Sunday, October 7, 2007

Religious Terms: Buddhism

Your blog and presentation needs to discuss the history, beliefs, and practices of your assigned religion. You may wish to consider reporting on some of the terms in this blog post.

The words below were found in E.D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy.

Buddha
lama
monks
nirvana
prayer wheel
reincarnation
Zen

Terms that World Literature students studied in the past that were not found in Hirsch's Cultural Literacy:

Dharma
Anatta
Karma
The Four Nobel Truths
The Eightfold Noble Path
Koan

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