Buddhism and Taoism Vocab.
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funnybunny111 on October 5, 2011
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8 buddhism vocab and 13 taoism vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Siddhartha Gautama | The founder of Buddhism |
| Enlightenment | A state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe |
| Dharma | Buddhist doctrine or law |
| Eightfold Path | A staircase for those seeking elightenment that you need to master one step at a time |
| Nirvana | A release from pain and suffering |
| Jatakas | Buddha's previous reincarnations |
| Pilgrimage | Travels to holy places |
| Four Noble Truths | Buddha's first sermon that he laid out about the main ideas that he understood about enlightenment |
| Confucius | China's most influential scholar, believing in social order, harmony and good government |
| Filial Piety | A child's respect for their parents and elders |
| Bureacracy | A trained civil service that runs the government |
| Analects | A collection of the works by Confucious |
| Menicius | A disciple of Confucious that taught leaders should be virtuous |
| Laozi | Believed that government should do little as possible and leave the people alone. People should be in union with nature as an alternative to political chaos |
| Daoism | The philosophy of Laozi |
| Social Order | Having to do with relations between people |
| Natural Order | Having to do with relations between all living things |
| Legalism | The belief that government should use the law to end civil disorder and restore harmony |
| I Ching | A chinese book of oracles, consulted to answer ethical and practical problems |
| Yin and Yang | In Chinese thought, the two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life |
| Autocracy | A government in which the ruler has unlimited power uses it in arbitrary manner |
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