HIST-UA 651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Loess, Filial Piety, Gupta Empire
2 Sep 2016
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The religion started by siddhartha gautama, which was based on following the 4 noble truths and the eightfold path. Karma: a measurement of good or bad (affects reincarnation). If you stay in your caste, you will have good karma and therefore good reincarnation. Dharma: dharma is the basis for the ecological cycle of nature (the way things work). For people, a dharma is your duty to stay in your caste. Reincarnation: the belief that people live another life as the same soul after they die. People who follow hinduism believed that people are reincarnated into certain social classes or animals based on their kharma. Moksha/nirvana: moksha is the ultimate goal in hinduism and means the release when the soul recognized its unity w/ the brahman and it becomes one with all creation (losing one"s sense of individuality). Nirvana is the ultimate goal in buddhism and means to be released from reincarnation.
