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- 2. the four noble reasons of truth refer to
- 3. form of leadership in most religions
- 6. In the struggle to understand what the mind cannot readily grasp,ere truly is an underlying reality that cannot readily be perceived.
- 8. To perceive truth directly, beyond the senses, beyond the limits of human reason, beyond blind belief
- 9. ceremony for the initiation of new members of the Khalsa (the pure ones), a group within Sikhism
- 11. guru who introduced the idea of a social order based on equality, justice and service to all, in devotion to the One God without form and present everywhere
- 12. religion originating in India, based on three central teachings: hard work for society, sharing from one’s earnings with those who are needy, praise one god, the same that is worshiped by many different names around the world
- 15. Indian religious belief that liberation from earthly suffering depends on our own efforts, to get the wisdom, enlightenment and compassion.
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- 1. The most important Buddhist festival, marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, all of which are said to have happened miraculously the same day
- 2. Hindi word that refers to a broad complex of meanings, encompassing duty, natural law, social welfare, ethics, health, wealth, power, fulfillment of desires, and transcendental realization
- 4. set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe usually involving a sistem devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code
- 5. The farther shore, or liberation, the goal of spiritual effort
- 7. Most of the other Indian religious ways have been categorized together, except Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism
- 10. the ancient language in which the Vedas were composed, the language of Indian sacred literature
- 13. another similarity between Sikhism and Hinduism, apart from the belief of reincarnation
- 14. the religious texts often referred to as the foundations of Hinduism