World Religions
Aboriginies, Tribal Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism
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- teachings
- main focus of Theravada Buddhism
- taboo
- This principle dictates that certain things and activities are sacred and are set aside for only specific members of the group
- Moksha
- infinite being, awareness, and bliss
- Three
- There are _____paths to salvation in the Hindu religion
- samsara
- Buddhist, "wheel of rebirth"
- living
- Hinduism is one of the oldest "________" religions
- Rig Veda
- earliest sacred text in Hinduism
- fire with fire
- Vajrayana Buddhism fights _______by harnessing the energy of desire and turning it against itself
- Dalai Lama
- Leader of Tibetan Buddhists
- Anicca
- "impermanence"
- 4
- number of souls that depart from one being at death (Lakota religion)
- Saraswati
- wife of Brahma
- Bodhi
- tree under which Gautama became enlightened
- boys and girls
- In the Aboriginal Religion, _______ undergo initiation rituals
- mythic
- Rituals are essential to recreating the______past of the Dreaming
- Moksha
- "liberation" or "release"
- Kama
- the goal of pleasure
- Symbols
- ________ are filled with sacred power
- Bindhi
- cultural dot on a Hindu's forehead
- death
- A violation of taboo results in punishment, which can sometimes include______
- unfulfilling
- Artha eventually proves to be __________
- All
- ____ landmarks have great significance
- language and territory
- Ancestors gave people these two things: _______________________
- Spiritual essence
- ___________ of the ancestors live within each person
- Four
- There are ____goals in Hindu life
- saint
- arhat
- perfect wisdom
- Arhats have __________ and is free from the imprisonment of tanha
- Pali
- Buddhist dialect in which texts are written
- Four
- There are_____stages in Hindu life
- sacred power
- Rituals tap into ___________
- ascetic
- A sannyasin is a wandering _______ who has advanced to the fourth and highest stage of Hindu life
- Bhagavad Gita
- most popular sacred text in Hinduism
- reincarnation
- being born again in the afterlife
- tribal and nonliterate
- Primal religions tend to be the traditions of _________ and______peoples
- Artha
- the goal of material success and social power and prestige that accompany it
- Dukka
- "suffering"
- Totemism
- system of belief and ritual based on totem
- Life
- Ancestors gave the world shape and created various forms of _____
- Physical activities
- The Path of Works is for people who ________come easily to
- Forest-dweller
- stage in Hindu life that is marked by the birth of the first grandchild in which the man retreats into the forest to separate from worldly bonds
- disease
- second passing sight
- Physician
- Buddha is often called this, tending to his patients
- numerous and unlimited
- paths to moksha are _________________
- outward
- The path of devotion directs spiritual energy ________
- Samsara
- Hindu doctrine that means "wheel of rebirth"
- Shudra
- servant laborer caste in Hinduism
- False
- All people can visit the sacred sites
- Ritual Practicioners
- people of the Yoruba religion that practice rituals
- Four
- sacred number of Lakota religion
- chief, head of the household, priests
- three groups of people who are considered ritual practicioners
- Brahmin
- caste of priests in Hinduism
- India
- Hinduism is the dominant religion here
- bullroarer
- A sacred instrument that recreates the sound of the deities and was taboo for women to use
- Siddhartha Gautama
- the man who became the Buddha
- Rituals
- _______ re-enact the mythical events of the Dreaming
- Nature and unborn
- This is where three of the four souls that depart a being at death go
- Sannyasin
- stage of life in Hinduism when the forest-dweller has developed a sense of readiness to return to society, but remains detached from normal attractions and distractions of social life
- Vajrayana
- "Vehicle of the Diamond"
- Esu
- trickster figure of the Yoruba religion
- warrior
- Siddhartha belonged to this caste
- Karma
- law of nature that determines the life form into which the soul is born
- Ancestors
- People who are believed to have roamed the earth before the modern generation; left behind symbols of their presence
- Dharma
- Kama is to be embraced by whosoever desires it, as long as they stay within limits of _____
- reality
- The supernatural, humans, and nature are the three elements of______
- sangha
- community of Buddhists
- Sati
- Hindu practice in which a widowed wife is burned
- Orisa
- less powerful deities of the Yoruba religion; messengers between humans and Olorun
- China, Korea, Japan
- Mahayana Buddhism is prevalent in _______________________
- Knowledge
- for the philisophical; requires followers to devote a great deal of time to learning and meditation
- Sari
- garment worn in Hinduism that can be wrapped in many different ways
- Rama
- hero in "Ramayana"
- old age
- first passing sight
- initiation
- _________ is a symbolic death of childhood and spiritual rebirth
- Ife
- center of the Yoruba religion
- The Dreaming
- foundation of the Aborigine people
- Munji
- Hindu initiation ceremony for young boys
- Inktomi
- trickster figure of the Lakota religion
- Lakota
- believe that Wakantanka is divided into 16 deites
- mendicant
- fourth passing sight
- bodily mutilation
- main part of the Sun Dance in the Lakota religion
- Works
- This path is for active people engaged in day-to-day tasks of earning a living and raising a family
- Matriarchal
- This is the type of society of the Lakotas
- yoga
- used in Hinduism to free the eternal self from bondage by stripping away the many levels of personhood
- Middle way
- central Buddhist doctrine
- blowing out
- the literal meaning of nirvana
- Tibet
- Vajrayana Buddhism is prevalent in _________________
- wisdom
- bodhi means this
- totem
- Humans become the living representation of their ancestor. This relationship is symbolized by a_____
- Diviners
- people of the Yoruba religion that are believed to be able to tell the future
- limited
- Living in perfect harmony with dharma has _____ joy
- Great Going Forth
- Gautama left his home to pursue spiritual enlightenment...journey is called this
- Wakantanka
- meaning "most sacred"; "Great Spirt" of the Lakota religion, 16 separate dieties
- Ignorance
- The path of knowledge emphasizes the attainment of knowledge over ______.
- salvation
- Moksha is the Hindu term for _________
- Brahma
- creator god of Hindu religion
- Kshatriya
- warrior & administrator caste in Hinduism
- Mahayana
- "The Great Vehicle"
- Devotion
- Path for the emotional, attachment comes naturally
- Vishnu
- preserver god of Hindu religion
- balance and harmony
- Aborigines seek relationships of______________ between the three elements of reality
- death
- third passing sight
- passing sights
- When gautama ventured out into the countryside, he witnessed four of these
- Lakshmi
- wife of Vishu
- Student
- stage of life in Hinduism in which one studies the Vedas; lasts until marriage
- sacred site
- Every ___________ has a corresponding ritual
- Vision Quest
- practice of the Lakota people used to prepare for war, cure illness, and aid in hunting
- Brahman
- essence of Hinduism that contains all forms of reality
- lodge
- The major part of the Sun dance is constructing the ________
- Tibet
- Homeland of Siddhartha Gautama
- Avatar
- incarnation of a diety, generally of Vishnu, who is sent to earth to accomplish a divine purpose
- trickster
- term for a deity or figure with a dual nature, able to do good or evil
- Sri Lanka, Mynnamar, Thailand, Kampuchea
- Theravada Buddhism is prevalent in __________________________
- Dharma
- ethic duty in Hinduism based on the divine order of reality
- Shiva
- destroyer god of Hindu religions
- Olorun
- Supreme god of the Yoruba religion
- Ifa
- diety whom all Yoruba pray to for guidance in times of trouble
- Axis Mundi
- "center of the universe"; connecting element between the Earth and the Heavens in the Lakota religion
- Sweat lodge
- first part of the Vision Quest of the Lakota religion
- Vaishya
- producer caste in Hinduism
- cyclical
- Hindus and Buddhists both regard to time as _______
- tribes
- Ancestors organized people into ______
- anatta
- "no self"
- awakened one
- buddha means this
- Pooja
- Hindu prayer performed in/near water
- doctor
- another name for mendicant
- nirvana
- state of eternal bliss, salvation
- Krishna
- hero in "Mahabharata"
- Olorun, orisa, ancestors
- these three groups of beings inhabited the Heaven of the Yoruba religion
- Parvati
- wife of Shiva
- Household/village rituals, cow veneration, holy places
- three aspects of hindu devotional life
- Householder
- stage in Hindu life where the worldly tasks of career and family are central
- Veda Math Formulas
- used to show how there are many different ways to approach Hinduism
- Orisa-nla
- Believed by the Yoruba to have created the world
- Tanha
- Desire, thirst, craving
- age and gender
- _____ determine allowance of participation in rituals
- Supreme Being
- represented by the Axis Mundi
- Ancestors, gods, and humans
- The Yoruba wanted to maintain a balance between these three groups
- Sun Dance
- preparation of the Lakota tribe for buffalo hunt
- Dharma
- teachings of Buddha
- noble eightfold path
- solution to suffering
- Primal Religions
- first religions; provided basis for all modern religious groups
- Heaven and Earth
- two parts of Yoruba reality
- Ten Commandments
- The 5 Precepts of Buddhism are similar to these
- Aborigine
- Primal religion native to Australia
- Theravada
- "way of the elders"