Religion Final- key terms
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- Shakti
- Hindu term for the female counterpart of the gods vishnu, shiva, and brahman
- Yin
- one of the two polar forces is the cosmic system of the pair yin and yang. it is the female, negative force.
- Moksha
- Moksha is a Hindu term that describes the event in which someone reaches salvation or enlightenment and become one with Brahman and lives in eternal identity with him.
- Satori
- a Zen Buddhist term. It is the goal of the religion- a flash of sudden enlightenment or salvation.
- Avatara
- a Hindu term. the term for the 9 appearances that vishnu made on earth.
- Bodhissatva
- a Zen Buddhist belief that some humans choose to postpone Nirvana (eternal bliss) in order to help humans on earth achieve salvation themselves.
- Dharma
- a south asian term that means law- religious law
- Li
- Confucian term meaning ritual or sacrament. the way confucius said we should behave in social situations for a harmonious society.
- Raja Marga
- the Hindu term for yoga
- Yogic Taoism
- the Taoist term for the practice of taking physiological control of yourself by performing certain body exercising and breathing exercises. yoga.
- Karma
- a buddhist belief - "those deeds performed on earth, whether good or bad, of such will be their heirs."
- Te
- the moral force which runs along relationships. confucianism.
- Brahman
- Brahma is the creator of all things or what Christians refer to as God (hinduism)
- Tao
- "god" or the "ultimate" in Taoism
- dukka
- Buddhist- means suffering
- Maya
- the world is an illusion (hindu)
- henotheism
- (judaism) there's one main God but other small gods
- Talmud
- a huge body of oral tradition consisting of elaborte commentary on the Torah (judaism)
- Messiah
- annointed one
- qu'ran
- Muslim scripture, reading, recitation
- miraj
- (islam) night journey, Muhammad mysteriously in the middle of the night from Mecca to Jerusalem to the sky- seventh heaven
- hijrah
- migration, journey to mecca (islam)
- surah
- chapter in the Koran
- hadith
- things that muhammad said (islam)
- injil
- the christian gospel
- torah
- jewish law
- shariah
- muslim term for god's law
- shahadah
- first pillar- testimony or witness; the basic creed of Islam
- shirk
- (islam) association, treating a creature as if it were on the same level as its creator (idolotry)
- Muhammadun rasulu Liah
- Muhammad is the prophet or messanger of God.
- zakat
- second pillar- the practice of charity
- siyam
- third pillar- annual practice of fasting
- hajj
- fourth pillar- pilgramage (ka'ba) to mecca
- ka'ba
- the very house of god (muslim)
- salat
- fifth pillar- recitation of prayers
- masjid
- mosque
- sufism
- the mystical aspect of islam
- sunni
- majority of muslims- traditionalists
- imam
- one who stands at front (shi'ites)
- shari'ite
- (muslim) those muslims whose religious practice and worldview is determined exlicityly by the law (koran and 5 pillars)
- faqir
- seeker, disciple, poor one
- shaykh
- master, guide
- silsila
- initiatic chain
- mysticism
- western phenomenon with asian flavor; when someone can see things that his eyes can't discern and mouth can't express; degrees of reality that are beyond the physical sense or invisible
- mahdi
- rightly guided one
- tariqah
- spiritual brotherhood- path
- fana
- extinction (nirvana)
- invocation
- rhythmic repitition of a sacred word or phrase containing a revealed name or names of god
- dhikr
- remebrance- arabic term for invocation
- shaman
- medecine man
- wakan
- everything in the environment has spiritual significance