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150 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

Indigenous
Lifeway
Syncretic religions
Initiation rites
Sacrifice
Shamans
Psychopomp
Day of the Dead
Our Lady of Guadelupe
Homology
Macrocosm/Microcosm
Beta Israel
The Copts
Features of African religions
Griots
Oracles/mediums
Divination
Musawo
Orishas
Oludumare
Ori
Ash
Obatala
Orunmilla
Ifa
Eshu
Oshun
Oya
Yemoja
Kwanzaa
Indus Valley Civilization
Indo-European
Rs
The Vedas
Bandhus
Ra
Homa
Agni
Soma
Purua Skta
Moka
Sasra
Dharma
The three Mrgas
tman/Brahman
The four Pururthas
Jna
Karma
Reincarnation
Mya
Asceticism/Renunciation
Relative vs. Absolute Reality
Yoga

Varrama-dharma
Viu
Kria
Bhakti
Advaita vs. Dvaita
Bhedbheda
Mahabharatha
Rma/Sta
Hanuman
The Bhagavad Gt
Dharma vs. Moka
Karma Yoga
Svadharma
Caste
The Trimrti
Avtara
Rudra/iva
Gaea
Skanda
Tantra
Right vs. Left-Handed Tantra
Cakras
Ns
Kualin-akti
Durg
Kl
Mahdev
Folk Hinduism
Mohandas Gandhi
Satyagraha
Vras
Daran
Prasda
Santana dharma
Pj
Sikhism
Guru Nanak
Naam
Guru Granth Sahib
The Golden Temple
Guru Gobind Singh
ramanas
Mahvra
Trthakaras
Digambaras/vetmbaras
Jiva
Ahisa
Siddhartha Guatama
The Four Sights
The Middle Way
Nirvaa
Four Noble Truths
Dukkha

The Three Poisons

Kleshas
Antman
Shunyata
Dependent Origination
Theravda Buddhism
Tripitaka
The Three Jewels
Mahyna Buddhism
Bodhisattva vs. Arhat ideal
Bodhicitta
Buddha Nature
MadhyamIka
Vajrayna Buddhism
Deity Yoga
Tulkus
Tibetan Book of the Dead

RS 150 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

You should be able to define and understand conceptually all terms listed above as
well as know something about the context the terms are related to

You should know:
Common features of indigenous religions
Role/function and how one becomes a Shaman
Variations in Shamanism
Survivals of Indigenous religions
Hierarchy of Yoruba Pantheon

You should know the differences between the soteriology, view on ultimate reality
and the cosmos, and some idea of the general practices for each of the S. Asian
traditions we have looked at Vedic, Upanishads, Vaisnavism, Saivism, Bhakti,
Tantra, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism

Become familiar with the images of any gods/goddesses listed above

The dichotomies associated with iva-akti

The Brahmanical Synthesis as found in the Laws of Manu and Bhagavad-Gita

Should know the main message of the following texts:
The Upanishads
The Bhagavad Gita

Understand the differences between Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana
Buddhism