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when was the Axial Age
1500 bc - 1000 bc
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rishis
sages who heard the voice of the eternal
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shruti
revealed (or heard),
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shiva
- dancing god
- creation/destruction
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arjuna
- leads the pandavas
- self control, spiritual
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Brahman
ultimate reality the soul seeks
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Maya
illusion or delusion
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moksha
release from samsara (cycle)
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Brahmanas
book detailing priests how to perform sacrifices
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suttee
ritual of burning widow w/ husband
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kshatriyas
nobility and administrative
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vaishyas
economic specialties
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dalits
untouchables/outcasts
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Tirthankara
- Jainism
- unique person who becomes a role model
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Digambaras
- jainism
- ppl who practice it very strictly (monks)
- no clothes
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shvetambaras
- jainism
- lay practicers, still lead real lives
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sallekhana
- jainism
- noble death by fasting
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jina
- jainism
- one who is conquered (attachment to the world)
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karma in jainism
karma is in every action in jainism
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6 ethical pillars of jainism
- ahimsa - non violence
- aparigraha - non-possessiveness
- satya - truth
- asteya - non-stealing
- anekantvad - blind man/elephant
- brahmacharya - celibacy/monogamy
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aparigraha
non-possessiveness
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anekantvad
blind man/elephant
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brahmacharya
celibacy/monogamy
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who is rama
- vishnu avatar
- chosen to be king by dad Dasharatha, then goes into seclusion. slays deamon.
- wife = Sita
- brother Bharata agrees to rule as rama would
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Kierkegaard's stages related to Drona (19th c existential theologian)
- aesthetic (superficial appearences)
- ethical (commitment to more than myself)
- religious (atman/brahman, relationship to god) leap of faith
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why didn't arjuna want to fight?
- doesn't want to kill fan
- couldn't enjoy what he'd win
- destroy family -> social problems
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smiriti
what is remembered
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in Bhagavad gita, what 2 families are at war?
- kurus (Durodyna)
- pandavas (arjuna)
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divine ego, blind desire
ambika, dhritarshtra, gandhari, durodyna, krus
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divine ego self control
ambalika, pandu, arjuna, pandavas
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ahimsa
nonviolence/non-force
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Brahman
the unknowable, all encompassing, vast, infinite
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where did hinduism start
Harappa
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caste system
- brahmin (priest)
- ksatriya (admin)
- vaishya (merchant)
- shudra (laborers)
- outcastes
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shiva
- snakes around neck
- trident
- ganges flowing from head
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Upanishads
- end of the vedas
- truth seeking
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