Chapter 9 Lesson 2

Their training was not called meditation

How did Hindu beliefs shape the way of life in Ancient India?

Because many Indians felt unhappy with many Hindu ceremonies, & wanted a simpler more spiritual faith, they did what?

Why did the untouchables and Indians in the lower jati accept Buddhas message?

Seeking spiritual truth would lead to?

A devout Hindu believes what?

Buddhas fourth truth says people can end suffering by following what?

The exact origins are not known, but what do we know about the religious leader Mahavira?

Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and shiva the destroyer are 3 most important dieties

Peoples duties are different depending on their place in society, farmers & priests differ, men & women differ

How did this influence Mohandas Gandhi in his fight to free India from Great Britain?

A bad life that person is reborn into a lower life form, a good life, their souls are reborn into higher for of life

Buddha was born around 563 BC, we don’t know the date, in a small kingdom near the Himalaya, today Nepal

Buddha felt that one reason people suffered was because they cared too much about the wrong things, such as?

Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Buddha, he founded the religion

Like Hindus, Buddha believed that the world of the spirit was more important than everyday world

What do we know about Buddhas life and how Buddhism began

Practicing nonviolence towards living things, belief all life is sacred and try to avoid harming any living creature

A force that decides the form the people will be reborn into in their next lives

Dalai Lama led the govt and Panchen Lama led the religion. BOTH are considered reincarnations of

What was the process of Veda?

Its like a lump of salt thrown into water, the water tastes salty. The salt has become part of the water, says...

Examples of Ahimsa are

According to karma, people status in life is not an accident, instead it is based on what?

His teachings were very similar to Buddha’s, what did the jains practice?

Buddhism spread to people of all walks of life, what did Buddha believe regarding the varna system?

What do the ancient texts Upanishads describe about the search for Brahman?

Rebirth of the soul is

Who believes souls do not reunite with Brahman right after death, each soul must first pass through many lives

Many protestors and Gandhi were jailed, but gained their independence

What does Mahayana teach?

Hindus believe they have to earn a better existence in the next life, to do that they follow dharma, which is what?

He thought wanting these things would fill people with bad emotions like greed or anger

A state of happiness and peace. It is not a physical place, it is emotional or spiritual

Enlightened ppl do not enter heaven, instead they stay on earth & do good deeds to help others on the path of nirvana

He becomes known as Jina, which meant conqueror and followers were Jains

Gandhi’s nonviolent resistance influenced many, such as who in the USA

Hindus strive for moksha, which is not ultimatie peace?

A core belief of Hinduism is that there is one universal spirit called Brahman

One of the oldest religions, 3rd largest after Christianity and Islam.

After Buddhas death, his followers disagree over the meanings of his ideas,Buddhist divide into Theravada and Mahayana

Buddha belief in reincarnation was that people could end the cycle of rebirth by following the eightfold path