Buddhism
Process to become a Buddhist
What is reciting the 3 jewels and pledging refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
An epic poem in which Arjuna and his brothers lost the kingdom to their cousins in a game and were banished
What is Bhagavad Gita
View of owning land
What is you cannot own land but are stewards of the land you live on
religio meaning
what is to bind
Hindu Priest
Who is a Brahmin
Four sights in Buddhism
What are the crippled man, diseased man, decaying corpse, and ascetic
Most scared scripture and most popular scripture
Shruti, Smriti
4 main beliefs
What is everything is spiritual, we are all related, we must share in the gift of life, we must seek personal truth
Mandala description
What are geometric patterns, scared meaning, has symmetry, geometric shapes
Incarnation of god/brahman
What is an avatar
Sacred place
What is the Bodhi Gaya
-the tree Buddha meditated under and gained enlightenment.
Practice of non-violence based on belief that everything is sacred
Ahimsa
Starting point of interreligious diologue
what is the second main belief of we are all related
event and document that brought about interreligious dialogue
what is Vatican Council II and nostra aetate
Dalai Llama
Who is the spiritual and political leader of the Vajrayana Buddhists
Four Noble Truths
What is life has suffering, suffering is caused by desire, ceasing desire is to cease suffering, the path to end suffering is the eightfold path.
Festival of love, spring colors
festival of lights
Holi, Diwali
peace pipe
what is very sacred and communal practice that unites and shows how we are connected and how we have common ground
Descriptions for Catholicism for
Beliefs and practices, Sacred Scripture, Sacred time, Sacred Place/Space
What are sign of the cross and the trinity, the Bible, Christmas, Jerusalem and Churches
Sangha
what is a community of Buddhist monks, nuns, lay people
Descriptions of Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana Buddhism
What is the oldest form
What is the most progressive
What is a sub branch of Mahayana also known as Tibetan Buddhism
Compare and contrast Catholic and Hindu beliefs
-Catholics believe Jesus is both human and divine
-Some Hindus believe Jesus lived in India
-Some believe he was an ascetic
-Some believe he was an avatar
Medicine Wheel
What is a sacred hoop that embodies 4 directions and the sky, earth, trees, plants. The movement of the wheel is circular because it aligns the forces of nature.
six elements to look at for each religion
Beliefs and practices, through the catholic lens, sacred time, sacred places/spaces, sacred texts, history
cycle of life, death, rebirth in both Buddhism and Hinduism
what is samsara