Polytheistic Religions - Midterm

Title that means "Enlightened One"

The founder of Buddhism

Everything in life is suffering and sorrow

The way to overcome such desires and attain enlightenment to follow the Eightfold Path

They believe in Bodhisattvas. Called Zen in Japan and Ch'an in China

The way to end all suffering is to end all desires

The final place for liberated souls

Popular festival known as the festival of lights

Sikh sacred scriptures

The festival of colors celebrated in the spring

Doing your duty in society

The creator god

The founder of Jainism

The cause of all suffering is people's selfish desire for the temporary pleasures of this world

The social class pyramid that had a rigid class structure

The protector god

Belief in one god, the great teacher

The founder of Sikhism

Sikh men all wear these signs of their faith

The strict original teachings of the Buddha or the Orthodox sect of Buddhism

A non-living object without a soul, has no consciousness

Celebrates the birth of the founder (Sikhism)

Longest poem in the world. A struggle between the Aryans and Native Indians

The god in Hinduism that all other gods are incarnations of

Confirmation into full membership into the Sikh faith

Includes right thinking, action and religious devotion

A series of steps towards enlightenment. May take several lifetimes to move up a step

Celebration of the enlightenment of the founder of Buddhism

Sikh building of worship

A symbol associated with the Sikh faith

One of the four Hindu holy books

Good and bad deeds that can affect your rebirth

Release from selfishness and pain

The destroyer god

A state of perfect understanding of all things

The collection of Buddhist scriptures and learning of SIddhartha Gautama

The belief that the soul is reborn after death

A term for a living soul, that which has consciousness

Illustrates the belief that we can only know part of the truth

The branch of Buddhism the Dalai Lama is from