Tm1 Wk5: Hinduism & Buddhism

Match the following (Hinduism)

• Shakti

• Goddess / Mother Goddess / divine mother. All female deities are her different manifestations

• Vishnu

• one of the main gods (deities)

• Shiva

• one of the main gods (deities); incarnations such as Krishna and Rama

• Samsara

• the one absolute reality that embraces the entire cosmos

• Brahman

• reincarnation

Match the following (Hinduism)

• Karma

• final liberation from the cycle of rebirth

• Moksa

• the social classes within a hierarchical traditional Hindu society

• Atman

• the soul

• Varnas

• religious and moral duties; virtuous behaviours in harmony with the order and custom that sustains life

• Dharma

• moral action; the law that dictates a soul’s new life

Match the following (Hinduism)

• Yajna

• primary sacred texts

• Smriti

• texts of secondary revelation, including the great epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana

• Shruti

• texts of primary revelation, including the Vedas and the Upanishads

• The Vedas

• offerings to the gods; a ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras

Match the following (Hinduism)

• Samskaras

• 16 traditional life-cycle rituals

• Puja

• initiation into adulthood

• Mantra

• ceremonial worship, ranging from brief daily rites in the home to elaborate temple rituals

• Sacred thread

• a sacred phrase to be recited or chanted repeatedly

Match the following (Hinduism)

• Shiva

• one of the main gods (deities)

• Vishnu

• one of the main gods (deities); incarnations such as Krishna and Rama

• Shakti

• the one absolute reality that embraces the entire cosmos

• Brahman

• Goddess / Mother Goddess / divine mother. All female deities are her different manifestations

• Samsara

• reincarnation

Match the following (Buddhism)

• Siddhartha Gautama

• suffering is universal; the root of suffering is craving for transient things; nirvana is the end of suffering and reincarnation; the way to nirvana is the Noble Eightfold path

• Mayahana Buddhism

• the man who became Buddha (Enlightened One)

• The Four Sights

• the things Gautama observed which shocked him into leaving his royal life: old age, sickness, death, and a holy man

• Theravada Buddhism

• ‘Greater Vehicle’. Emphasis is on compassion

• The Four Noble Truths

• ‘Way of the Elders’. Emphasis is on self-discipline and monastic life

Match the following (Buddhism)

• Samsara

• a sacred phrase to be recited or chanted repeatedly

• Mantra

• Buddhist devotional image in a geometric configuration of symbols; often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe

• Dharma

• reincarnation (often referred to as a wheel)

• Mandala

• religious and moral duties; virtuous behaviours in harmony with the order and custom that sustains life

• Bodhisattva

• a holy person who postpones nirvana to assist others

Match the following (Buddhism)

• Tipitaka (Three Baskets)

• a collection of the Buddha’s sayings, the monastic rule, and a philosophical system. Also known as the Pali Canon when written in Pali language

• The Pancasila (Five Precepts)

• the Buddhist list of ethical principles that should be followed

• The Noble Eightfold path

• right knowledge, right attitude, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right meditation

• Alms rounds

• other sacred texts, given less significance in Theravada Buddhism

• Lotus Sutra and Tibetan Book of the Dead

• the traditional practice of monks going out to collect food offerings from the lay

Match the following (Hinduism)

• Puja

• 16 traditional life-cycle rituals

• Samskaras

• a sacred phrase to be recited or chanted repeatedly

• Mantra

• ceremonial worship, ranging from brief daily rites in the home to elaborate temple rituals

• Sacred thread

• initiation into adulthood

Match the following (Hinduism)

• Karma

• moral action; the law that dictates a soul’s new life

• Dharma

• final liberation from the cycle of rebirth

• Varnas

• religious and moral duties; virtuous behaviours in harmony with the order and custom that sustains life

• Atman

• the soul

• Moksa

• the social classes within a hierarchical traditional Hindu society