THE HUMAN BEING IN ORIENTAL THOUGHT

THE HUMAN BEING IN ORIENTAL THOUGHT

Multiple Choice

Hinduism is a religion in ____________________

• China

• Philippines

• India

Hinduism

• two basic religious system:

• the religious beliefs of the ancient civilization Harrapa at the Indus River Valley

• religious beliefs brought to India by the Aryan people

VEDAS

the sacred books of hinduism, which consist of collection of writings.

UPANISHADS

the later sections of the Vedas that expresses philosophical and religious ideas of the Hindus

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refers to one's lifelong duty.

Multiple Choice

___________- refers to someone's day to day actions and the negative or positive obligations these actions bring about.

• Dharma

• Karma

• Samsara

• Moksha

Multiple Choice

___________- refers to the wheel of rebirth or the cycle of constant rebirth.

• Dharma

• Karma

• Samsara

• Moksha

Multiple Choice

___________ literally means freedom from samsara.

• Dharma

• Karma

• Samsara

• Moksha

Brahman

is the divine reality. one 'Supreme Spirit' in many forms.

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What is the third religion in the world?

Atman

often referred to as soul or self, is the spiritual essence of all individual human beings.

REINCARNATION

• teaches that the soul (atman) is immortal.

• it teaches that a person experiences many rebirths because of desire to enjoy the pleasures of the world, which can be enjoyed only by the body

Maya

means illusion or mystery.

Adi Shankara-charya or Shankara

one of the well known Hindu philosophers.

He believed that the only supreme reality exists and the other beings, are unreal.

"unreal" is like a person is dreaming.

Hinduism

• to know true knowledge is to free oneself from the attachment to the world; to free oneself from material desires and pleasures.

• teaches that worldly pleasures can never bring true happiness

• At the end, the person realizes that true self is the immortal soul