Theology Jainism and Sikhism

4 Dharmic Religions

Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism

Mahavira

Most recent teacher of Jainism

Tirthankara

The 24 teachers of Jainism

Agamas

The religious texts of Janism

Ahimsa

nonviolence

Guru Nanek

Founder of Sikhism

Seva

Selfless service

khalsa

community of sikhs

naam japna

prayer to God

Guru Gobin Singh

The guru who put att religious texts together

Jiva

Life energy

5 items of Sikhs

Ceremonial sword, White shorts, uncut hair, wodden comb, steel bracelet

Story of 5 blind men

5 bilnd men touched different parts of an elephant and all came up with different ideas of what it was and only when they worked together did the figure out it was an elephant

5 similarities of Sikhism and Christianity

Both Monotheistic, Both service, Both love, both prayer, and equality

Jain deisgn

top: nirvana and 3 jewels

middle: 4 entries into life

bottom: the 5 vows and 24 teachers

Hinduism

Maybe oldest religion

Brahman

God in Hinduism

Dharma

living in harmony with ethics

Karma

Every action has a consequence

Atman

the soul

Samsara

cycle of rebirth

yoga

path to spiritual realization

Gods in Hinduism

Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti, Kali, Brahma

Vedas

Sacred text of hinduism

upanishids

philisophical book of hinduism

Moksha

Heaven

4 goals in life

Dharma (act morally), Artha (money), Kama (pleasure), and Moksha (enlightenment)

MASLOW

Meta needs

Actualized

Self-love

Love

Order

Water

Sidhartha Guatama

founder of buddhism

4 trips

old man, sick man, dead mad, and happy poor man.

4 Noble truths

Dukkha (life has suffering), Samudaya (suffering is caused by desire) Nirudha (stop Dukkha) Maggha (8th fold pathway)

8th fold path

Panna (Wisdon):

Right understanding, Right thought

Sila (Ethical conduct):

Right speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood

Mental Discipline

Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration

3 jewels

Buddha, Buddhist teachings, Community of buddhists

3 Poisons

Hatredm Greed, Delusion

Anecca

Impermanance

Branches of Buddhism

Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana

Sangha

Community of Buddhists

Pali Cannon

Oldest connon of Buddhism

Death Penalty

Death Penalty is more expensive than life imprisonment

Against Catholic teachings,

No evidence it is a deterrrant to crime

PAS

Killing yourself

Euthanasia

Good death

DNR

Do not resuscitate

Living Will

Determines what care you will recieve in unable to share,

Hospice

end of life care

Palliative care

pain relieving

Race

Used to justify inequality in 1776, Has been institutionalized, Color blindness will not end it

Eugenics

Good Genes Scientific evidence of racism

Dredd Scott

1857 Black people are 3/5ths of a person

Emancipation proclamation

All slaves are now free 1863

13th amendment

slavery is illegal

14th amendment

US citizen if born in the US

Jim Crow Laws

Laws that denied blacks rights, KKK, Vagrancy Acts

Segregation

de jure (by law) de facto (by chance)

Election of 1876

Stalemate and decided by pulling troops from the south

Plessey v Ferguson

“separate but equal”

FDR & Redlining

Conevnant clause: promised not to sell to black people

Institutionalized segregation by not allowing loans to black people which lowers the value of homes in black neighborhoods

Brown v Topeka

No more “separate but equal”

Civil rights act of 1964

voting rights to black men