World Religions
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- 4 Noble Truths
- 1. life contains suffering 2. cause of suffering 3. suffering can be "cured" 4. follow "middle way" (Eightfold Path)
- secular
- concerned with worldly matters rather than spiritual ones
- Eightfold Path
- a buddhism a set of guidelines on how to escape suffering
- Ahimsa
- a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence
- Brahman
- the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category; a member of a social elite
- Moksha
- to release from life
- dogma
- a doctrine or system relating to matters like morality and faith, authoritatively given by the church
- sect
- a group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtues of certain refinement or distinctions and beliefs or practice
- atonement
- amends or repration made for an injury or wrong; expiation
- religion
- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- Nirvana
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Korean/Q'uran
- the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
- Alms
- money or goods given to the poor
- theology
- study of the nature of God and religious truth
- Dharma
- basic principles of the cosmos
- Karma
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
- Mosque
- (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
- 5 Pillars
- 5 main rules that a Muslim must follow and live by
- martyr
- someone who dies for a cause or in war
- Reincarnation
- the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions