Buddhism and Hinduism

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  1. 6. The ancient language of the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism
  2. 7. Mental absorption, a state of strong concentration that temporarily suspends the five hindrances
  3. 9. Suffering; of pain, both mental and physical, of change, and endemic to cyclic existance; the first Noble Truth that acknowledges the reality of suffering
  4. 10. Enlightened one; someone whose mind is completely free from the defilements; a person who is no longer bound to cyclic existence
  5. 12. The teachings of the Buddha
  6. 15. The practice of giving; generosity. Dana is the first of the ten paramis, or qualities to be perfected in order to become a Buddha
  7. 16. Mindfulness; one of the five spiritual faculties; of the seven factors of enlightenment; an aspect of the Noble Eightfold Path
  8. 17. The third section of the Buddhist canon devoted to human psychology and philosophy
  9. 18. A Buddhist monk
  10. 21. Faith, confidence; one of the five spiritual faculties
  11. 22. Vedana (Pali); the pleasant, unpleasant or neutral tone that arises with every experience; one of the five aggregates
  12. 23. worshipers of vishnu
  13. 26. Defilement; unwholesome qualities; a factor of mind that obscures clear seeing; a hindrance to meditation; also know as afflictive emotion
  14. 28. The practice of giving; generosity. Dana is the first of the ten paramis, or qualities to be perfected in order to become a Buddha
  15. 30. The six perceptual gates through which we experience the world. The six sense doors are…
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  1. 1. worshipers of shakti
  2. 2. Action, deed; the law of cause and effect; intentional action, either wholesome or unwholesome that brings either pleasant or unpleasant results respectively
  3. 3. symbol of creativity and fertility in the form of a male sexual organ
  4. 4. A Buddhist nun
  5. 5. serpent
  6. 8. Not self, insubstantiality, one of the three characteristics of existence
  7. 11. Spiritual friend. In the Theravada Buddhist meditation tradition, teachers are often referred to as spiritual friends.
  8. 13. The tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, India – a fig tree popularly called Pipal (Ficus Religiosa)
  9. 14. Compassion; one of the four Brahma-Viharas (sublime abodes)
  10. 19. awakening
  11. 20. the breath of life
  12. 24. specific position in yoga
  13. 25. Appreciative or empathetic joy; the cultivation of happiness when seeing someone else’s good fortune or happy circumstances; one of the four Brahma-Viharas (sublime abodes)
  14. 27. The auspicious power of wholesome action that brings positive karmic results
  15. 29. symbol of creativityand fertility in the form of a female sexual organ