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  1. 1. Wall It was a wall built by China to stop people from entering.
  2. 4. The spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as inherent in the real self of the individual.
  3. 5. Noble Truths The four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching.
  4. 6. The most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion.
  5. 8. The eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order.
  6. 10. A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC.
  7. 12. piety In Confucianism, Chinese Buddhism, and Daoist ethics, filial piety is a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors.
  8. 14. Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status
  9. 17. A state of perfect happiness; an ideal or idyllic place.
  10. 18. cycle Dynastic cycle is an important political theory in Chinese history.
  11. 20. A major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.
  12. 21. Service The permanent professional branches of a government's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians.
  13. 22. Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia.
  14. 24. Yin and yang is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but interconnected forces.
  15. 25. It is relating to a dynasty of Brahman kings
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  1. 2. Path The path to nirvana, comprising eight aspects in which an aspirant must become practiced: right views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration.
  2. 3. The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
  3. 7. A member of the ancient Aryan people.
  4. 9. Release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma.
  5. 11. A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
  6. 13. A loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur, in eastern China and the American Midwest.
  7. 15. A member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood.
  8. 16. The rebirth of a soul in a new body.
  9. 18. A Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu, advocating humility and religious piety.
  10. 19. Respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others.
  11. 23. of Heaven The Mandate of Heaven is a Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China.