REL 212 Midterm - SPRING 2016

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REL 212 Midterm - SPRING 2016

1. The father of modern, independent India who taught nonviolent resistance to military and industrial oppression was
2. Jiva means _________
3. How many limited vows apply to Jain monks?
4. The creative rhythm of the universe is called the _________
5. The word Jain derives from this term, meaning “winner over one’s passions.”
6. ____________ are predicted, repeated actions and may be individual or group led actions.
7. The practice that helps one determine the harmonious placement of a building or objects is known as __________.
8. Buddhists who follow the Theravada tradition study a large collection of ancient scriptures called the __________.
9. The founder of Buddhism was a contemporary of _________
10. A symbol for the unity of all things that many indigenous cultures use is that of the __________
11. What is the name for a Hindu spiritual teacher?
12. The Dahomey tradition from West Africa was carried to Haiti by African slaves and called __________.
13. The major teachers in Janism are called the _________
14. The complex system of hierarchies and inequalities that constitutes life in India is referred to by the English word __________
15. The monastic order that developed from the Buddha’s early disciples is called the __________.
16. The karma-run wheel of birth, death, and rebirth is called _________
17. An allegory is an effective kind of religious narrative because it _______
18. A monk or a nun who renounces worldliness for the sake of following the path of liberation is called a __________.
19. A little over one hundred years after Confucius died, a “Second Sage” named __________ was born
20. The Japanese teacher Nichiren believed that the essence of Buddhism could be found in the __________.