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| reincarnation | in Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn again and again until it achieves perfect understanding |
| karma | in Hinduism and Buddhism the totality of the good and bad deeds performed by a person, which is believed to determine his or her fate after rebirth |
| Jainism | a religion founded in India in the sixth centrury B.C. whose members believe that everything in the universe has a soul and therefore should not be harmed |
| Siddhartha Gautama | the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, preached the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path |
| enlightenment | in Buddhism a state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic truths about the universe |
| nivana | in Buddhism, the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightenment |
| three main Hindu gods | Braham, Vishnu, and Shiva |
| Brahma | Hindu creator of the universe |
| Vishnu | Hindu preserver of the universe |
| Shiva | Hindu destroyer of the universe |
| gurus | spiritual teachers, holy men |
| The Ganges | a sacred site where Hindus pilgrimage to bathe in the water to purify themselves |
| Buddhist's three cardinal faults of humanity | greed (the pig), hatred (the snake) and delusion (the rooster) |
