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  2. Pratītyasamutpāda - Wikipedia

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    Bhikkhu Bodhi writes that specific conditionality "is a relationship of indispensability and dependency: the indispensability of the condition (e.g. birth) to the arisen state (e.g. aging and death), the dependency of the arisen state upon its condition." Peter Harvey states this means that "nothing (except nirvāna) is independent.

  3. Duḥkha - Wikipedia

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    Various sutras sum up how life in this "mundane world" is regarded to be duḥkha, starting with saṃsāra, the ongoing process of death and rebirth itself: Birth is duḥkha, maturation is duhkha, aging is duḥkha, illness is duḥkha, death is duḥkha; Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are duḥkha;

  4. Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at age 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi.His assassin was Nathuram Godse, from Pune, Maharashtra, a Hindutva activist, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary organization as well as a member of the Hindu Mahasabha.

  5. Karma in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Karma is a concept of Hinduism which describes a system in which beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's ( jivatman's) reincarnated lives, [1] forming a cycle of rebirth. The causality is said to apply not only to ...

  6. Cause of death - Wikipedia

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    In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of the conditions resulting in a human 's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. In rare cases, an autopsy needs to be performed by a pathologist. The cause of death is a specific disease or injury ...

  7. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Recorded October 1931. Signature. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; [c] 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.

  8. Karma - Wikipedia

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    Karma ( / ˈkɑːrmə /, from Sanskrit: कर्म, IPA: [ˈkɐɾmɐ] ⓘ; Pali: kamma) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. [1] In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein ...

  9. Guru Gobind Singh - Wikipedia

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    His death fuelled a long and bitter war of the Sikhs with the Mughals. According to the Bansavalinama by Kesar Singh Chibber written in 1768, the Guru's last words were, "The Granth is the Guru and it will bring you to Akal. The Guru is the Khalsa and the Khalsa is the Guru. The seat has been given to Sri Sahib Mata Devi. Love each other and ...