that God has relieved himself to how many religious figures
9
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name the nine
abraham, krishna, moses, zoroaster, buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, Bab, and Baha'ullah
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Oneness of God, portrayed how
depending on what was most needed at the time each Bab appeared
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What will advance Bahai's and the insight of Baha'ullah
oneness of humanity
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Are Baha'I prejudice?
no strongly against prejudice
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Are men and women equal in Baha'I
yes
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what did Baha'I write about equality
man and woman were two wings of one bird (humanity) birds cannot fly w/ both wings
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Is Baha'I progressive?
always competitive with science
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Summation of all religions as Baha'I states
live a good productive life
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As more people live good and productive lives what will happen
there will be peace and unity in the future
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what is more important than ritual in Baha'I
Personal piety but social action is stressed more
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Baha'i meet for a meal when
every 19 day
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who was appointed successor by the Baha'ullah
abbas effendi his son
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who succeeded abbas effendi
his grandson shoghi effendi
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when shoghi effendi died what happened
representative model
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9 members of the BahaI form what
local spiritual assembly n
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one leader from each of the nine local spiritual Assembly are sent to what
world parliment
