Download Eastern Religions Study | RELI 100 - Human Relig Experience and more Quizzes World Religions in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Brahmin DEFINITION 1 Priests TERM 2 Kshatriya DEFINITION 2 warrior or ruler TERM 3 Vaishyas DEFINITION 3 Artisans and merchants TERM 4 Shudras DEFINITION 4 Workers TERM 5 Dalits DEFINITION 5 Untouchables TERM 6 Brahman DEFINITION 6 unchanging, infinite world spirit TERM 7 Atman DEFINITION 7 The soul in the heart that is reincarnated. TERM 8 The Yugas DEFINITION 8 The 'era' within a cycle of four ages. Kali yuga is the last one, which we're in right now. TERM 9 Anatman DEFINITION 9 There is no "self," you have no soul. TERM 10 Bodhisattva DEFINITION 10 Those who have achieved nirvana but have come back to assist all beings until everyone achieves enlightenment. Can be celestial beings that hear prayers and aid the sufferer. TERM 21 Avalokiteshavara DEFINITION 21 Bodhisattva of compassion TERM 22 Amida Buddha DEFINITION 22 (Japan) Created paradise called Sukhabati. His name is chanted to get the paradise. The main Buddha of the pure land. TERM 23 Pure Land DEFINITION 23 Celestial paradise exists and all the conditions needed for the individual to be reborn and reach enlightenment exist too. TERM 24 Guanyin DEFINITION 24 Male/female compassionate bodhisattva. TERM 25 yin DEFINITION 25 Symbols: dark, earth, female, autumn, valley, west. TERM 26 yang DEFINITION 26 Symbols: bright, heaven, male, spring, mountain, east. TERM 27 Dao DEFINITION 27 The primal force or reality of the universe TERM 28 Ren DEFINITION 28 being fully human TERM 29 Li DEFINITION 29 The way to ren, consisting of an ethical propriety, good manners, and the cultivation of traditional ritual performances on musical instruments, in sacrifices, and in ancestor veneration. TERM 30 wu-wei DEFINITION 30 Noninterference, going with the flow, do nothing and nothing will be left undone. This is the way to experience the dao. TERM 31 All Souls Festival DEFINITION 31 Summer, comfort the ancestors TERM 32 Diffuse religion DEFINITION 32 Indicates what for most East Asians consists of a spiritual life that is centered within the family unit and immediate locality. It has its roots in the ancestor veneration and spirit worship of earliest antiquity but incorporates general and basic elements of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. TERM 33 Upanishads DEFINITION 33 Dialogs conveying a context of disciples learning at the feet of masters who have gone beyond the vedic sacrificial framework to adopt ascetic practices. The followers, gurus, developed new teachings and practices aimed at realizing the more fundamental realities underlying all existence. TERM 34 Yoga DEFINITION 34 physical and mental disciplined practices by which human beings can unify and focus their bodily powers for the purpose of realizing their true spiritual essence, the atman within. TERM 35 Bhagavad Gita DEFINITION 35 A famous portion of the Hindu epic Mahabharata: Allowed for diverse and nuanced evaluations of dharma, especially the pertaining to warriors, kin, and women and regarding the role of divinity in human affairs.
