terrible illness religion tradition devotion Study Guide for Final Exam Know these terms and you ll ace the exam Primal Religions Native American Common features of primal religions Oral tradition no writing requires memory Animism all living things have spirits plants animals humans Shamanism special ability to contact the spirit world to negotiate with spirits strong in hunting and gathering societies How do shamans enter trances to visit the spirit world after having a Wakan Tonka the great mystery name of the high god in the plains Indian Quanah Parker spread the Peyote Way Native American Church Black Elk the Oglala Sioux medicine man he passed along his wisdom Most common religion of American Indians today Christianity Hinduism Samsara the whirl of birth and death and rebirth Bhakti Sanskrit yoga meaning union the way of realizing the divine loving The Vedas earliest hindu scriptures Atman soul Individual conscious self Krishna is an incarnation of whom Vishnu Moksha liberation from some sorrow Swastika auspicious sign All is well A goods luck symbol Shiva god who is the destroyer Kali goddess who drinks blood Also a destroyer Represents dissolution of all limitations People sing songs of love to her Brahma the generator creator Vishnu is god in the aspect of sustainer Operator Preserver Ganesha son of shiva God with an elephants head Considered the remover of obstacles Hinduism Bhagavad Gita song of the god scripture Sometimes called the bible of Mantra sanscrit word that is a formula of words or sounds that are repeated Sometimes can t be translated Mandala a visual diagram that is gazed upon for meditation Usually concentric Radially symmetrical Brahman is the absolute divine Reality Sanskrit the ancient language of Hindu Indo European Indus River Valley the valley that is the home of ancient civilizations where Hinduism began Buddhism Theravada first school of Buddhism Nirvana the Buddhist term for liberation Third of the 4 noble truths The Three Marks of Existence are 0 1 2 The Buddhist doctrine of Interdependent Origination everything is Suffering Impermanence No eternal self mutually connected Nothing independently exists Bodhisattva means enlightened being Four Noble Truths the basic central teachings of Buddhism 8 fold path is how to go about becoming free Satori term from Japanese zen Buddhism Moment of awakening epiphany Sangha means community Karma what goes around comes around action and reaction Desire is the root of human suffering Taoism Lao Tzu founder of Taoism Wrote central scripture Tao Teh Ching central scripture of Taoism Flowing water is a symbol that is recurring Yin and yang complimentary forces that create and bring order to the universe School of Taoism the practices cultivation of sexual energy Confucianism Jen principle of love compassion Shu the principle of reciprocity Do unto others as you would to you The Analects teachings of Confucius I Ching is the Chinese book of oracles associated with Confucius TRUE Zoroastrianism Ahura Mazda their name for the one true god Zarathustra real name of God Judaism Torah Hebrew word that means law first 5 books of old testament Messhiach means the anointed one Christianity Meaning of Christos the anointed one Emperor Constantine of Rome moved the capital of Rome to the east Legalized Christianity Counsel of Nicaea Islam Abraham is patriarch of Judaism and Islam and Christianity Khadija wife of Mohammed Allah Arabic name for god Kaaba cubicle building at the heart of Mecca Hajj pilgrimage required once in your life Shari a religious law Hadith reports on the sayings and doings of Mohammed Quran holy scripture of the Muslims Ali the Fourth of the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs successor Ali was son in law son and first cousin of Muhammad Martian religion Grok You become a part of it To drink to eat to understand What s the motif that means the power of gentle strength flowing water
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