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Sanskrit terms relating to the Buddha (see below). The order would suggest: Being, doing, the way, liberation.
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Sanskrit terms used in Hinduism, Buddhsimm and Jainism  The order would suggest: Being, doing, the way, liberation.
  
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Artha: Gautama Buddha was a spiritual teacher believed to have lived between approximately 563 BCE and 483 BCE on the Indian subcontinent, in the Gangetic Plains area of modern Nepal and northern India. Born as Siddhartha Gautama (Sanskrit: "descendant of Gautama whose aims are achieved / who achieves aims effectively") he became "the Buddha" after embarking on a quest for spiritual meaning. He is universally recognised by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (literally Enlightened One or Awakened One) of our age. He is also commonly known as Shakyamuni or Śakyamuni ("sage of the Shakya clan") and as the Tathagata ("thus-come-one").
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* '''Artha:''' A Sanskrit term meaning "purpose, cause, motive, meaning, notion, wealth, economy or gain". It refers to the idea of material prosperity.
  
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Karma or "Karm"(Sanskrit: कर्म from the root kri, "to do", meaning deed) or Kamma (Pali: meaning action, effect, destiny) is a term in several eastern religions that comprises the entire cycle of cause and effect. Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done and is currently doing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma
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* '''Karma:''' in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect  
  
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Dharma (Sanskrit, roughly law or way) is the way of the higher Truths. Beings that live in harmony with Dharma proceed more quickly towards moksha, nirvana, or personal liberation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma
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* '''Dharma:''' the Law that upholds, supports or maintains the regulatory order of the universe. Dharma may encompass ideas such as duty, vocation, religion and all behaviour considered appropriate, correct or morally upright.
  
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Moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष, liberation) or Mukti (Sanskrit: विमुक्ति, release) refers, in general, to liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth. In higher Hindu philosophy, it is seen as a transcendence of phenomenal being, of any sense of consciousness of time, space, and causation (karma). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moksa
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* '''Moksha :'''  the liberation from ''samsara'', the cycle of death and rebirth.

Latest revision as of 14:16, 10 July 2013

Sanskrit terms used in Hinduism, Buddhsimm and Jainism The order would suggest: Being, doing, the way, liberation.

  • Artha: A Sanskrit term meaning "purpose, cause, motive, meaning, notion, wealth, economy or gain". It refers to the idea of material prosperity.
  • Karma: in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect
  • Dharma: the Law that upholds, supports or maintains the regulatory order of the universe. Dharma may encompass ideas such as duty, vocation, religion and all behaviour considered appropriate, correct or morally upright.
  • Moksha : the liberation from samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
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