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| Bodhisattava---Buddha to be |
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Chooses to come back to help others.
Compassionate being
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| Japanese Based on idea of sudden Enlightenment |
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| Hand positions of the Buddha |
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Rounded Building Buddhist
Contained relics of buddha |
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State of perfection
no desire when you reach Nirvan
you no longer have to be reborn |
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Buddhist and Hindu belief that you are reborn many times |
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Can be reborn in non-human form depending on how you lived your life |
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How you live your life whether good outweighs evil determines your position in your next life.
Hindu and Buddhist thought |
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1.Hinayana
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1"low", "inferior", "deficient", "defective;" "vehicle", where "vehicle" means "a way of going to enlightenment
2. a level of spiritual motivation |
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Magic Diagrams of the cosmos or universe
Used in Hinduism
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Are always oriented toward the cardinal directions
South
North
East
West
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Is base on the caste system
Buddhism in not |
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Hindu god who is usually shown dancing on the demon of ignorance |
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Gods come back at different times.
For example, Vishnu is sometimes Krishna(god of love) Who is shown painted blue in art. |
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Union of opposites (good/evil, male/female, darkness/light, etc. |
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Chinese belief on the importance of nature.
Lao-tze was founder |
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1.Proper behavior based on etiquette
2.respect for elder
3.Stressed importance of art
4.A system of ethics
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Under this dynasty beautiful porcelain was created.
Ming porcelain is usually blue and white |
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Religion based on nature gods.
Oldest religion in Japan |
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Asymmetrical design
2.Open Floor plans
3.Very little furniture used inside
4.Overhanging eaves
5.Importance of nature to the design
6.More geometric than Chinese.
6. Use pen and ink |
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| What was the Shrine at Ise |
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Ise Grand Shrine (伊勢神宮 Ise Jingū?) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to goddess Amaterasu-ōmikami, located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, Japan. Officially known simply asJingū (神宮?), Ise Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of a large number of Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, Naikū (内宮?) and Gekū (外宮?).
Need to be rebuild every 100 yrs because it is made of wood. |
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