Religion-Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism
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Five groups of sutra - 1. Digha Nikaya(long) 2.Majjhima Nikaya(middle-length) 3.Samyutta Nikaya(connected) 4.Anguttara Nikaya(graduated) 5. Khuddaka Nikaya(small-back)
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sutra - a sacred text
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Tripitaka - the three "baskets" or collections of Buddhist texts
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vajra - the "diamond" scepter symbolizing compassion in Tibetan ritual
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Amitabha - a bliss-body of western paradise in Mayahana
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karuna - compassion or empathy
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koan -
a question that cannot be answered logically
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nirvana - the release of suffering and rebirth that brings inner peace
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bodhi - enlightenment
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anichcha - constant change
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anatta - there is no soul or permanent essence in anything
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Guanyin - a popular bodhisattva of compassion in Mayahana
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shunyata - Mahayana meaning that nothing has permanent reality
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lama - Tibetan Buddhist teacher
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stupa - a shrine
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mudra - a symbolic hand gesture
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samadhi - result of intense meditation
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satori - in Zen it means the enlightenment awareness
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Sangha - commmunity of monks and nuns
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samsara - the everyday world of change
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Maitreya - a Buddha expected to appear on Earth in the future
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trikaya - 3 bodies of Buddha 1. Dharmakaya(cosmic) 2.Nirmanakaya(historical) 3. Sambhogakaya(celestial)
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dhyana - meditation
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tathata - the uniqueness of each changing moment of reality
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arhat - a person that has practiced Theravada disciplines and achieved nirvana
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dukkha - sorrow or misery
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Dharma - the totality of Buddhist teaching
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mandala - a circular design containing symbols the represent totality and self
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bodhisattva - an enlightened being in Mahayada that is constanly reborn to help others
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gurdwaras - a Sikh temple
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Sikh - a disciple that follows the Sikh religion
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Japji - a poem by Guru Nanak the Adi Granth that is recited daily by Sikhs
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Adi Granth - the original collection or primary scripture of the Sikhs
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hylozoism - the belief that everything has life and feeling
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puja - ritual in honor of a tirthakara or deity
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Digambara - Jain sect where the monks do not wear clothing or "clothing of the sky"
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Sthanakavasi -
Jain sect that rejects the use of temples or statues
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Shvetambara - Jain sect in which the monks and nuns wear only white or "clothed in white"
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jiva - spirit or soul which enlivens matter
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Terapanthi - a member of the newest Jain sect
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jina - Jain term for an enlightened person that will not be reborn or "conquerer"
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ajiva - matter without soul or life
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tirthankara - one of the 24 ideal human beings of the past
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sallekhana - death by self-starvation that is practiced in Jainism as a noble end to a life of virtue