The Development and Codifications of Religious and Cultural Traditions

Symbol

Symbol

________: yin- yang, a circle that illustrates that nothing is absolute.

Social harmony

________: could be created by rulership and good behavior from below.

Vedism

________ was absorbed into a larger set of beliefs known as Hinduism.

Syncretism

________: blending of old and new religious beliefs, mixing practices from more than one religion.

Greco Buddhist architecture

________ and sculpture: an example of cultural borrowing.

Order

________ and hierarchy are paramount, the well- being of the group comes before the individual.

China

Paper appeared in ________, along with woodblock.

Vishnu the Preserver

________ is a savior figure and a great friend to humanity.

Shakti

________ is the great mother goddess.

Upanishads

________ raised the possibility that people could liberate themselves from the cycle of life, death and reincarnation without relying on brahmins.

Analects

________: Confucius teachings, compiled by his followers after his death.

Architecture

________: Great Library of Alexandria, Hanging Gardens Of Babylon and the use of columns and domes.

Mahayana

________: the newer school, involves motor ritual and symbology than what Buddha spoke of.

Shamanism

________: attempted to heal the sick, prayed to the spirits for success in hunting, and enforced taboos, or forbidden behaviors.

Brahma

________ is the male personification of the World Soul.

Hinduism

________ inherited the concepts of karma, reincarnation and the caste system.

Sati ritual

________: widows of certain castes were required to burn themselves to death on the funeral pyres of their deceased husbands.

Tanakh

________: rabbis codified Jewish scriptures, which included the Torah.

Brahmins

________ taught that through unquestioned obedience worshippers could be reincarnated into better lives.

Theravada

________: emphasizes the simplicity and meditation and remains closer to Buddhas actual teachings.

Empirical thinking

________: means of systematic observation.

Shiva the Destroyer

________, reflects the duality of life and death.