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- 2. Referring to an ancient Indian dynasty that was thought to be the golden age of classical Indian literature, art, and philosophy. Many great pieces of classical Indian art were thought to have been developed then.
- 6. The belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in a new body or form
- 8. One of the oldest religions, Iranian religion, containing both monotheistic and dualistic elements, it may have influenced Christianity or Judaism, it is primary monotheistic
- 10. Broadly an approach or attitude that accepts and yields joyful and carefree of chinese character
- 16. The entire Hindu religious body of sacred writings and including 4 main books, Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda, Atharva-Veda, and Yajur-Veda
- 17. the individual self known after enlightenment to be identical with Brahman OR the World Soul from which all individual souls come from and the ultimate goal to return to.
- 18. The common religion of India, based of the religion on the original Aryans settlers then expounded in the Veda it has many different schools of philosophy, theology and even many popular cults
- 19. referring to the Loess Plateau in North Central China which is the world's largest Loess Plateau, loess is a fine grained yellowish alluvium.
- 21. Seen as bringing inevitable results (good or bad) onto either this life or in a reincarnation according to one's deeds in the previous reincarnation
- 22. The virtue/duty of respect, obedience, and car for one’s parents and elderly family members
- 24. Doctrines of Buddha, states 1). All life is suffering, 2). The cause of suffering is ignorant desire. 3). The desire can be destroyed. 4). The means to do so is through the eightfold path
- 25. A political theory of ancient China in which a dynasty would rise to the peak in political, economical, and culture, then become corrupt and decline and lose the Mandate of Heavens and be replaced.
- 26. Eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment, compromising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation
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- 1. The Chinese political ideology used in ancient China to legitimize the ruler of the kingdom/empire of China, saying they were given the power to rule from the gods.
- 3. essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one’s own nature. OR the teachings of the Buddha.
- 4. A member of la highest or priestly class among Hindus OR the impersonal supreme being, the primal source and goal of all, and when you are enlightened you know your self to be identical to it
- 5. A system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top constructed for the defense of China. Completed in the 3rd century BCE.
- 7. A subcontinent in southern Asia, it includes several countries including modern day Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and others.
- 9. Freedom from endless reincarnation and the consequent suffering, hatred, and delusion; enlightenment
- 11. Name of the prehistoric people who could speak Indo-European languages and are thought to have settled in ancient Iran.
- 12. A hinduism principle of non injury to living beings
- 13. Those branches of public service concerned with all government functions outside the armed forces.
- 14. The social divisions of Hindi society that are traditionally, with each having its own privileges and limitations, transferred through heritage from generation to generation
- 15. Thought to be the two complementary forces that make up all aspects and phenomenon of life. In harmony they are depicted as the light and dark sides of a circle
- 20. A person sent by a church/religion to carry on their religious belief and try to pass those beliefs onto others
- 23. Freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience.