Religious Studies 101
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION
Fall 2007
Final Study Sheet

The final exam will consist of short-answer questions like the quizzes, plus one essay on Hinduism and/or Buddhism.  The short-answer questions will be taken from this list and the two quiz study sheets (which are both on the course website, under Handouts, if you need them).

Three Jewels/Treasures

Sakyamuni

Three Vehicles

Pali Canon (Tripitika)

sutra

Four Noble Truths / Eightfold Path

"suffering" (duhkha)

impermanence

anatman (no-self)

Three Ills (evils)

Five Skandhas (the general idea)

Five Precepts

karma

samsara

nirvana

parinirvana

bodhi

stupa

ignorance (avidya)

dependent origination (pratitya-samutpada)

arhat

Sri Lanka

Lotus Sutra

skillfull means (upaya)

Heart Sutra

bodhisattva

Maitreya

Avalokiteshvara

Amit~bha

emptiness (shunyata)

Ch'an/Zen school

Pure Land school

Jataka Tales

Tantric Buddhism

Dalai Lama

Middle Path (Way)