New Generations Flashcards

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Basic Hinduism

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Spiritual absolute or divine (Brahman)
Practice: meditative yoga
Teachers: Guru
Full realization takes many lifetimes 
one lifetime can affect another
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4 Verdas

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Chants
hymns
folklore
ritual instructions

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Brahmanas

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aka (vedanta)

philosophical

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Basic Buddhism

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Enlightened or awakened One
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
Sought wisdom, answers to questions of suffering and meaning
Found insight though meditation

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4 noble truths

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  1. Life involves suffering
  2. cause of suffering is found in desire and grasping
  3. there is a way out of suffering
  4. This way requires following the 8- fold path
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