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Rude Awakenings - Forest Sangha Publications

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dukkha (Pali) “painful” or “hard to bear.” Dis-ease, discontent or suffering,anguish, unsatisfactoriness. Liberation from this is theBuddhist goal.Fruitee (Indian English) mango juice drink that is sold in cartonsthroughout India.ganja (Hindi) the drug cannabis in leaf form.garam (Hindi) “hot.”ghee (Hindi) clarified butter used as a cooking oil.gurdwara (Hindi) Sikh temple.jaggery (Hindi) raw cane sugar.Jai Ram (Hindi) a salutation to Ram that is repeated often by hisfollowers.kaha ja ra hai? (Hindi) “Where are you going?”kar sevak (Hindi) Hindu “holy workers.” The storm troopers of therecent Hindu fundamentalist movement against the Muslim mosquesaid to have been built on the birthplace of Ram in Ayodhya.khadi (Hindi) hand-woven cloth. The movement initiated by Gandhi topromote the hand-produced goods made in Indian villages.lama (Tibetan) a religious teacher, lay or ordained.lingam (Hindi) phallic object of worship in Hinduism, associated withthe worship of Shiva.maechee (Thai) nun.^0 G L O S S A RY 06Mahabharata (Hindi) the longest Hindu ithisa, or epic, several times aslong as the Iliad and Odyssey combined.mahavihara (Pali) large vihara. The term used for the large monasticuniversities that arose in India after the fifth century.2 9 8

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