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29 Cards in this Set
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karma |
action |
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dharma |
duty |
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atman |
self (soul) |
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niskamakarma |
-disireless action -altruism -love of krishna -duty |
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yoga |
the practice of spiritual discipline aimed at spiritual freedom |
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brahman |
ultimate reality |
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belief-desire theory |
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moksa |
Spiritual freedom (highest good) |
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samsara |
life-death/rebirth/reincarnation |
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duhka |
suffering or unsatisfactoriness |
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citta |
mind |
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nirvana |
quenching/enlightenment |
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arhat |
Noble one -individual -thought to be inferior |
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bodhisattva |
Awakening being -communal -full awakening |
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bodhichitta |
Awakening heart/mind (literal) -desire to awaken -proceeding to awaken for sake of all beings |
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anatman |
no self -to change over time |
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ethical egoism |
they act altruistically because the suffering of others is bad for their self |
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altruism |
Not just awakening but helping everyone else awaken -meditate on equality (self and others): we all experience suffering & happiness and want to be happy & not suffer -moral equality: we all have moral standing |
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four noble truths |
1.The truth of Suffering: It exists 2.The truth of cause of suffering: Craving -ignorance of nature of self & life & how to get happiness & avoid suffering 3. The truth of cessation of suffering: Nirvana/spiritual freedom 4. Truth of the path to end suffering |
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five skandas |
1. body 2. feeling 3. perception/cognition 4. dispositions 5. consciousness |
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paramita |
Perfections or essential virtues 1. generosity 2. vigor 3. forbearance 4. meditation 5. moral integrity 6. wisdom |
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Ksanti |
Forbearance/patience |
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Hard determinism |
Because everything is predetermined there's no such thing as free will |
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Compatibilism |
Things are predetermined yet we have free will |
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Moral responsibility |
How you frame free will and determinism leads to our understanding of moral responsibility, and whether it exists |
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lokasamgraha |
welfare of world |
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moderate interpretation |
act without some desires, the problematic ones |
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radical interpretation |
Act solely out of duty and love of god and not out of any desires at all |
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codifiability thesis |
take actions and apply them a system to determine whether they are right or wrong |
