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History Chapter 3-4 Study Guide

What is Brahman? How does this compare to Atman?

How does Hinduism approach the concept of reincarnation or samsara?

What is the ultimate goal for Hindus?

What is dharma?

What are the four stages of life?

Who are the major Hindu deities? What does each represent?

What are avatars? What are some of the most well-known avatars?

How do Hindus worship?

What are the four goals of Hindu life?

What are the four paths to liberation?

What is the caste system?

How does a woman’s dharma compare to the dharma of men within Hinduism?

Who was Buddha? How did he come to reach enlightenment?

What aspects of Hinduism did Buddha reject?

What is arhat?

What are the Three Jewels of Buddhism?

How is salvation reached within Buddhism?

What are the Three Marks of Existence?

What is the Noble Eightfold Path?

What are the Four Noble Truths?

What are the main branches of Buddhism and how do they compare?

What is the Middle Way?

How does anatta compare to the concept of Atman?

What aspects of Hinduism and Buddhism are similar? What is different?

What are the five precepts?

Ascetic

Atman

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Bhagavad-Gita

Brahmin

Brahman

Dharma

Monism

Karma

Samadhi

Samsara

Moksha

Upanishads

Bodhisattvas

Buddha

Dukkha

Tanha

Theravada

Mahayana

Vajrayana

Middle Way

Nirvana

Sangha

Dalai Lama

Meditation

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History Chapter 3-4 Study Guide

What is Brahman? How does this compare to Atman?

How does Hinduism approach the concept of reincarnation or samsara?

What is the ultimate goal for Hindus?

What is dharma?

What are the four stages of life?

Who are the major Hindu deities? What does each represent?

What are avatars? What are some of the most well-known avatars?

How do Hindus worship?

What are the four goals of Hindu life?

What are the four paths to liberation?

What is the caste system?

How does a woman’s dharma compare to the dharma of men within Hinduism?

Who was Buddha? How did he come to reach enlightenment?

What aspects of Hinduism did Buddha reject?

What is arhat?

What are the Three Jewels of Buddhism?

How is salvation reached within Buddhism?

What are the Three Marks of Existence?

What is the Noble Eightfold Path?

What are the Four Noble Truths?

What are the main branches of Buddhism and how do they compare?

What is the Middle Way?

How does anatta compare to the concept of Atman?

What aspects of Hinduism and Buddhism are similar? What is different?

What are the five precepts?

Ascetic

Atman

Avatar

Bhagavad-Gita

Brahmin

Brahman

Dharma

Monism

Karma

Samadhi

Samsara

Moksha

Upanishads

Bodhisattvas

Buddha

Dukkha

Tanha

Theravada

Mahayana

Vajrayana

Middle Way

Nirvana

Sangha

Dalai Lama

Meditation