| A | B |
| courtesy name | bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one’s given name |
| philosopher | person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline |
| Sangha | community of Buddhist monks |
| ascetic | practice severe self-discipline, usually for religious reasons |
| philosophy | way of thinking about the world, universe, and society |
| archetypes | personalities found along the hero’s journey |
| Dharma | name for the collected teachings of Buddha |
| pilgrimmage | a journey made to a sacred places as an act or religious devotion |
| monomyth | hero’s journey |
| prophecy | prediction |
| disciples | a follower or students of a teacher, leader, or philosopher |
| idolatry | worship of idols |
| ideology | body of beliefs |
| ren | loving others |
| platonic love | non-sexual love |
| Confucius | Latinized version of Kong Qui, Kong Fuzi, or Kongzi |
| Socrates | asked people to question the way they thought and often times ended up making those people mad |
| Plato | wrote and expanded upon the teachings of my teacher, even though his ideas were unpopular |
| Aristotle | father of Western science and tutor to Alexander the Great |
| Jesus | history’s most worshipped individual |
| Buddha | Siddhartha Gautama, others called me by my spiritual name |
| Muhammad | non-Muslims think he created Islam and Muslims consider myself a prophet of God |