Vocab #3

5. the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching.
6. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
10. a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC.
12. respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others.
17. of Heaven the belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the god
18. Great Wall The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states
20. a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
22. state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth
24. relating to a dynasty of Brahman kings of northern India
25. the eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order.
26. a pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in China

1. loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur,
2. a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood.
3. the Indo-Europeans who settled in India
4. Daoism was adaptable, evolving to fill spiritual gaps created by the vagaries of life
7. to be good to one's parents; to take care of one's parents;
8. the administrative system of the traditional Chinese government, the members of which were selected by a competitive examination.
9. the universal Hindu law of cause and effect which holds a person responsible for his or her actions and effects
11. the belief that the atman, the real or core self, lives on after death and takes on a new body
13. a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean
14. release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma.
15. the oldest texts of Hinduism.
16. the spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as inherent in the real self of the individual.
19. a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia
21. a concept that originated in Chinese philosophy, describing an opposite but interconnected, self-perpetuating cycle.
23. the path to nirvana, comprising eight aspects in which an aspirant must become practiced: right views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration.