World Religions Vocab
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- Karma
- The culminating value of all of one's life actions, good and bad, which together determine one;s next rebirth and death
- Tripitaka
- In Buddhism "the three baskets"; a collection of sacred writing
- Dharma
- In Hinduism, the teachings of virtue & principle
- Samsara
- the rebirth of souls passing on fom one existence to another until release can be achieved, reincarnation
- Sabbath
- The holy day of rest which commemorates God's completed work of creation and His liberation of the Israelites from their bonndage in Egypt
- Easter
- The celebration of Jesus' triumphant return to life after dying on the cross
- Four Noble Truths
- There is suffering; there is a cause for suffering; there us an end to suffering which is the 8 Fold Path
- Jhiva
- In Hinduism, he is the destroyer
- Allah
- In Islam, the Supreme Being. The name of God
- Bible
- The sacred text that records the lives of major figures in Christinaity, including Jesus. Contains Old and New Testaments
- Upanishhads
- Part of Hindu sacred tects that discuss the nature of ultimate reality and theway to achieve union with the absolute
- Nirvana
- In Buddhism, it is basically a blissful spiritual condition where the heart ectinguishes passion, hatred and delusion. It is the highest spiritual plane one person can attain
- Brahmin
- A memeber of the priestly caste, the highest class
- Hajj
- Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith
- Om
- A mantra used in comtemplation of ultimate reality
- Buddha
- The "enlightened one" or "awakened one"
- Braham
- In Hinduism, he is the creator god
- Talmud
- The Jewish library of oral law and tradititon
- Muhammad
- Prophet & founder of Islam. (born 750 A.D., died 632 A.D.)
- Mecca
- The birthplace of Muhammad, & the holy city of Islam
- Koran
- The entire body of Jewish religious literature, law and teachings as contained chiefly in the Old Testament and Talmud
- Aim Saiving
- Muslims are legally required to give one-fortieth of their income to the needy. This pillar of Islam is known as_.
- Suffering
- It is rooted in desire and attachment, the topic of the 4 Noble Truths
- Koran
- The ins[ired word of God given to Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel
- Jesus
- The central figure of Christianity, believed to be true God, who saved mankind from torture of hell by dying on the cross to grant them salvation
- Christmas
- The celebration of the birth of Jesus held on Dec. 25th
- Atman
- The real self; the soul
- Gabriel
- Angel who brought Muhammad the wor od Allah
- Rosh Hashanah
- The Jewish New Year
- Veda
- The oldest of the Hindu scriptures, consisting of four collections of sacred writings
- Mosque
- Islamic place of worship
- Hanukkah
- The feast pf dedication celebrating the Maccabean vicotry; "The Festival of Lights"
- Yom Kippur
- The Judaism, the day of atonement, devoted to confession of sins and reconciliation with God
- Ramadan
- The ninth month of Moslem year, when Muhammad received the Koran from heaven, now a month of fasting
- Vishnu
- In Hinduism, it is the preserver of the universe
- Five
- In Islam, the number of pillars of faith
- Moksha
- In Hinduism, the term for liberation from the bondage of finite existence
- Muslim
- Follower of Muhammad. "one who submits"
- Islam
- "submission to the will of Allah"
- Passover
- annual feast commemorating the deliverance of the firstbrn in Egypt when the angel of death took all those who did not have blood on the doorpost
- Fast
- During the holy month of Ramadan, faithful Muslims_from sunup to sundown each day
- The Eightfold Paths
- Numeric stepped program created by the Buddha
- Mary
- Jesus' mother, who conceived him by the intervention of the Holy Spirit
- Siddhrtha Gadahama
- The founder of Buddhism, upon his enlightenment