1st Year Culture Religion 2

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1 Year Japanese – Japanese Religions 2

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1/17/08

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名前：________________________________ Definitions Activity For each of the following words, guess the meaning as a group and write your answer in the first column. Then, when everyone is finished, write down the actual meaning in the second column. . Buddhism Your guess Actual answer Buddha Nirvana Enlightenment Boddhisatva Mandala Mudra Lotus Reincarnation Karma Zen Shintoism Kami Shrine Purification Torii Omi-koshi

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1st Year Japanese – Japanese Religions 2

名前：________________________________

1/17/08

名前：________________________________

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名前：________________________________ なまえ

名前：________________________________ Key For each of the following words, guess the meaning as a group and write your answer in the first column. Then, when everyone is finished, write down the actual meaning in the second column. . Buddhism Your guess Actual answer Buddha

Anyone who has achieved enlightenment—also refers to Guatama, the father of Buddhism The state of happiness one enters into when one is enlightened. Becoming free from the cycle of reincarnation—the goal of Buddhism. A Buddha-to-be: Someone who has met the requirements of enlightenment, but remains unenlightened in order to help others become enlightened A diagram meant to help with meditation

Nirvana Enlightenment Boddhisatva Mandala Mudra

A symbolic gesture in Buddhism, usually made with hands and fingers The belief that people are born again after they die

Reincarnation Karma Zen Shintoism

Your guess

A law of cause and effect: that when we do good, good happens to us, and when we do bad, bad happens to us A Japanese sect of Buddhism that focuses on the philosophy that less is more Actual answer

Kami

A god or gods, believed to inhabit nature

Shrine

Where kami live and are worshipped

Purification

A way of making something clean: the principle act of Shintoism Literally a bird-perch, but looks like a gate. Found at all Shinto shrines. Passing through the gate purifies you. A portable shrine used in festivals.

Torii Omi-koshi