religon-Hinduism-Buddhism
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atman | a person's essential self |
| Moksha | to acheive union with brahman |
| reincarnation | the soul in another bodily form |
| karma | actions that affect a persons fate in the nest life. |
| dharma | a persons religous and moral duties |
| Ahimsa | belief in nonviolence, and reverence for all life |
| caste system | an unchangeable social group into which a person is born into. |
| Siddartha Gautama | he was a spiritual teacher, whose teachings Buddhism was founded. *he became buddah |
| Four noble truth | the four 4 basic beliefs tht form the foundation of buddhism. |
| 1st noble truth | life is full of suffering |
| 2nd nuble truth | know tht there is suffering |
| 3rd noble truth | we suffer because of attachment |
| 4th noble truth | the truth of the path sets us free |
| eightfold path | the path one must follow to reach nirvana |
| nirvana | union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth |
| sect | a subgroup of a major religoug group. |
| what is a difference between the two? | buhddist believe to seek enlightenment thru medatation. buhddist rejected the caste system, offering the hope of nirvana to all regaurdless of birth. |
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