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    people after they die; a place for those with kind hearts‚ and those without. This thought of two different destinations is similar to the moral code and caste system of Hinduism. According to these sources‚ fulfilling dharma allows rebirth to a higher caste while not fulfilling dharma leads to rebirth in a lower caste. The ultimate goal is to escape reincarnation and attain moksha. Moksha is similar to the eternal life that belongs to the righteous in Christianity. Conversely‚ being born into a lower

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    Arjuna five reasons as to why he should fight and why he will not have bad karma from taking part in the war. He explains that the self is eternal‚ and therefore you cannot actually kill someone. Also‚ that he should fight because it is his duty‚ or dharma. The third is that withdrawing from battle is a decision in itself and being inactive is impossible. Another reason given is that it is passions and desires bring about evil‚ not actions. Which leads to the fifth reason that is that there are ways

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    Reading Guide #2 Question 1: Prior to the founding of the Roman Empire‚ Rome was a republic. Roman citizens elected officials in order to represent the common interest of the people. It had a powerful legislative body called the Senate‚ and “it advised on policy within the republic and members held virtually all executive offices in the Roman state”. (Stearns‚ Adas‚ Schwartz‚ and Gilbert 90) However‚ the highest elected position in the empire was the consul. Only two consuls were elected by an assembly

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    GENL1021 Midterm Study online at quizlet.com/_ivhn7 100. 142. 2. 63. 3 Jewels of Buddhism Buddha‚ Dharma‚ Sangha (Community of believers) 3 Jewish Mourning Periods Aninut: Death to burial (1 day)‚ abstain from meat‚ wine‚ work‚ sex Shiv’ah: 7 days Sheloshim: 30 days or 1 year‚ return to work‚ avoid social functions‚ perform kaddish‚ anniversary candle‚ stones on grave 4 Main Subdivisions of Hinduism Vaishnavite (Vishnu‚ Vertical Lines‚ Majority)‚ Shaivite

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    possibly at Varanasi‚Cremated 232 BCE‚ less than 24 hours after death | Predecessor | Bindusara | Successor | Dasaratha | Wives | Kaurwaki Devi Padmavati Tishyaraksha | Royal House | Mauryan dynasty | Father | Bindusara | Mother | Maharani Dharma or Shubhadrangi | Children | Mahendra‚ Sanghamitra‚ Tivala‚Kunala‚ Jaluka‚ Charumati | Religious beliefs | Buddhism | Ashoka Maurya (304–232 BCE) commonly known as Ashoka and also as Ashoka the Great‚ was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who

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    1. The unification of India came about when the Persian emperor Darius crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains and conquered portions of northwestern India; there he established the kingdom of Gandhara in present-day Punjab. Achaemenid authority in India shed light on Persian techniques of administration to local rulers. A few centuries later‚ Alexander of Macedon crossed the Indus River and destroyed the states he found. Although his campaign had an effect on politics and history in India‚ he created a

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    Buddhism started nearly 2500 years ago in by the son of a wealthy and powerful man named Siddhartha Gautama. He saw the suffering and despair of others one day and taught that they should be equal and live in harmony. As stated in The Buddha Dharma Education Association‚ Siddhartha sacrificed all his good fortune he had possessed and tried to feel what his other Indians felt and tried to comfort them with a new teaching and faith (Pilgrimage‚ 1). Furthermore‚ he did this for his own understanding

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    lifestyle (Nina Makofsky). Children start training as early as possible at the temple‚ however there is no age limit to start studying Shaolin kung-fu. It is said that shortly after Shaolin was founded‚ a Buddhist monk named Dharma came from India to teach Buddhism. Dharma found

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    “Law is manifestly a plurality of pluralities” Fuzziness is often contested as disingenuous and meaningless in various postmodern topics‚ but this is not at all the case in legal field; though addressing the limitations of current law theories is prerequisite‚ the pluralist approach to law attempts to diagnose conflicts between the overlapping pluralities of social and legal fields; to recognise it’s fuzziness‚ in order to find practical solutions to deal with such fuzzy situations‚ as Melissaris

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    In the western world‚ the relationship between church and state exists as separate entities. Individuals have the freedom to practice or not practice any religion without the government becoming involved. China‚ too‚ allows for this freedom of religious belief. However‚ most governments in the western world use a democratic form of government whereas China uses a communist form of ruling. Therefore‚ although the freedom of religious belief does exist‚ a strong interdependence between the state and

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