PHL 155

The Emphasis of Bhakti in contrast to the Upanishads is _____.

The major groupings of hindu deities includes _____.

The Saktas worship _____.

Saivites worship _____.

The earthly manifestations of divine beings in Hinduism are _____.

The hero of Bhagavad-Gita who has cold-feet before the great battle for his kindom is _____.

Among the Vaisnavites, Krishna is variously beloved as a _____.

Bhakti is a way of "liberation" from the captivity to the ego primarily because _____.

The primary means of reconnecting with the sacred in Bhakti devotionalism is _____.

The root meaning for Bhakti is the idea of _____.

Siddhartha Gautama is the name of _____.

Regarding his social class, the Buddah was _____.

The Buddah was particularly troubled by the problem of _____.

The Buddha was shocked into going on a religious search by _____.

The "Four Sights"

Siddhartha became a hindu ascetic until he was at the point of starvation. At this point, he decided to take the _____ way between extreme asceticism and excessive self gratification.

The Foundation of the teachings of Buddhism is outlined in _____.

The Four Noble Truths

The Eight-Fold Path

An essetial Buddhist teaching on which the dharma based is that of _____.

Nirvana means the permanent _____ of all suffering.

Buddhism developed into several branches. The branch that spread to Sri Lanka and southeast Asia is _____.

A person of great compassion who is dedicated to the enlightenment of all sentient beings is called a _____.

Depending on one's perfection along the path, the Eight Noble Truths are useful to _____.

Mahayana literally means _____.

The Buddha's teaching written down on the palm leaves and collected into the "Three Baskets" is called _____.

The goal of Therevada Buddhism seen especiall in Vipassana Meditation is _____.

The Buddha taught that religious teachings, soul, eternity, life after death, the origins of the universe, the reality of eternity, etc. were _____.

The _____ Buddha was an enlightened one of such overflowing virtue that his mertis for enlightenment can be transferred on those who "call on his name."

Atman is a term used in which religion?

Judaism can be best defined as _____.

The first five "books of Moses" that form the fondation of the Torah and the most sacred part of the Hebrew scriptures is the _____.

This word is actually an acronym for the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible. It is the word that Judaism uses for the "Hebrew scriptures" that Christians call the "Old Testament."

The special relationship of the Jews to God is established and defined by the _____.

The sign of the covenant with Abraham is _____.

The first temple was built in Jerusalem by King _____, gving the Ark of the Covenant a permanent home.

The name of the sacred, too holy to be uttered aloud with one exception, revealed to Moses is the written with the letters _____.

Early prophets such as Elijah focused on the sins of worshipping other gods; later prophets emphasized the impending disastrous results of _____.

Under the rulers _____ the Hebrew tribes were united in a glorious empire that would be later looked on as the Golden Age of Israel to be revived in the "Messianic Age."

The northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the _____ around 722 BCE.

In 586 BCE, Solomon's temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the _____, and most of Judah's inhabitants were taken captive.

From the time of Exile, the scattering of the Jewish people throughout the world has been called _____.

The great empire-builder that brought the Greek language and culture to the whole region of the Middle East, laying the foundations of "Hellenism" was _____.

In 164 BCE, this family revolted against the Hellenistic rule of Judea and established an independent Jewish nation that lasted until 63 BCE.

According to the text, Jews in exile from their homeland probably encountered Zoroastrians. Some scholars believe that Jewish belief concepts such as _____ may be Zoroastrian in origin.

The "scriptural interpretation" of the events of the restoration of the nation of Israel and the Temple as well as destruction of the nation-states of Israel was that is came from _____.

The destruction of the second temple of Jerusalem came in 70 CE at the hands of the _____.

Of the Jewish political/religious groups of the First Century described the historian Josephus, the _____ survived the Jewish War of 66 - 70 AD and aftermath became the basis for Rabbinical Judaism.

The great compendium, which the Rabbi's use for study and decisions on the application of the Law is called _____.

When a Christian ruler came into power, the Sephardic Jews were expelled from _____ after living there for 1000 years.

The Englishment scholar and philosopher _____ urged the Jews in Europe not to hesitate in integrate into the European culture and the goverments in Europe to seperate religion from government for the sake of religious tolerance.

According to Jewish beliefs, what is the one essential commandment?

The spiritual New Year begins for Jews with a holy day known as _____.

The largest Jewish movement in the US is _____ whose recent changes include acceptance of riding to a synagogue for Sabbath services and acceptance of women into rabbinical schools.

The movement first promoted by journalist Theodore Herzl that has worked vigorously to establish a Jewish homeland in the Middle East is _____.

The dietary laws of not eating pork, seperating "meat" and "dairy" foods, and carefully draining the blood from meat fall under the category of clean, unclean, that is _____ law.

The highly influencial tradition of Jewish Mysticism comfing from the Middle Ages whose text is "The Zohar" is _____.